OAKLAND — A’s manager Bob Melvin spotted Joey Wendle during batting practice Friday and figured he should relay some important news to the rookie.
“You’re leading off today,” Melvin alerted him.
“Oh, I saw,” Wendle assured him with a smile.
Ready to contribute in any manner needed. That’s Wendle’s approach in the infant stages of his major league career.
He may not be the prototypical leadoff man, but he was one of the few bright spots for the A’s in Friday’s 3-2 loss to the Seattle Mariners. He shot an opposite-field single to left to open the bottom of the first and later singled up the middle for a two-out RBI in the fifth that got Oakland on the scoreboard.