Final
Mariners hit 4 HRs in 9-5 win over A's
Jul 4, 2015 - 6:09 AM OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) J.A. Happ acknowledged his frustration through a series of losses and no-decisions that had piled up since early May. He got a breather Friday night.Nelson Cruz, Seth Smith, Brad Miller and Logan Morrison all hit two-run homers and the Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 9-5 Friday night for their third win in four games.
Happ (4-5) snapped a personal four-game slide with six strong innings, giving up three runs and eight hits. He struck out five and walked none.
''It felt good to go out for the sixth and pitch with the lead,'' Happ said. ''They hit the ball on the ground for the most part and they found holes in the second. I just kept making my pitches and figured sooner or later they would hit them at guys.''
Over his past nine starts, Happ left with a lead or the score tied three times and behind by a run three times. He never allowed more than four runs in any of them.
''It seemed like weird things happened in the second,'' Happ said. ''I did not want to tell you guys that (it was frustrating) again.''
The Mariners gave Happ plenty of breathing room with their five-run rally in the eighth, featuring homers by Cruz and Miller, and an RBI grounder from Mark Trumbo.
''It's fun to get four, five runs ahead,'' Smith said. ''It takes the pressure off. You don't give up an at bat but it takes a load off.''
Smith, a former Athletics player, put the Mariners ahead with his seventh homer.
Robinson Cano added three hits as the Mariners won their sixth in eight games against the A's. Kyle Seager had two hits.
Mark Canha had two hits and three RBIs, Billy Burns had two hits and drove in a run and Brett Lawrie and Josh Reddick also had two hits each for the A's, who had won three of their previous four games. Marcus Semien also drove in a run
Jesse Chavez (4-8) gave up four runs and nine hits in his 6 1/3 innings. He did not walk anyone and struck out four.
''Get two quick outs and then you fall in a rut like that where you got an at-bat with Smitty, whose a good contact hitter,'' Chavez said. ''He just made a good swing on the ball and got it out.''
The A's took a 3-0 lead in the second. Consecutive singles from Brett Lawrie, Reddick and Canha produced the first run, followed by Semien's RBI groundout and Burns' RBI double.
Morrison's 10th home run, with Mike Zunino abroad, cut the deficit to 3-2 in the top of the third.
Seattle has hit 17 homers in its past 12 games after hitting 13 in its previous 24 games. The Mariners also extended their winning streak to 13 when scoring at least five runs.
TRAINER'S ROOM
ariners: RHP Hisashi Iwakuma (strained back muscle) has looked good in three rehab starts with Triple-A Tacoma (1-0, 1.35) and will be activated to make a start on Monday at home against the Detroit Tigers.
Athletics: RHP Sonny Gray will not go on the disabled list but he will miss his scheduled start Sunday. It's hoped he can make two starts before the All-Star break. ... Outfielder Coco Crisp is at home dealing with kidney stones.
UP OR OUT
Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon announced after the game that LHP Vidal Nuno and RHPs Tom Wilhelmsen and Roenis Elias have been optioned to Triple-A. ''We'll announce the corresponding moves tomorrow,'' he said. ... LHP David Rollins, who has yet to allow a run in 9 1/3 innings for Tacoma, is a Rule 5 selection from the Houston Astros and with the completion of his 80-game suspension, for testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug, he must be added to the 25-man roster by Saturday or the Mariners will lose him.
SIGNED AND SEALED
The A's agreed to terms with their 14th round selection from the First-Year Player Draft, RHP Boomer Biegalwski from the Florida State.
UP NEXT
Mariners: RHP Felix Hernandez (10-4, 3.05) is 20-7 with a 2.63 ERA in his career against the A's. Hernandez has not lost in Oakland in seven years, going 6-0 over his previous 14 starts there, the longest streak of undefeated starts by a visiting pitcher at O.co Coliseum.
Athletics: RHP Kendall Graveman (5-4, 3.47) is 4-2 with a 2 01 ERA in eight starts since his recall from Triple-A. He will be making his first start against the Mariners
- SEATTLE: 9
OAKLAND: 5
Final
Jul 3 11:59 PM - Canha doubled to left, Sogard scored, Reddick scored.
Mariners 9, Athletics 5 Bot 9, 1 OutJul 3 11:56 PM - Mark Canha doubles to left field. Josh Reddick scores. Eric Sogard scores.
Mariners 9, Athletics 5 Bot 9, 1 OutJul 3 11:56 PM - B.Miller homered to center on a 0-1 count, Ackley scored.
Mariners 9, Athletics 3 Top 8, 1 OutJul 3 11:32 PM - Brad Miller homers to center field. Dustin Ackley scores.
Mariners 9, Athletics 3 Top 8, 1 OutJul 3 11:31 PM - Ackley safe at first on fielding error by first baseman Vogt, Seager scored, Ackley to first.
Mariners 7, Athletics 3 Top 8, 1 OutJul 3 11:31 PM - Dustin Ackley reaches on error. Kyle Seager scores. Fielding error by Stephen Vogt.
Mariners 7, Athletics 3 Top 8, 1 OutJul 3 11:31 PM - N.Cruz homered to center on a 0-2 count, Cano scored.
Mariners 6, Athletics 3 Top 8, 0 OutsJul 3 11:27 PM - S.Smith homered to right on a full count, Seager scored.
Mariners 4, Athletics 3 Top 6, 2 OutsJul 3 10:49 PM - Seth Smith homers to right field. Kyle Seager scores.
Mariners 4, Athletics 3 Top 6, 2 OutsJul 3 10:48 PM - Morrison homered to center on a 0-0 count, Zunino scored.
Mariners 2, Athletics 3 Top 3, 0 OutsJul 3 9:53 PM - Logan Morrison homers to center field. Mike Zunino scores.
Mariners 2, Athletics 3 Top 3, 0 OutsJul 3 9:53 PM - Billy Burns doubles to right field. Mark Canha scores.
Mariners 0, Athletics 3 Bot 2, 2 OutsJul 3 9:48 PM - Semien grounded out, shortstop B.Miller to first baseman Morrison, Reddick scored, Canha to third.
Mariners 0, Athletics 2 Bot 2, 2 OutsJul 3 9:45 PM - Marcus Semien grounds out to shallow infield, Brad Miller to Logan Morrison. Mark Canha to third. Josh Reddick scores.
Mariners 0, Athletics 2 Bot 2, 1 OutJul 3 9:45 PM - Mark Canha singles to right field, advances to 2nd. Josh Reddick to third. Brett Lawrie scores.
Mariners 0, Athletics 1 Bot 2, 1 OutJul 3 9:44 PM - Canha singled to right, Lawrie scored, Reddick to third.
Mariners 0, Athletics 1 Bot 2, 1 OutJul 3 9:44 PM - Logan Morrison pops out to shallow left field to Marcus Semien.
Jul 3 9:08 PM - SEATTLE: 0
OAKLAND: 0
Top 1, 0 Outs
Jul 3 9:07 PM
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