Oakland Athletics vs Seattle Mariners Match Player Stats On Sep 03, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Sep 3, 2017

SEATTLE -- The Seattle Mariners used three home runs and a strong start from left-hander Andrew Albers to complete a three-game sweep over the Oakland Athletics with a 10-2 win on Sunday afternoon.

Albers threw five no-hit innings before allowing a leadoff homer in the sixth, while Robinson Cano, Carlos Ruiz and Mitch Haniger all homered in the win. Seattle (69-68) blew the game open with a five-run eighth inning on the way to 17 hits for the day.

Cano had four hits and as many RBIs and Haniger went 4-for-5 with a double and two RBIs for Seattle (69-68).

Oakland's first run came on Matt Olson's leadoff homer in the sixth. That was the only blemish for Albers (3-1), who allowed just the one hit over six innings with five strikeouts.

Olson added an RBI single in the top of the eighth. The A's (58-78) had just five hits en route to their sixth loss in a row.

Cano's second home run in as many games gave Seattle a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. Cano followed his 20th homer of the season Saturday with a one-out, two-run shot Sunday.

Cano added a two-out, RBI single in the fourth as the Mariners opened up a 3-0 lead off struggling Oakland starter Daniel Gossett.

Gossett (3-8) allowed three runs off seven hits and five walks over 3 2/3 innings.

Olson hit his 12th home run of the season to pull Oakland to within 3-1.

The Mariners got that back on Ruiz's solo homer to open the bottom of the sixth. Ruiz's third home run of the season put Seattle in front 4-1. Haniger added a 437-foot solo shot to left in the bottom of the seventh as the Mariners opened up a 5-1 lead.

After Oakland's Mark Canha led off the eighth with a double, Olson drove in his second run of the day with a one-out single to center, pulling the A's to within 5-2.

The Mariners piled it on the eighth, when 10 batters combined for six hits and five runs on the way to a 10-2 lead.

NOTES: The most impressive play made in the field Sunday may have been turned in by 56-year-old Seattle first-base coach Casey Candaele, who nearly got taken out by a line drive. Candaele was standing near the coaching box behind first base in Sunday's fourth inning when Mariners C Carlos Ruiz drilled a liner directly at his head. Candaele was able to get both hands up and stop the path of the ball before landing flat on his back. The only discernable injury seemed to be a bruised ego. ... Haniger's four hits Sunday extended his hitting streak to four games. He's hitting .588 (10-for-17) during that span. ... Seattle reliever Shae Simmons and INF Gordon Beckham made their Mariners' debuts in the late innings on Sunday, while C Mike Marjama made his major league debut as a defensive replacement in the top of the ninth. ... The A's will host a three-game series with the Angels, beginning Monday, while Seattle welcomes in the Houston Astros for a three-game set. ... Oakland starter Chris Smith, who is scheduled to be on the mound Monday, is looking for his first major league win since 2008.