Piscotty placed on IL; surgery possible

A day after the A’s reinstated utilityman Chad Pinder from the injured list, they placed outfielder Stephen Piscotty on the IL with a sprained left wrist. Manager Bob Melvin said surgery is being considered, which likely would end Piscotty’s season.

“I think surgery is potentially in the equation here,” Melvin said. “There was always potential for it. He was trying to grind through it to get through the season.”

Piscotty was in the Coliseum’s indoor batting cage during Friday night’s game, in case he was summoned as a pinchhitter, but the wrist bothered him too much to prepare for an at-bat.

“He just couldn’t go,” Melvin said. “He’s been dealing with it all year. It just seems it’s come to a head.”

Cortisone shots haven’t helped, and Piscotty was meeting with doctors to determine the next step. It’s the second time this season the wrist injury landed him on the IL. He was shelved from June 17 to July 3 and had played just 12 of 38 games in the meantime.

Outfielder Seth Brown, who had been optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas to make room for Pinder, was returned to the roster Saturday.

“He was actually driving to Vegas,” Melvin said. “He was a few hours away, turned around and drove right back. The drive here was probably better than the drive there.”

Piscotty, who is hitting .220 with five home runs in 72 games, is a right fielder. That Pinder played the position in Friday’s Bay Bridge Series opener was an indication that Piscotty wasn’t up to par.

Manaea progress: Starter Sean Manaea lasted just 42⁄3 innings and was pulled after 96 pitches. He walked three and gave up four hits, including

Kris Bryant’s two-run homer.

Manaea exited with the bases loaded, and Yusmeiro Petit bailed him out by retiring Wilmer Flores.

Still, it represented an upgrade over Manaea’s first three August starts, in which he yielded 15 earned runs in 11 innings. “The last three starts were horrible,” Manaea said. “To have an outing like that, to grind through was huge. At the end of the day, it was just OK.”