AthleticsvsSeattle Mariners
ATH 7/SEA 6
Things to say
The Athletics beat the Mariners 7-6 in Seattle.
01
opener
Man, the A's stole one in Seattle. Went back and forth all night, and the little brother team hung a seven on them. Mariners can't afford to drop those at home.
02
key player
The top of that A's order kept turning the lineup over. Nobody left the yard, but they just kept stacking base hits and grinding out at-bats.
03
hot take
I'm sorry, but Seattle's bullpen gave that away. You've got a lead late and you can't close it out against a 56-win club? That's a season right there.
04
deep cut
The tell was the walks. One-run game and the free passes came back to bite them every single time. That's not bad luck, that's command.
05
exit
Anyway, Mariners better bounce back tomorrow or this thing's over. We'll see if they show up.
The recap
The A's walked into T-Mobile Park as the road dog and stole one, 7-6, in a back-and-forth grind that came down to the final at-bat. Seattle punched back every time Oakland pushed a run across, but the Mariners bullpen couldn't slam the door when it mattered and let the go-ahead run slip through late.
This was a getaway-day scrap where nobody's pitching held all night, so it turned into a bat-off, and the A's just had the last big swing. Seattle drops to 66-76 and has to be sick about coughing up a home game they were right there to win.