Final
Mariners look to bounce back vs. A's
Sep 12, 2007 - 1:53 PM iners look to bounce back vs. A's* ====================================== Oakland (71-75) at Seattle (75-68) 10:05 pm EDTSEATTLE (Ticker) - The fading Seattle Mariners will try to get back on track when they meet the Oakland Athletics in the finale of a three-game series on Wednesday.
Miguel Batista (13-11, 4.73 ERA) gets the call for Seattle, which has fell 6 1/2 games behind the New York Yankees in the American League wild card chase after losing the first two games of the series.
On Tuesday, Mike Piazza had three hits, including a tie-breaking, two-run single in the sixth inning, and Mark Ellis contributed four hits as the Athletics posted a 7-4 victory.
The righthanded Batista will be looking for his first win in five starts.
In his last outing, the Dominican was tagged for six runs and nine hits in 6 2/3 innings of a 6-1 setback at the Detroit Tigers on Friday.
Batista is 3-4 with a 5.97 ERA in 16 appearances against the A's. Most recently, he gave up three runs and six hits in 7 2/3 innings in a 3-2 loss on July 5.
Oakland's Dan Haren (14-7, 3.03) goes in search of his first winning decision since August 21 at the Toronto Blue Jays - a span of three starts. In his last outing, Haren was tagged for five runs and a season-worst 12 hits in 4 2/3 frames of a 5-3 loss at the Texas Rangers on Friday.
The All-Star righthander is 3-1 with an impressive 1.93 ERA in four starts at Safeco Field. He is 6-3 with a 2.71 ERA overall against the Mariners.
- AL
FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
OAKLAND 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 5 12 0
SEATTLE 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 6 15 3 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: OAK - DAN HAREN, SANTIAGO CASILLA (7TH), ALAN EMBREE (8TH), ANDREW
BROWN (9TH) AND KURT SUZUKI
SEA - MIGUEL BATISTA, ERIC O'FLAHERTY (7TH), JON HUBER
(7TH), GEORGE
Sep 13 1:37 AM - AL
AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY YUNIESKY BETANCOURT SCORED CHARLTON JIMERSON.
FINAL SCORE: SEATTLE 6, OAKLAND 5
Athletics vs. MarinersSep 13 1:37 AM - AL
AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY ADAM JONES (2) TO RIGHT CENTER WITH 0 OUT
IN THE 8TH OFF ALAN EMBREE.
CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 5, SEATTLE 5
DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: W BLOOMQUIST (.286, 1-FOR-3)
Athletics vs. MarinersSep 13 1:09 AM - AL
AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY MIKE PIAZZA SCORED SHANNON STEWART AND NICK
SWISHER.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M PIAZZA ON FIRST, J CUST ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 5
SEATTLE 4 TOP, 7TH
DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: K SUZUKI (.247, 1-FOR-2, SAC, RBI)
Athletics vs. MarinersSep 13 12:35 AM - AL
AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY ICHIRO SUZUKI SCORED YUNIESKY BETANCOURT.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, I SUZUKI ON FIRST, J BURKE ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 3
SEATTLE 4 BOTTOM, 6TH
DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: A BELTRE (.282, 1-FOR-2, BB)
Athletics vs. MarinersSep 13 12:11 AM - AL
AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
SACRIFICE FLY BY NICK SWISHER SCORED SHANNON STEWART.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, N SWISHER ON SECOND, D BARTON ON THIRD, 0 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 3
SEATTLE 3 TOP, 5TH
DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: J CUST (.255, 0-FOR-2)
Athletics vs. MarinersSep 12 11:40 PM - AL
AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
SACRIFICE FLY BY YUNIESKY BETANCOURT SCORED BEN BROUSSARD.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J VIDRO ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 2
SEATTLE 3 BOTTOM, 4TH
DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: J BURKE (.312, 1-FOR-1)
Athletics vs. MarinersSep 12 11:25 PM - AL
AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY KURT SUZUKI SCORED MARK ELLIS.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, K SUZUKI ON FIRST, D JOHNSON ON SECOND, 0 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 2
SEATTLE 2 TOP, 4TH
DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: J HANNAHAN (.271, 0-FOR-1)
Athletics vs. MarinersSep 12 11:18 PM - AL
AT SEATTLE - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY RAUL IBANEZ SCORED JAMIE BURKE AND WILLIE
BLOOMQUIST.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, R IBANEZ ON SECOND, A BELTRE ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 1
SEATTLE 2 BOTTOM, 3RD
DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: J GUILLEN (.288, 0-FOR-1)
Athletics vs. MarinersSep 12 11:06 PM - AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
OAKLAND 1 1 1 0
SEATTLE 0 0 1 (BOT 1)
CURRENT PITCHERS: OAK - DAN HAREN
SEA - MIGUEL BATISTA
DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: I SUZUKI (.350, 6 HR, 59 RBI)
A BELTRE (.282, 24 HR, 91 RBI)
R IBANEZ (.284, 17 HR, 92 RBI)
Athletics vs. MarinersSep 12 10:24 PM
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