Athletics 0 - 4 Mariners
Final
  for this game

Division rivals Athletics, Mariners meet in season opener

Apr 2, 2007 - 2:03 PM Oakland (0-0) at Seattle (0-0) 6:35 pm EDT

SEATTLE (Ticker) -- The Oakland Athletics finished on top and the Seattle Mariners ended up on the bottom of the American League West last season.

The Athletics will run out a new Opening Day starter on Monday when they visit the Mariners.

Oakland was unable to retain ace lefthander Barry Zito, who signed a seven-year, $126 million contract with San Francisco, and also lost slugger Frank Thomas in the offseason.

Zito, the 2002 Cy Young award winner, was the team's Opening Day starter last season and won 102 games for the A's over the past seven years. Thomas turned his Comeback Player of the Year award into a two-year, $18 million deal with the Toronto Blue Jays.

But Oakland usually has its way with the Mariners. The Athletics won 17 of the 19 meetings last season.

That's the primary reason why the Mariners finished in last place in the AL West for the third straight season.

The Mariners spent the offseason overhauling their rotation, adding Jeff Weaver, Horacio Ramirez and Miguel Batista.

Felix Hernandez will start for Seattle. The burly righthander went 12-14 with a 4.52 ERA last season. He turns 21 years old on April 8.

Dan Haren will oppose Hernandez. The righthander went 5-0 with a 2.95 ERA against the Mariners in 2006.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    OAKLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
    SEATTLE 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 x 4 4 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: OAK - DAN HAREN, JAY WITASICK (7TH), JAY MARSHALL (8TH) AND JASON
    KENDALL
    SEA - FELIX HERNANDEZ, J.J. PUTZ (9TH) AND KENJI
    JOHJIMA

    HOME RUNS: OAK - NONE
    SEA - RI

    Apr 2 8:49 PM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - MID INNING UPDATE
    PLAY: J Witasick relieved D Haren.
    SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 0
    SEATTLE 4 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: Y Betancourt (.000, 0-FOR-2)

    Apr 2 8:21 PM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - PITCHING CHANGE
    OAK: JAY WITASICK (NO RECORD) STARTING THE 7TH
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 0, SEATTLE 4
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: Y BETANCOURT (.000, 0-FOR-2)

    Apr 2 8:21 PM


  • AL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    OAKLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
    SEATTLE 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 0 (BOT 7)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: OAK - DAN HAREN
    SEA - FELIX HERNANDEZ

    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: Y BETANCOURT (.000, 0-FOR-2)
    J LOPEZ (.000, 0-FOR-2)
    I SUZUKI (.333, 1-FOR-3)

    Apr 2 8:19 PM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY RICHIE SEXSON (1) TO CENTER WITH 2
    OUT IN THE 6TH OFF DAN HAREN SCORED ADRIAN BELTRE AND JOSE VIDRO.
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 0, SEATTLE 4
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: J GUILLEN (.000, 0-FOR-2)

    Athletics vs. MarinersApr 2 8:03 PM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY RAUL IBANEZ SCORED ICHIRO SUZUKI.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J VIDRO ON FIRST, A BELTRE ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 0
    SEATTLE 1 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: R SEXSON (.000, 0-FOR-2)

    Athletics vs. MarinersApr 2 8:01 PM


  • AL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    OAKLAND 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
    SEATTLE 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 (TOP 5)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: OAK - DAN HAREN
    SEA - FELIX HERNANDEZ

    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: E CHAVEZ (.000, 0-FOR-1)
    N SWISHER (.000, 0-FOR-0, BB)
    B CROSBY (.000, 0-FOR-1)

    Apr 2 7:30 PM


  • AL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    OAKLAND 0 0 0 0 0
    SEATTLE 0 0 0 0 (BOT 2)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: OAK - DAN HAREN
    SEA - FELIX HERNANDEZ

    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: R IBANEZ (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)
    R SEXSON (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)
    J GUILLEN (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)

    Apr 2 7:00 PM

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