If only they didn’t come at such a high cost for the A’s rookie.
Manaea did plenty that was good Tuesday night. He threw a career-high seven innings and took a load off Oakland’s over-worked bullpen. He struck out six and made a nice defensive play fielding a squeeze bunt and cutting down a runner at home.
But there was a poorly located fastball to Brewers slugger Chris Carter in the second. And then another in the sixth.
Two Carter homers, five runs, and one serious damper on what could have been a much better night in the A’s 5-4 loss at Miller Park.