OAKLAND — A shutdown outing from a starting pitcher can go a long way toward shaking a team out of bad times.
As the A’s discovered Tuesday night, the opposite can happen too. The Giants jumped on Sean Manaea before the lefty ever had a chance to find his rhythm, putting up five runs in the top of the first and halting the A’s three-game winning streak with a 10-4 rout at the Coliseum.
Manaea on the hill usually means a short night’s work for the bullpen. He’d worked at least six innings in 10 of his previous 12 starts, and in seven of those 12 he completed seven innings.