⁍ J.P. Crawford’s go-ahead single sparked a four-run eighth inning for the Seattle Mariners.
⁍ Kyle Seager’s two-run homer capped the scoring for the Mariners.
⁍ The A’s took a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning against Mariners rookie left-hander Justus Sheffield.
⁍ A’s left-hander Mike Minor gave up one run on four hits with seven strikeouts in five-plus innings.
– The Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 5-1 in the first game of a day-night doubleheader Saturday in Oakland, Calif., with pinch-runner Dee Strange-Gordon stealing second base in the eighth inning to set up JD Crawford’s go-ahead single. The Mariners added four more runs in the ninth on Ty France’s single and Kyle Seager’s two-run homer. Mariners rookie left-hander Justus Sheffield allowed one run on five hits in five innings. A’s left-hander Mike Minor gave up one run on four hits with seven strikeouts in five-plus innings. His only victory in seven decisions this season came against the Mariners in a Sept. 14 doubleheader in Seattle. The A’s (35-23) opened the scoring in the fourth inning. Sheffield got Stephen Piscotty to line into a double play to first base to end the inning. The Mariners tied it in the sixth inning. Bishop led off with a double to center and scored on Crawford’s single to left, with Crawford advancing to second on an error by left fielder Canha. That was it for Minor, who was replaced by veteran Joakim Soria. The right-hander got out of the jam as France lined out to center, Kyle Lewis took a called third strike and, after an intentional walk to Seager, Luis Torrens flied out to the warning track in right-center field.
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