Chris Bassitt returns as A's try to avoid sweep vs. Mariners

Five weeks after getting hit in the face with a 100-mph line drive, Chris Bassitt is ready to return to the mound.

The Oakland right-hander is scheduled to start Thursday afternoon when the A's wrap up a four-game series with the visiting Seattle Mariners.

"I think initially, it'll be like,'Wow!' " A's manager Bob Melvin said of his expectations. "After that, it'll be like regular Chris Bassitt doing his thing out there