Athletics beat Mariners 7-4 as Walton, Gelof homer
Donovan Walton and Zack Gelof each homered as the Athletics beat the Mariners 7-4, while J.T. Ginn's Tuesday scratch added to a thinning injury list down the stretch.
Walton and Gelof homer in Seattle
The Athletics beat the Seattle Mariners 7-4 on September 3. Donovan Walton went 1-for-1 with a home run and an RBI, and Zack Gelof added a 2-for-5 night with a homer, an RBI and a stolen base. On the mound, Scott Blewett worked 2.0 scoreless innings with 4 strikeouts, and Luis Medina struck out 3 over 1.1 hitless innings despite 2 walks. Jack Perkins started and allowed 3 runs on 4 hits and 5 walks over 3.0 innings with 7 strikeouts.
Mariners7-4The win followed a 9-2 defeat of the Texas Rangers on September 2, which came after three straight losses — 5-8 at home to Baltimore on August 30, then 1-8 and 5-8 in two games at Texas. The Athletics are 2-3 over their last 5 games and 55-86 on the season.
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J.T. Ginn will no longer start Tuesday's game against the Rangers; the Athletics want to give him additional rest before his next outing, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports. Tommy White, dealing with a back issue, has not resumed baseball activities, per Gallegos.
The club also transferred Joshua Kuroda-Grauer, out with a groin injury, to the 60-day injured list Tuesday. It's the latest subtraction from an infield already down a projected regular, with Oakland playing out a lost season 17 games back in the AL West and down to an elimination number of 5.
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The Athletics are in Seattle tonight, with Kade Morris on the mound against Logan Gilbert. Morris is 0-1 with a 9.82 ERA and was rocked for 9 runs on 9 hits in his last start June 6 against Houston, working just 4.0 innings. Gilbert brings an 11-8 record and a 3.42 ERA, though he took the loss in his last outing against Toronto on August 30, allowing 3 runs over 5.0 innings.
Seattle is favored, and the market expects a low-scoring game, a look that suits Gilbert far more than it does Oakland's rotation. For the total to hold, Morris will need to keep the Athletics in the game longer than the four innings he managed in his last outing.