Blackburn turns in season-best outing; A’s top Tribe

After a shaky couple of innings, Paul Blackburn settled down and found his groove, outdueling Trevor Bauer in a 3-1 win over the Indians on Friday at the Coliseum. Marcus Semien, Khris Davis and Jed Lowrie knocked in the runs as the A’s won their fifth consecutive game — and 11th of their last 13 — to improve to a season-high seven games over .500.