Wieland (0-1), acquired from the Dodgers in the offseason, allowed six runs and nine hits with three strikeouts after being called up from Triple-A Tacoma earlier in the day.
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Since his first month in the big leagues Manaea, who allowed three hits and three walks while striking out four, boasts a 3.48 ERA and 1.18 WHIP while striking out 8.2 per nine innings.
The A’s jumped on Wieland for three runs in the first.
“There were some nerves”, Wieland said.
The pregame show begins at 6:00pm on KPUG 1170AM with a 7:05pm first pitch. It was down and away, and I just tip my cap to him. “That changeup to Alonzo. that ball was a little bit up”. Give me the Mariners and the fair price. “He recovered and got on a nice little roll. He just ran into trouble in the sixth, trying to get through that lineup one more time”. Shawn O’Malley went 2-for-3 with an RBI triple and a walk and scored a run.
The Athletics shortened their infield – but it didn’t matter when Franklin Gutierrez sent a sacrifice fly to deep right.
“Today was just one of those days – body felt good and it wasn’t a mechanics thing, just wasn’t coming out of my hand well”.
Wieland, 26, was scheduled to be the starting pitcher against the Athletics at Oakland on Friday night. They snapped a 3-3 tie in the sixth when they scored three times on the back of five consecutive singles. It was only a single because Semien had to hold at second base to see if the ball would be caught by Leonys Martin, who looked to be tracking it for a catch near the wall.
It was a temporary reprieve. He went six innings and gave up three runs Friday, with Ryan Madson notching save No. 25. Oakland led 5-3 and still had runners at first and third with no outs.
The beneficiary of the offensive explosion, Sean Manaea, lasted six innings in the win.
Seattle dropped to 60-54 and fell two games behind Boston for the second wild-card spot.
It didn’t take Wieland long to run into trouble.
With the first of his career-high tying four hits, Semien lined a one-out single to left in the first. He came around when Vogt pulled an RBI double into the right-field corner. Davis followed with an opposite-field, two-run blast to right field, launching Weiland’s 1-0 pitch.
PLAY OF THE GAME: Robinson Cano offered an extended protest to umpire Marty Foster when called out on a swinging strike in the fourth inning. The Oakland Athletics offense has also been on and off lately, and they’ve split their last eight games when scoring more than three runs. The red-hot Hisashi Iwakuma is looking for his third straight victory after giving up 10 hits over 14 1/3 scoreless innings in his last two outings.
STAT PACK: The Mariners, by losing, missed a chance to tie a franchise record.
Seattle had won seven straight at the Coliseum, including a three-game sweep in May, before going cold offensively in its return.
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It added up to a frustrating night all around for Servais’ ball club. I know it’s his first start with us this year. The Athletics are 4-9 in their last 13 games on grass and 9-2 in Gravemans last 11 starts.
