Robinson Cano homered, Nelson Cruz homered, Ryon Healy homered. Just like that, the Seattle Mariners had rallied from a five-run deficit to tie it after four innings.
Except rallying against Fernando Rodney, Jeurys Familia and Blake Treinen at the back end of this Oakland Athletics bullpen isn’t as easy.
All threw upper 90s heat and after the Oakland Athletics scored the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the fifth inning they held on to hand the Mariners a 7-5 defeat on Friday night at the Oakland Coliseum.
That’s why the A’s acquired those hurlers, even with the spotty, yet mostly successful track records of Rodney and Familia.