Gray, Manaea go 3 2/3 scoreless; Rox rally
MESA, Ariz. -- Neither Jon Gray nor Sean Manaea gave up a run Tuesday, as the Rockies used a four-run ninth inning to take down the A's, 4-3, at Hohokam Stadium.Manaea gave up seven hits and struck out two, but he also did not allow a run in his 3
MESA, Ariz. -- Neither
Manaea gave up seven hits and struck out two, but he also did not allow a run in his 3 2/3 innings. It was the third time this spring that Manaea has thrown more than two innings, and in all three outings, he's allowed one run or fewer. The 25-year-old left-hander is a virtual lock for a spot in the A's Opening Day rotation.
"It wasn't my best day for sure, but you're going to have those during the season, and just putting up zeros when I didn't have my best stuff was huge," Manaea said. "My slider definitely wasn't working. I don't know if it was mentally or what, but I don't think I threw one for a strike today. That and fastball command; I wasn't locating at all."
Gray, in line to start on Opening Day for the Rockies, held the A's to one hit in 3 2/3 innings and struck out six. His Cactus League ERA is now 1.17 through three appearances.
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The A's put the game's first runs on the board through Josh Phegley's one-out RBI single in the fifth inning. Phegley drove in
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"It is an exhibition game, but it's good for a young pitcher like [Matt] Carasiti to come into a big league game and get a save," Rockies manager Bud Black said. "It's good for [Carlos] Estevez and [Mike] Dunn to hold the lead and keep it at 3-0, and a couple of guys who could potentially be on our Major League roster got some big hits."
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