Final
Mariners score five in second, top A's
Aug 2, 2011 - 7:24 AMVideo
Brendan Ryan and Miguel Olivo each had three hits and knocked in a run for Seattle, which got 6 2/3 quality innings from rookie Blake Beavan (2-2) to win for the third time in five games.
Trevor Cahill (9-10) was tagged with seven runs on 12 hits in four-plus innings for the A's, who had taken two of three from the Twins over the weekend.
"It just didn't end up being a great game for us all the way around," said A's interim manager Bob Melvin. "We had the bases loaded, nobody out and then we don't score, that took a little momentum away from us and we just didn't play real crisply after that."
More than the loss, the A's revealed that shortstop Cliff Pennington was diagnosed with Bell's palsy, a form of facial paralysis resulting from a dysfunctional nerve.
He carried a 15-game hitting streak into the contest but was pulled in the sixth inning, having gone 0-for-2. Pennington is set to start medication and is listed as day-to-day, according to MLB.com.
Oakland had a chance to score immediately, loading the bases with nobody out in the first inning. But the A's came up empty after Beavan struck out Josh Willingham and Ryan Sweeney before getting Conor Jackson to fly out.
"First three hitters I just wasn't getting the ball down and hitting my spots where I wanted to, and they obviously made me pay for it," Beavan said. "[I was] just fortunate with the defense and made some pitches when I needed to, to get out of it."
Franklin Gutierrez plated the first run of the pivotal second frame with a run-scoring double, matching his RBI total for July. With the bases loaded later in the frame, Ryan singled to make it 2-0, and Ackley followed with a sinking liner in front of a diving Sweeney in right. The ball bounced over Sweeney's glove and rolled to the wall for a bases-clearing triple.
Hideki Matsui got Oakland on the board in the third when his sacrifice fly plated Coco Crisp.
The Mariners added a run in the fourth on Olivo's run-scoring infield single, and Justin Smoak raced home on a wild pitch an inning later for a 7-1 cushion.
Kurt Suzuki doubled in a run and scored in the seventh, and Smoak came in again in the bottom half on Ichiro Suzuki's infield hit.
Kurt Suzuki's solo shot off Brandon League in the ninth capped the scoring.
Game Notes
Beavan has recorded a quality start in each of his first five outings...The A's had 11 hits and extended their streak of eight of more hits to 17 games, an Oakland record...Seattle had 16 hits and went 7-for-20 with runners in scoring position.
- OAKLAND: 4
SEATTLE: 8
Final
Aug 2 1:15 AM - Kurt Suzuki lead-off Home Run (9) to left. Scott Sizemore due up.
Athletics 4, Mariners 8 Top 9, 0 OutsAug 2 1:08 AM - Ichiro Suzuki infield single to third scored Justin Smoak with one out. Runner on first and Brendan Ryan due up.
Athletics 3, Mariners 8 Bot 7, 1 OutAug 2 12:37 AM - Kurt Suzuki scores a Jamey Wright wild pitch with two out. Coco Crisp advances to second on wild pitch. Runner on second and Hideki Matsui at the plate.
Athletics 3, Mariners 7 Top 7, 2 OutsAug 2 12:30 AM - Kurt Suzuki doubled to right scored Eric Sogard with none out. Runner on second and Scott Sizemore due up.
Athletics 2, Mariners 7 Top 7, 0 OutsAug 2 12:18 AM - Justin Smoak scores on a Jordan Norberto wild pitch with two out. None on and Brendan Ryan at the plate.
Athletics 1, Mariners 7 Bot 5, 2 OutsAug 1 11:54 PM - Miguel Olivo infield single to third scored Dustin Ackley with two out. On the play, Mike Carp advances to second. Runners on first and second with Casper Wells due up.
Athletics 1, Mariners 6 Bot 4, 2 OutsAug 1 11:34 PM - Hideki Matsui sacrifice fly out to center scored Coco Crisp with one out. None on with Josh Willingham due up.
Athletics 1, Mariners 5 Top 3, 2 OutsAug 1 11:05 PM - Dustin Ackley tripled to right scored Franklin Gutierrez, Ichiro Suzuki and Brendan Ryan with one out. Runner on third with Mike Carp due up.
Athletics 0, Mariners 5 Bot 2, 1 OutAug 1 10:54 PM - Brendan Ryan singled to left scored Chone Figgins with one out. On the play, Ichiro Suzuki advances to second and Franklin Gutierrez advances to third. Bases loaded with Dustin Ackley due up.
Athletics 0, Mariners 2 Bot 2, 1 OutAug 1 10:51 PM - Franklin Gutierrez doubled to right scored Casper Wells with one out. On the play, Chone Figgins advances to third. Runners on second and third with Ichiro Suzuki due up.
Athletics 0, Mariners 1 Bot 2, 1 OutAug 1 10:47 PM - OAKLAND: 0
SEATTLE: 0
Top 1, 0 Outs
Aug 1 10:10 PM
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