- July 23, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
The Oakland A’s have let some games slip away lately, but they played like a full contender on Thursday, and not a moment too soon.
The A’s visited the Seattle Mariners and breezed to a 4-1 victory, putting some distance in the standings between them and their closest competitor for the Wild Card spot.
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As has been the case all year, Oakland’s evening began with a brilliant starting pitching performance. Sean Manaea faced the Mariners in June and threw a shutout, and he extended that scoreless streak against Seattle to 15 innings before finally blinking in the 7th tonight.
The lefty was almost literally unhittable. He faced 28 batters and struck out a career-high 13 of them, and during the first six frames the Mariners only reached second base once and never third. The only damage against him was a solo homer by catcher Tom Murphy leading off the 7th, cutting the A’s advantage to 2-1 at…
