HOUSTON — Ryan Dull had no issues with seeing his own little piece of history come to an end Saturday.
Oakland’s rookie reliever finally allowed his first inherited runner to score this season, but it came in arguably one of his most impressive outings of 2016 given the game conditions. He closed out a 3-2 A’s victory at Minute Maid Park, notching his first save of the season and, more significantly, icing a much-deserved win for starter Kendall Graveman.
Dull entered with runners on the corners, no outs in the ninth, the A’s leading 3-0 and the most dangerous part of Houston’s lineup coming to the plate.