<p>OAKLAND, Calif. — Lefty Sean Manaea’s bid to pitch baseball’s second no-hitter of the night Friday ended on a leadoff double in the eighth inning by high school teammate Mike Brosseau, then Seth Brown hit a game-ending homer as the Oakland Athletics beat the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 .</p>
<p>Manaea and Brosseau played together at Andrean High in Merrillville, Indiana.</p>
<p>Brown’s pinch-hit RBI single broke up a scoreless game in the bottom of the seventh then Tampa Bay chased Manaea.</p>
<p>Brown delivered again facing Jeffrey Springs (2-1).</p>
<p>Jake Diekman (2-0) recorded two outs in the ninth for the win.</p>
<p>Aiming to follow fellow lefty Wade Miley’s gem for Cincinnati at Cleveland with his second career no-no, Manaea’s good fortune turned quickly — and he even lost his chance to get a decision out of it.</p>
<p>Mike Zunino came through with tying single after Brosseau’s hit. Then, after Kevin Kiermaier’s called third stirke, Manaea gave way to reliever Yusemeiro Petit.</p>
<p>Manaea, who threw a no-hitter April 21, 2018, against Boston, fist pumped after his strikeouts — 10 in all to match his career high — and did a little walk off the mound to gather himself between batters. He allowed just those two hits and the walk while throwing 81 pitches over 7 1/3 innings.</p>
<p>The 29-year-old Manaea didn’t allow a baserunner until Randy Arozarena drew a leadoff walk in the seventh, when right fielder Stephen Piscotty later made a great catch on the warning track on Brandon Lowe’s sharp flyball.</p>
<p>The quest by Manaea came two years to the day after teammate Mike Fiers pitched his second career no-hitter against the Reds in Oakland — and on Mother’s Day 11 years ago A’s left-hander Dallas Braden through a perfect game against Tampa Bay here at home.</p>
<p>Manaea dazzled in a pitcher’s duel with Rich Hill, who didn’t allow a run in six innings against his former club before the A’s got to Andrew Kittredge.</p>
<p>For the soft-spoken lefty, finishing this one might have helped ease the sting of losing the 2019 AL wild card game to the Rays in their last visit to the Oakland Coliseum.</p>
<p>The hardest hit ball early came on Manuel Margot’s groundout to third in the fourth inning that traveled at 92 mph.</p>
<p>“Let’s go, Manaea!” fans among the crowd of 5,058 yelled.</p>
<p>This win certainly came at a good time for the defending AL West champion A’s after they were outscored 19-8 over their final two games by Toronto.</p>
<p>The Rays were coming off a four-game sweep of the Angels and had their winning streak snapped at five, which matched their season-best unbeaten run.</p>
<p>Hill went 9-3 in 14 starts for the A’s in 2016 before being dealt to the Dodgers at the trade deadline.</p>
<p>Oakland faced a sixth straight left-handed starter and saw a southpaw for the eighth time in nine games and 11th in 14.</p>
<p>This marked the fifth of seven meetings between the clubs in a two-week span after they split a four-game set in Tampa last week.</p>
<p>TRAINER’S ROOM</p>
<p>Rays: C Francisco Mejía was scratched because of discomfort in his left side but it wasn’t considered serious. “We anticipate right now it will be a very minor thing and he will be totally available to come off the bench tonight,” manager Kevin Cash said.</p>
<p>Athletics: OF Chad Pinder (sprained left knee) ran the bases among his on-field baseball work and still could go on a rehab assignment as soon as this weekend. … Ramón Laureano got a break from playing center field to be the designated hitter.</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>RHP Tyler Glasnow (4-1, 2.06 ERA) pitches for Tampa Bay opposite Oakland righty Frankie Montas (3-2, 5.87).</p>
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