The hometown team got beat by the hometown kid.
Seattle Mariners starter Bryan Woo was born in Oakland in 2000 Tonight, the now-MLB-rookie threw five innings of three-hit ball to blank the Oakland A’s less than 4 miles from his high school in Alameda, securing his team a critical 5-0 win in the midst of a tight playoff race. On the season, Woo has now thrown 80 2⁄3 major league innings with a strong 3.90 ERA and figures to be a permanent fixture in the Mariners’ rotation for years to come.
On the mound for the A’s, JP Sears had a much more mediocre night.