OAKLAND — The A’s got a taste of success on their last road trip, and that makes the first two games of this homestand a little tougher to swallow.
Sean Manaea delivered another sterling starting effort, but it wound up going for naught in the A’s 2-1 loss in 10 innings to Houston on Tuesday night.
“It was especially frustrating considering the start we got from Manaea,” said reliever Sean Doolittle, who gave up the winning run in the top of the 10th. “It was probably one of his best starts of the year. We felt like we were playing some of our best baseball coming off that road trip.