Dull caps dazzling rookie campaign

SEATTLE — A’s second baseman Joey Wendle surely delivered the club’s biggest hit in Saturday’s wild affair that extinguished Seattle’s postseason chances, but was it the biggest moment? Manager Bob Melvin believes Ryan Dull’s doings trumped all.

Yes, the right-hander, pitching in his American League rookie-leading 70th game, yielded the tying run in the eighth inning, but he also left the bases loaded in a most impressive manner, giving way to Oakland’s 10-inning, 9-8 victory.

“I had a conversation with Dull today,” Melvin said Sunday morning, ahead of the A’s season finale. “That, last night, I feel like he was instrumental in winning the game for us. He gave up a run, but he’s in his 70th appearance, weighs about 50 pounds wet, and he’s in an almost no-win situation.”

After Dull offered up pinch-hitter Ben Gamel’s …

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