The A’s inched their spring record closer to .500 with their 5-3 victory over the Texas Rangers Tuesday afternoon in Mesa, which is actually quite good considering they broke a five-game losing streak on Sunday and two of their games have ended in ties.
It was also a good day for Oakland’s pitching, as starter Sean Manaea made his spring debut. Manea impressively retired the first two batters in the game on strikes and ended his two-inning outing with one hit, three strikeouts and two walks. He appeared a bit erratic when he allowed walks to Ryan Rua in the first and Ronald Guzman in the second, as well as throwing a wild pitch to Darwin Barney.