Bob Melvin didn’t win his 1,000th game, again. Sonny Gray didn’t get traded, at least as of this writing. And Santiago Casilla didn’t get another chance at a save situation, though he’s apparently still the closer.
The A’s returned to the Coliseum Friday night and played enough sloppy baseball to fall 6-3 to the Twins, so Ryan Lavarnway’s first big-league hit since 2015 wasn’t much of a consolation.
Lavarnway is a journeyman catcher who was called up Thursday from Triple-A Nashville to replace injured Josh Phegley. He got the start against lefty Jaime Garcia and doubled home Oakland’s first two runs in the fourth inning.