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Jul 4, 2015 - 5:51 AM With no health issues stemming from his latest outing, Felix Hernandez hopes his recent trend of inconsistency has passed.

Looking to record consecutive quality starts for the first time since the end of May, the Seattle Mariners ace tries to continue his success against the host Oakland Athletics on Saturday.

Hernandez (10-4, 3.05 ERA) allowed a total of 19 runs in three June outings and just one in his other three, adding up to a 5.51 ERA that was his worst in any month since August 2013.

He gave up four runs and nine hits over 6 2-3 innings of a 4-1 loss to Kansas City on June 22, then yielded one hit and struck out eight over six scoreless innings Sunday before cramping forced him to leave a 3-2, 10-inning defeat in Anaheim.

"Other than heat exhaustion, nothing (was wrong with him)," manager Lloyd McClendon said.

Hernandez wasn't upset that McClendon pulled him after 96 pitches.

"He is always right," Hernandez said. "I was a little tired. The weather was way too hot. I got a lot of cramps, in my legs, too. He made the right decision. There's nothing wrong with me."

Hernandez is 10-2 with a 2.64 ERA in 20 starts at Oakland, and hasn't suffered a losing decision there in the 14 outings that followed his last Sept. 19, 2008 - the longest such streak by a visitor at the Coliseum.

He allowed three runs and eight hits in five innings of an 8-7, 10-inning win at Oakland (37-46) on April 12 - the Mariners' sixth straight victory and 10th of 11 when Hernandez starts there. On May 10, he gave up a pair of solo homers to Marcus Semien and recorded his 2,000th strikeout in seven of a 4-3 victory to improve to 5-0 with a 2.54 ERA in his last eight overall against the A's.

''It's Felix Hernandez - he's going to do that to a lot of teams this year,'' said Oakland's Stephen Vogt, who is 7 for 12 with a home run against him.

Hernandez looks to help Seattle (37-43) build on a 9-5 victory Friday when Nelson Cruz hit one of the Mariners' four two-run homers. Seattle has homered 17 times in the last 12 games after hitting six in its previous 19.

Cruz has hit two of his 21 homers in the last three after recording one over his previous 29 contests. He's batting .344 with three home runs and seven RBIs in eight games against the A's this season.

Oakland's Kendall Graveman (5-4, 3.47), though, has a 1.50 ERA while lasting at least seven innings in his last five outings. He allowed five hits over seven scoreless innings of Monday's 7-1 victory over Colorado.

The right-hander is 4-2 with a 2.01 ERA in eight starts since he was recalled from Triple-A Nashville, where he spent a month after posting an 8.27 ERA in his first four outings.

"I think the confidence factor is definitely there," he said. "It's something I felt when I was at spring training. Then I lost it a little bit when I started the season here. To go back down to Nashville and work with those guys and be productive down there, and then come back and contribute here, has been great."

This will be his first start against the Mariners, whom he faced twice out of the bullpen last season.

The A's have dropped six of eight to Seattle, but Semien is batting .382 with seven RBIs in those games.