Semien sees 96-game starting streak end

Josh Reddick knocks an infield single to the hole at short and Marcus Semien scores from second base for an Athletics' walk-off winOAKLAND -- A's shortstop Marcus Semien wasn't in Friday's starting lineup, ending his streak of 96 straight games started.

Semien owned the team's longest consecutive start streak since Miguel Tejada started 162 games in 2003, and was tied for the Major League lead in consecutive games played with Philadelphia's Odubel Herrera. He's been a mainstay in an A's lineup hit hard by injuries, and his daily pregame work with A's assistant Ron Washington has drawn the praise of manager Bob Melvin.

After a conversation with Washington and an evaluation of Semien's recent…