OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Mark Canha had a home run with two outs and two runs in the 10th inning, taking the Oakland Athletics to a 3-1 win over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night
The Mariners had taken a 1-0 lead early in the 10th when pinch runner Dee Strange-Gordon – in his 1,000th career game – scored from a passed ball
Ramon Laureano netted a brace with two strikeouts to lead to Sean Murphy, who started the set on second base Canha followed with deep practice on a 1-1 shot from Joey Gerber (1-1) who cleared the fence on the right It was Canha’s second success this season
The A’s (35-22) overtook the Minnesota Twins (35-23) in the race for the second seed of the AL Oakland had lost three of four and five of 11
Gordon put the Mariners in the lead 1-0 after sitting on the bench for the first nine innings
After Strange-Gordon moved up to third on the long fly from pinch hitter Luis Torrens to the right, Evan White swung and missed on a field from Jake Diekman (1-1) but the ball deflected of catcher Sean Murphy Strange-Gordon’s glove ran home and slipped safely
Robbie Grossman of Oakland hit the wall after chasing Joseph Odom’s long fly with two strikeouts In the bottom half, Seattle’s Tim Lopes also sprinted and made a running catch on the warning track on pinched hitter Jonah Hein’s deep fly after the A’s had runners in second and third
Chris Bassitt of Oakland struck out six goals and allowed five hits in seven innings Bassitt has not allowed a run in three of his last four starts and has a 034 ERA (one earned run in 26 2/3 sleeves) during this sequence
Seattle’s Yusei Kikuchi worked in and out of trouble to throw a four-stroke in six innings Kikuchi struck out five and walked three The starting sailors allowed one run or less in five of their last six starts
With Seattle eliminated from playoff competition, the Mariners don’t face the same quarantine lockdown restrictions on the road as they had before Major League Baseball guidelines for contending teams are more stringent than those that are not « So you can go to Starbucks down the street and have a cup of coffee in the morning, which I did this morning, » manager Scott Servais said « I would have preferred to stay in my room and order room service, but that’s where we are now »
The Mariners asked RHP Ian Hamilton for the Chicago White Sox waivers and assigned him to Triple-A Tacoma Hamilton was nominated for the assignment on Sept 18 after playing in four games for the White Sox
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Oakland infielder Tony Kemp received the Dave Stewart Community Service Award, presented annually to an A player in recognition of his charitable work and donations Kemp has dedicated his time to help raise awareness about racial injustice against blacks and has been very active in helping community organizations provide resources during Covid-19
Athletics: A’s try to keep injured 3B Matt Chapman in the mix despite his late-season right hip injury that requires surgery After winning the AL West, he took part in a video call so that Melvin was addressing the team « It’s a shame, but we try to keep as close a contact as possible with him, » said Melvin. « Even if he’s not with us on the pitch it would be great to have him here It’s such an emotional leader «
Mike Minor of Oakland (1-6, 592) and Justus Sheffield of Seattle (4-3, 375) Throw a left-handed game in the first game of a double on Saturday Minor’s only win since he joined the A’s earlier this month came against Seattle in September 14 Sheffield’s four wins have come in his last seven starts A’s RHP Paul Blackburn (0-0) makes his season debut in Game 2, while the Mariners counter with RHP Justin Dunn (3-1, 420)
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