SEATTLE -- When A's shortstop Marcus Semien stepped into the batter's box for the first time after undergoing surgery to repair a fractured scaphoid bone in his right wrist, he said it took a little while to rediscover his stance.
Now that Semien is up with the Major League club after just completing an eight-game rehab assignment to cap off almost three months of recovery, he feels he's close to being back to form.
A 1-for-4 night -- which could have easily been two hits, had Mariners' left fielder Ben Gamel not robbed him of an extra-base hit -- showed as much during the A's 7-2 loss on Friday.