WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — David Festa fell behind 2-0 to four of the first six batters he faced on Thursday. All four of them scored, three coming in on a Max Muncy home run. But he settled down in the second inning and, it seemed, for a brief second, as if he could be on the Zebby Matthews path.

On Friday in Seattle, Matthews allowed four runs in the first inning and then absolutely dominated for his next six. Unfortunately for Festa and the Twins, that didn’t happen on Thursday, and the shaky first inning was instead a sign of things to come for the young right-hander in the Twins’ 14-3 loss to the Athletics at Sutter Health Park.

“I thought the command just wasn’t there,” Festa said. “I think overall execution was bad. I think I did a bad job of making a big pitch when I needed to. I

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