Athletics 7 - 4 Mariners
Final
  for this game

Slumping Mariners look to avoid fifth straight home loss

Sep 11, 2007 - 2:45 PM Oakland (70-75) at Seattle (75-67) 10:05 pm EDT

SEATTLE (Ticker) -- The Seattle Mariners need to stop the bleeding quickly.

The Mariners hope to avoid their fifth straight home loss Tuesday when they continue a three-game series with the Oakland Athletics.

Horacio Ramirez lasted just 1 2/3 innings and allowed one of Oakland's two grand slams to Kurt Suzuki in Monday's 9-3 loss. It marked the Mariners' season-high fourth straight loss here.

Seattle, which was leading the wild card race by two games as recently as August 26, has lost 13 of its last 15 and now trails the New York Yankees (81-62) by 5 1/2 games.

A big reason the Mariners have been struggling is that their sub-par rotation has finally caught up to them.

Jarrod Washburn (9-13, 4.32 ERA), who takes the mound Tuesday, has been one of the main culprits. The lefthander has lost three straight and is 1-7 with a 5.32 ERA in 11 post-All Star break starts.

Rookie Dallas Braden (1-7, 6.63 ERA) gets the ball for Oakland, which has lost six of nine. The lefthander won his first start of the season on April 24, but is winless in 10 starts since.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    OAKLAND 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 7 10 2
    SEATTLE 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 11 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: OAK - DALLAS BRADEN, RUDDY LUGO (5TH), ANDREW BROWN (6TH), ALAN
    EMBREE (8TH), HUSTON STREET (9TH) AND KURT SUZUKI
    SEA - JARROD WASHBURN, ERIC O'FLAHERTY (6TH), SEAN

    Sep 12 1:22 AM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MARK ELLIS SCORED NICK SWISHER.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, M ELLIS ON SECOND, M PIAZZA ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 7
    SEATTLE 4 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: M SCUTARO (.265, 0-FOR-1, 2 BB)

    Athletics vs. MarinersSep 12 12:18 AM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MIKE PIAZZA SCORED SHANNON STEWART AND DARIC
    BARTON.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M PIAZZA ON FIRST, N SWISHER ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 6
    SEATTLE 4 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: M ELLIS (.276, 3-FOR-3)

    Athletics vs. MarinersSep 12 12:16 AM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    FIELDER'S CHOICE BY JOSE VIDRO SCORED JOSE GUILLEN.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, J VIDRO ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 4
    SEATTLE 4 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: A JONES (.256, 0-FOR-2)

    Athletics vs. MarinersSep 11 11:54 PM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY KENJI JOHJIMA SCORED RAUL IBANEZ.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, K JOHJIMA ON FIRST, J GUILLEN ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 4
    SEATTLE 3 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: J VIDRO (.316, 2-FOR-2)

    Athletics vs. MarinersSep 11 11:51 PM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY RAUL IBANEZ SCORED ICHIRO SUZUKI.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R IBANEZ ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 4
    SEATTLE 2 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: J GUILLEN (.288, 0-FOR-2)

    Athletics vs. MarinersSep 11 11:46 PM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY SHANNON STEWART SCORED MARCO SCUTARO AND DONNIE
    MURPHY.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, S STEWART ON FIRST, K SUZUKI ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 4
    SEATTLE 1 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: D BARTON (.400, 0-FOR-2)

    Athletics vs. MarinersSep 11 11:18 PM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    BASES LOADED WALK TO KURT SUZUKI SCORED MARK ELLIS.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, K SUZUKI ON FIRST, D MURPHY ON SECOND, M
    SCUTARO ON THIRD, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 2
    SEATTLE 1 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: K THOMPSON (.185, 0-FOR-1)

    Athletics vs. MarinersSep 11 11:14 PM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    BASES LOADED WALK TO DONNIE MURPHY SCORED MIKE PIAZZA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D MURPHY ON FIRST, M SCUTARO ON SECOND, M
    ELLIS ON THIRD, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 1
    SEATTLE 1 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: K SUZUKI (.247, 0-FOR-1)

    Athletics vs. MarinersSep 11 11:10 PM


  • AL
    AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY ADRIAN BELTRE (24) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN
    THE 3RD OFF DALLAS BRADEN.
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 0, SEATTLE 1
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: R IBANEZ (.284, 1-FOR-1)

    Athletics vs. MarinersSep 11 10:56 PM

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