OAKLAND — A 5-1 win over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night was a good start. With it, the A’s (51-41) moved within a half game of the Cleveland Indians for the second Wild Card spot.
Here are three takeaways from the win.
Mike Fiers delivers again
A starting pitcher keeping up with the trends might ride and die with an overpowering 98 mph fastball.
Those starters live fast and die young. But Mike Fiers is proving that a starter with persevering command can live forever.
Forever, in Fiers’ case on Friday night, was 7 u2154 shutout innings.