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Tape, glue help Paxton power through injury
- Updated: September 12, 2016
OAKLAND — Hampered by a torn middle fingernail on his throwing hand, James Paxton couldn’t throw a cutter Sunday. So his fastball lacking its normal command obviously didn’t bode well.
But, as Mariners manager Scott Servais said, Paxton “got through it” and delivered another quality outing for Seattle in its 3-2 win over the A’s at the Coliseum.
“Certainly what we needed from him today,” said Servais.
Paxton found the majority of his success in the series finale from his offspeed pitches, evidenced by using curveballs to induce inning-ending double plays in the first and second innings.
The double play he forced Chad Pinder to ground into in the second inning also turned the tides for the left-hander. At that point, Paxton had allowed two earned runs on four singles, including a walk with the bases loaded. But after he forced Pinder to hit a grounder to third, the A’s would never threaten against him.
“We worked around it well, used the curveball …
