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HOUSTON -- The no-hit performance delivered by Oakland left-hander Sean Manaea last Saturday certainly represented the high point of the Athletics' recent string of wins, but Manaea wasn't alone in providing Oakland the quality pitching at the heart of that success.

Even in defeat on Wednesday, Oakland received a pitching performance worthy of better results, with right-hander Kendall Graveman working six solid innings in a 4-2 loss that snapped the team's four-game winning streak. Still, Oakland (13-12) has won eight of 10 games to climb above .500 in advance of a three-game series starting Friday against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park.

Sandwiched between Manaea and Graveman, Daniel Mengden, Trevor Cahill, and Andrew Triggs combined to work 17 1/3 innings while allowing five earned runs on 14 hits and three walks with 17 strikeouts. In the appearance prior to his no-hitter against the Boston Red Sox, Manaea allowed two hits and one run over seven innings in a 2-1 win over the Mariners on April 15. Mengden followed with eight innings of one-run ball in an 8-1 win over the White Sox.