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Manaea closes strong rookie season as A’s edge M’s
- Updated: October 2, 2016
SEATTLE — There were no postseason aspirations or playoff dramatics on the line, but Oakland rookie left-hander Sean Manaea put on a nice pitching performance as the A’s and Mariners played out the string in Sunday’s season finale at Safeco Field.
Manaea pitched six innings of two-run ball in Oakland’s 3-2 win, allowing five hits with five strikeouts. The big 24-year-old finished his first season with a 7-9 record and 3.86 ERA and was 3-1 with a 1.05 ERA over his last six outings.
After Seattle saw its Wild Card hopes eliminated in an extra-inning loss on Saturday, Felix Hernandez closed out his campaign with a three-inning start, giving up four hits and three runs before manager Scott Servais went to his bullpen. Hernandez, who missed six weeks in midseason with a calf injury, finished 11-8 with a 3.82 ERA.
Stephen Vogt cracked a first-inning homer off Hernandez, his 14th of the season for the A’s, as Oakland finished its season with two straight wins over Seattle to put its final record at 69-93.
The Mariners finished 86-76, a 10-win …
