Good cuticle health is also important if you are an MLB pitcher, apparently, as A’s starter Frankie Montas had to leave today’s game with a torn and bleeding cuticle. Maybe he’s also a picker? Get you some cuticle serum, Frankie, and relax! Montas was very sharp-looking for the first couple of innings, blowing through the Mariners 1-2-3 in the first with his fastball sitting around 95, ending on a called strikeout of Jose Marmolejos at 97. He dirtied the bases a little in the second although not through any fault of his own (Tom Murphy dunked base hit, Julio infield single/error on Chapman, depending on what side of the broadcast you were on), but then allowed a juicy base hit to Jack Reinheimer to score two.
Mariners defeated by A’s 8-5, A’s almost defeated by bad manicures
