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Seattle Mariners vs. Oakland Athletics Saturday, September 13, 2014 at 6:10 p.m. (ROOT Sports)
RHP Felix Hernandez (14-5, 2.12)
vs.
RHP Sonny Gray (13-8, 3.22)

OAKLAND ATHLETICS (81-66) vs. SEATTLE MARINERS (80-66)
Friday, September 12, 2014 Safeco Field

LINESCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
Oakland Athletics 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 1 10
Seattle Mariners 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 x - 4 7 2 2
First Pitch: 7:09 pm Time of Game: 2:44 Temp: 70/SW @ 6 mph Attendance: 29,090

WP: James Paxton (6-2, 1.83) LP: Jason Hammel (2-6, 4.76)
SV: Fernando Rodney (45)

HOME RUNS: NO. PITCHER INN. MOB OUT COUNT DISTANCE
Robinson Cano 13 Hammel 1 0 2 1-0 376 FT/LF
Logan Morisson 8 Hammel 5 0 1 1-0 338 FT/RF
Kendrys Morales 7 OFlaherty 6 0 2 1-1 395 FT/RC

PITCHING LINES:
OAKLAND IP H R ER BB-I SO HR WP HB BK PITCHES/STRIKES
Jason Hammel (L) 5.0 4 3 3 1-0 6 2 0 0 0 78/50
Eric OFlaherty 1.0 2 1 1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 13/9
Dan Otero 1.0 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 10/6
Evan Scribner 0.1 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 7/5
Fernando Abad 0.2 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 9/5

SEATTLE IP H R ER BB-I SO HR WP HB BK PITCHES/STRIKES
James Paxton (W) 6.0 4 2 1 3-0 8 0 1 0 0 102/57
Carson Smith 1.2 0 0 0 1-0 2 0 0 0 0 28/15
Charlie Furbush 0.1 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 3/2
Fernando Rodney (S) 1.0 2 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 15/11


MARINERS NOTES:
Seattle is now tied with Kansas City for the 2
nd
Wild Card, half a game behind Oakland for the top Wild Card.
Seattle secured the season series win against Oakland (10-7, 2 games to go).
o First time winning back-to-back season series vs. Oakland (11-8 in 2013) since 2001-3.
o Seattle is 21-15 over the last two seasons against Oakland (8-3 in last 11 games).
Fernando Rodney tied the Mariners single-season saves record with his Major League leading 45
th
save.
o Tied Kazuhiro Sasaki who had 45 in 2001.
o 2
nd
time in his career with 45+ saves in a season (also: 48 in 2012 with Tampa Bay).
James Paxton has not allowed more than two earned runs in any of his last 8 starts (since Aug. 2).
o In that span he is 4-2 with a 1.72 ERA (9 ER, 47.0 IP) with 33 strikeouts.
James Paxton lowered his career ERA to 1.73 (16 ER, 83.0 IP) in 14 career starts.
o His 1.73 career ERA is the 3rd-best all-time through first 14 career starts.
Behind Montreals Steve Rogers (1.31 in 1973), New Yorks Tiny Bonham (1.67 in 1940-41).
Logan Morrison has homered in two of his last three games.
o Has hit 7 of his 8 home runs this season at Safeco Field.
Logan Morrison is hitting .295 (36x122) with 17 runs, 9 doubles, 3 home runs and 13 RBI since July 29.
Kendrys Morales has 3 home runs in his last 7 games and 7 home runs in his last 27 games.
Seattle hit 3+ home runs for the 9
th
time this season (last: 4, Sept. 5 at Texas).
o Seattle has hit 19 home runs in the last 16 games (since Aug. 26).
Robinson Cano recorded his 55
th
multi-hit game of the season, 2
nd
-most in the A.L. behind Jose Altuve (59).
o 5
th
time in his career with at least 55 multi-hit games in a season (last: 60 in 2012).
Robinson Cano hit his 13
th
home run of the season, a go-ahead solo home run in the 1
st
inning.
o Seattle is 10-3 in games he homers and 10-0 in the last 10 games (since June 17).

OAKLAND ATHLETICS NOTES ON BACK OF PAGE


ATHLETICS NOTES:
Oakland has lost 12 of their last 15 games and are 9-22 over their last 31 games (since Aug. 10).
o Since Aug. 11 are 4-15 on the road including losing 8 of their last 9 road games.
Since the All-Star Break, Oakland is 5-14 in games started by an opposing left-hander.
Sam Fuld tied a career-high with his 20
th
stolen base of the season (had 20 in 2011 with Tampa Bay).
Billy Burns recorded his first Major League hit, a single to center in the 6
th
inning off of James Paxton.
Jed Lowrie had his 8-game hitting streak (since Sept. 3) snapped by going 0-for-4 with 3 strikeouts.
o During the streak he hit .400 (12x30) with 3 runs, 1 home run and 3 RBI.
Jason Hammel has a 2.81 ERA (13 ER, 41.2 IP) over his last 7 starts (since Aug. 5).
o Oakland has lost 5 of his 7 starts during that stretch.
Jason Hammel allowed two home runs and has given up a career-high 23 home runs this season.
o Gave up 22 in 2013 with Baltimore and 21 in 2011 with Colorado.
ATHLETICS MANAGER BOB MELVIN:


On Sotos injury:

First of all when he went to block the ball to throw the runner out at first, his back tightened up. And I had plenty of pinch
hitters. I dont know how he is now, but I know these things usually last a couple of days.

On Hammels outing:

Good. We gave up a couple then came back and tied it. Obviously, the Morrison home run hurt. But hes been throwing
the ball really well his last few times out. In situations like tonight, one swing beats him.

On offensive performance:

We drew some walks and we had some guys on, we just couldnt get a big hit. We got a couple early that tied it, but it just
wasnt enough. We had a couple base runners in the 9
th
and had a chance. I had my best hitter up there in Coco against
Rodney, then two or three hitters came up behind him and just couldnt do anything.