The A’s got off to a bumpy start as they began their first road trip to Seattle with a 5-3 loss to the Mariners on Friday night.
Many things didn’t work in the A’s favor from defensive errors and lack of offensive production. But for starter Sean Manaea, he once again could not get beyond the third inning threshold without essentially falling apart.
Manaea was cruising until the fourth inning when he gave up a two-run double to Mariners infielder Kyle Seager, who had Manaea figured out. And it was downhill from there.
In 4 1/3 innings, Manaea gave up six hits, three earned runs, two unearned runs while striking out four.