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Luis Urías homers, knocks in 4 as Mariners rout Athletics 16-3

Seattle snaps 4-game losing streak to get back to .500

By ERIC HE, Associated Press
Published: September 4, 2024, 9:50pm
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Seattle Mariners' Luis Urías (23) celebrates with J.P. Crawford (3) after hitting a home run against the Oakland Athletics during the seventh inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024.
Seattle Mariners' Luis Urías (23) celebrates with J.P. Crawford (3) after hitting a home run against the Oakland Athletics during the seventh inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn) Photo Gallery

OAKLAND, Calif. — Mitch Garver and Luis Urías both drove in four runs, George Kirby struck out nine in six innings and the Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 16-3 on Wednesday night.

Seattle, which entered the day 5 1/2 games back of the last AL wild card spot, recorded a season high in runs and snapped a four-game losing streak to get back to .500 at 70-70. The Mariners scored seven times in the seventh inning to pull away, sending 12 batters to the plate. They added four more runs in the eighth.

“Just a bust-out game for everybody,” Seattle manager Dan Wilson said. “A lot of special things that can still happen on this club in the last several games here.”

Kirby (11-10) improved to 5-0 against the A’s in his career and had eight strikeouts through the first four innings.

The 26-year-old said he made a small mental adjustment after allowing five runs in a loss last week against the Angels by “just ripping it” and trusting his stuff.

“I was just thinking too much the last couple weeks,” Kirby said. “I’m always at my best when I just keep it simple and just attack guys.”

Ahead by a run in the fourth, the Mariners recorded four straight two-out hits off A’s starter JP Sears (11-10) to extend the lead to 5-1. After Victor Robles reached on a double, Garver knocked in his third run of the game with a single. Urías and Dylan Moore each followed with RBI hits.

“Two-out RBIs are so big, and they’re backbreakers on the other side,” Wilson said. “Our guys put up some great at-bats and gave George what he needed in terms of the lead.”

Urías led off the seventh with a solo homer, and then the next six Mariners reached base to blow the game open. Julio Rodríguez, Randy Arozarena and Victor Robles all knocked in runs to give Seattle a 12-2 lead. A’s reliever Janson Junk was charged with all seven runs and did not record an out as he allowed six hits and two walks. Oakland gave up a season-high 16 runs.

“To be able to score some runs tonight was really good, but I was more impressed with how the at-bats continued throughout the seventh through the ninth,” Garver said. “Because a lot of times when you get up by eight to 10 runs, you kind of give away at-bats, but we continued to press on and scored a few more.”

The A’s, in the midst of their second-to-last homestand at the Coliseum, drew an announced crowd of 4,390 on Wednesday.

“I’m obviously pretty upset about it,” Sears said of his outing. “We’ve been playing some good baseball, and it’s my job to give our team a chance to win the game. It got a little away from me in the fourth inning with two outs there. I felt really competitive the whole game. I felt like I had pretty good control. I actually didn’t pitch terrible, but obviously didn’t have the results.”

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Lawrence Butler set a franchise record when he recorded an extra-base hit for the ninth straight game with a leadoff double. Butler then scored the A’s first run on a single by Brent Rooker.

ROSTER MOVES

Athletics: RHP Joe Boyle was optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas. … IF CJ Alexander was claimed off waivers from the Kansas City Royals.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Athletics: LHP Scott Alexander (left rotator cuff tendonitis) was reinstated from the 15-day injured list. … IF Tyler Soderstrom (wrist) is expected to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Triple-A Las Vegas. … OF Esteury Ruiz (left wrist strain) was transferred to the 60-day injured list.

UP NEXT

RHP Bryan Woo (6-2, 2.40 ERA) is set to take the mound for the Mariners in the final game of the series. The A’s have not announced a starter.

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MARINERS 16, ATHLETICS 3

Seattle AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Crawford ss 6 1 1 0 0 1 .195
Rodríguez cf 6 1 1 1 0 0 .258
Raleigh c 5 2 1 0 1 1 .207
Arozarena lf 4 3 2 2 0 2 .238
Turner 1b 4 2 1 0 1 0 .236
Robles rf 4 3 3 3 1 0 .306
Garver dh 5 1 2 4 0 1 .167
Urías 3b 4 2 3 4 1 0 .174
Moore 2b 4 1 2 2 0 1 .205
Totals 42 16 16 16 4 6
Oakland AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Butler rf 3 1 1 0 0 1 .266
a-Nevin ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .196
Rooker dh 3 1 2 1 0 1 .297
b-McCann ph-dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 .252
Bleday cf 3 0 1 1 0 2 .247
Cameron cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .188
Langeliers c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .221
Brown lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .242
Gelof 2b 2 1 1 0 1 0 .205
Allen 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .173
Gray 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .111
Schuemann 3b 3 0 0 1 0 1 .226
Alvarez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Wilson ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .174
Totals 33 3 7 3 1 14
Seattle 020 300 740—16 16 0
Oakland 100 001 100—3 7 0

a-struck out for Butler in the 7th. b-struck out for Rooker in the 8th.

LOB—Seattle 5, Oakland 4. 2B—Garver (17), Robles 2 (13), Urías 2 (6), Moore (22), Arozarena (8), Butler (21), Gelof (16), Bleday (38), Gray (1). HR—Urías (4), off Junk. RBI—Garver 4 (44), Urías 4 (16), Moore 2 (39), Rodríguez (48), Arozarena 2 (12), Robles 3 (19), Rooker (94), Bleday (55), Schuemann (33). SB—Moore (29). CS—Rooker (2). SF—Moore.

Runners left in scoring position—Seattle 5 (Crawford 3, Moore 2); Oakland 4 (Brown, Nevin, Wilson 2). RISP—Seattle 10 for 17; Oakland 1 for 9.

Runners moved up—Garver, Schuemann, Wilson.

Seattle IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Kirby, W, 11-10 6 6 2 2 0 9 85 3.61
Chargois 2-3 1 1 1 1 0 13 3.65
Saucedo 1-3 0 0 0 0 1 6 4.05
Bazardo 1 0 0 0 0 2 15 5.95
Díaz 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 6.14
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Sears, L, 11-10 6 5 5 5 1 5 94 4.34
Junk 0 6 7 7 2 0 33 Inf
Stripling 3 5 4 4 1 1 47 5.49

Junk pitched to 8 batters in the 7th

Inherited runners-scored—Saucedo 1-0, Stripling 3-2. HBP—Sears (Arozarena). WP—Junk.

Umpires—Home, Tom Hanahan; First, Todd Tichenor; Second, Cory Blaser; Third, Manny Gonzalez.

T—2:47. A—4,390 (46,847).

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