Doolittle pitched a scoreless ninth inning, allowing one hit before striking out the side in a non-save situation in Tuesday's game against the Mets. Having not pitched in five days, the A's needed Doolittle to get in some work. Doolittle has been dominant of late, having not given up a run in 11 appearances (11.1 innings) and now owns a 2.35 ERA, 0.65 WHIP and astonishing 77:4 K:BB ratio in 53.2 innings pitched this year.