Manaea 9 Ks, Chapman homers for A's in 10-4 win over Padres

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Sean Manaea took a perfect game into the sixth inning and Matt Chapman hit a three-run homer to carry the Oakland Athletics to a 10-4 victory over the San Diego Padres on Wednesday.

Manaea (8-6) kept the Padres off the basepaths until he walked former Athletics player Jurickson Profar with one out in the sixth. Pinch-hitter Eric Hosmer then lofted a bloop single to shallow center to end Manaea's bid for a second career no-hitter. The left-hander no-hit the Boston Red Sox on April 21, 2018.

Until the hit by Hosmer, who reportedly is on the trade block, the Padres hit just one ball out of the infield. That was Jake Cronenworth's flyball to left for the second out of the fifth.

Manaea struck out nine in six innings and allowed just the one hit and one walk.

In his previous start, he struck out a career-high 13 and allowed just one run and three hits in seven innings in a 4-1 win at Seattle.

“I’m just trying to be consistent every time I go out there, just getting a little bit more confidence in my stuff," Manaea said. “Go out there and try to throw up zeros, just any way I can help the boys win.”

Having a 4-0 lead before throwing a pitch helped.

“These guys got a lead in the first inning so I didn’t have to be too cute with anything, just go after guys and let the defense work. Just trust my stuff and attack guys. No reason to be out there trying to be perfect with everything, just go out there and throw. That was pretty much it from the get-go," he said.

“He’s good,” manager Bob Melvin said. “His fastball at times plays like it’s upper 90s. He hides it. He’s got a lot coming at you. He’s got a great changeup which is a separator, which makes his fastball that much better and his breaking ball is so much better now. When he’s throwing strikes and...

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