Pat Venditte said he wasn’t willing to say that Saturday three perfect innings of relief was it for his 2015 season in which he became the first full-time switch pitcher in baseball history.
He held out hope that he would be available for Sunday’s season finale with the Mariners.
A’s manager Bob Melvin saw it a little differently. The manager seems content that in picking up his second big league win, Venditte had perfectly punctuated his rise from obscurity in the minor leagues to big league reliever.
“As a confidence factor for him, having an outing like that to end the season goes a long way,’’ Melvin said.