OAKLAND — Sean Manaea pitched brilliantly in his first start of the season but fell victim to poor run support. The A’s offense made sure not to let that happen his second time out.
The A’s broke out the bats Wednesday night against the Rangers, putting together a four-run fourth inning to provide Manaea with plenty of support as he turned in another dominant performance.
Manaea continued to look like the best pitcher on the staff, allowing just one run on three hits with a walk and four strikes as he matched a career-high eight innings of work in a 6-2 victory over Texas in front of another extremely small crowd of 7,908 fans at the Coliseum.