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Manaea, Cotton display bright future with A’s
- Updated: September 21, 2016
OAKLAND — Left-hander Sean Manaea, like right-hander Jharel Cotton the night before, gave the Athletics an exciting glimpse of what’s to come.
Manaea threw six scoreless innings and allowed just three hits in a no-decision Tuesday night, as the Astros rallied to hand the A’s a 2-1 loss in the 10th.
Cotton threw two-hit ball over six innings in the A’s 4-2 loss to Houston on Monday night.
“It’s awesome to see the young guys come up and take advantage of their opportunities,” said A’s reliever Sean Doolittle, who took the loss on Tuesday. “Another really tough loss, back-to-back nights, especially frustrating because of the start Manaea gave us. That was one of his best outings of the season and to squander it is incredibly frustrating. The same with Cotton, …
