I’m sorry, friends. There was some optimism to be found in this game for sure - the M’s leave Oakland with a series split, Félix Hernández looked like his old self through five (we’re talking aged scotch old, not his more recent takeout-container-oozing-brown-goo-at-the-back-of-the-fridge old), the Sad Clown Tour arrives for a three game series at Safeco tomorrow - but I just can’t muster it today.
I boarded a ferry during the top of the fourth inning, as Denard Span, Kyle Seager, and Mike Zunino flailed benignly against Edwin Jackson, who is contributing positively (by fWAR) to his team for the first time since 2014.