four game losing streak beating
the Oakland A's 16-3. It would be nice
if the Mariners conclude the series
besting the A's Thursday afternoon.
This tied the most runs score for
the Mariners in Oakland in a game.
This will be the last time these two
teams face each other in Oakland
as the A's move to Sacramento for
a few seasons while building a
stadium in Las Vegas hopefully.
The big inning was the seventh
where the Mariners scored seven
runs after leading 5-2. Luis Urias
led off the seventh with a home
run his first for the Mariners since
May. He was the hitter of the game
as he had two doubles as well and
driving in four runs.
Urias home run was the Mariners
only one of the game. The team
seems to do better when they don't
hit a lot of home runs. Oakland
Stadium is big so the Mariners had
five doubles besides Urias. Victor
Robles had two doubles and drove
in three runs. Mitch Garver may
have had his best game as a Mariner
since he drove in four runs as well.
Every Mariners hitters had at least
one hit in the game. In total they
had 16 hits. Robles who batted
sixth in the lineup through ninth
hitter were the most productive as
they drove in 13 of the 16 runs.
Oakland reliever Jason Junk gave
up all seven runs on six hits and two
walks. I thought in the middle of it
all he was doing his namesake by
throwing a lot of junk.. Junk was
removed and didn't a single out.
George Kirby pitched six innings
giving up two runs. Kirby struck
out nine hitters. There was thought
he would go out and pitch the 7th
however it was a long half inning
they decided to go to the bullpen.
When the Mariners have scored at
least ten runs they have struggled
to score runs for several games.
They don't have to score 16 in
today's afternoon game but at
least five runs and splitting the
series would be good since they
are still battling for a spot in the
playoffs. In fact this would be a
good start to go on a long winning
streak. Go M's.
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