The A’s played an excellent all-around game, with Sean Manaea making a strong (but shortened) start and no shortage of offense.
And for once, there truly was no further drama. The A’s took a 2-0 lead in the first inning and cruised from there, getting timely rallies and generally knocking around Yordano Ventura and the Royals bullpen. Sean Manaea was very good for the 5 innings he pitched. This was just a well-played game for win #3 of the series.
It’s actually kind of hard to come up with clever or insightful things to say in the recap for this game.