Mariners 4 - 2 Athletics
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First-place A's set to host Mariners

Apr 16, 2008 - 12:43 PM Seattle (7-8) at Oakland (9-6) 10:05 pm EDT

OAKLAND, California (Ticker) - The Oakland Athletics have been one of the more surprising teams in the early going this season. They will look to hang on to first place in the American League West when they host the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday.

Firmly in rebuilding mode, the A's were expected to finish near the bottom of the pack this season as they waited for some of their young talent to develop.

But some surprising pitching performances have kept them near the top of the West for the first few weeks of the season.

Youngsters Greg Smith and Dana Eveland have been effective so far and solid contributions from veterans Lenny DiNardo, Joe Blanton and Rich Harden have the staff ranked third in the AL with a 3.35 team ERA.

Nonetheless, the Mariners could give the A's pitching staff a test in this two-game series.

Seattle produced its best offensive game of the season on Tuesday, putting 11 runs on the board against the Kansas City Royals while matching a club record with five sacrifice flies.

Blanton (1-2, 4.15 ERA) will get the call on Wednesday for Oakland. The hefty righthander picked up his first win last Friday at Cleveland and has already made four starts this season due to the club's trip to Japan last month.

The Mariners will counter with phenom Felix Hernandez (1-0, 1.66). The 22-year-old righthander has allowed just four runs in 21 2/3 innings this season, though all four came last Friday against the Angels.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    SEATTLE 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12 1
    OAKLAND 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: SEA - FELIX HERNANDEZ AND KENJI JOHJIMA
    OAK - JOE BLANTON, ANDREW BROWN (9TH) AND KURT SUZUKI

    HOME RUNS: SEA - NONE
    OAK - NONE

    Apr 17 12:17 AM


  • AL
    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY DARIC BARTON SCORED JACK HANNAHAN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D BARTON ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 4
    OAKLAND 2 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: M SWEENEY (.280, 0-FOR-3)

    Mariners 4, Athletics 2  Bot 8, 0 OutsApr 17 12:02 AM


  • AL
    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY ADRIAN BELTRE SCORED RAUL IBANEZ.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A BELTRE ON THIRD, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 4
    OAKLAND 1 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: J VIDRO (.218, 1-FOR-1, 2 RBI)

    Mariners 4, Athletics 1  Top 3, 0 OutsApr 16 10:50 PM


  • AL
    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    ERROR BY YUNIESKY BETANCOURT ALLOWED BOBBY CROSBY TO SCORE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, K SUZUKI ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 3
    OAKLAND 1 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: J HANNAHAN (.162, 1 HR, 4 RBI)

    Mariners 3, Athletics 1  Bot 2, 0 OutsApr 16 10:42 PM


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

    CURRENT PITCHERS: SEA - FELIX HERNANDEZ
    OAK - JOE BLANTON

    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: T BUCK (.170, 0 HR, 5 RBI)
    M ELLIS (.233, 2 HR, 9 RBI)
    D BARTON (.222, 0 HR, 4 RBI)

    Mariners 3, Athletics 0  Bot 1, 0 OutsApr 16 10:15 PM
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    Mariners vs. AthleticsApr 15 6:53 AM

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