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09/13 19:07 CDT Mariners stumble again in playoff push, Butler's 9th-inning
homer lifts A's to 8-7 win
Mariners stumble again in playoff push, Butler's 9th-inning homer lifts A's to
8-7 win
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) --- Lawrence Butler hit a two-run drive off Andrs
Muoz in the ninth inning for his second home run of the game as the Athletics
overcame a four-run deficit and beat Seattle 8-7 Sunday, leaving the Mariners
five games back in the AL West with 12 to play.
The A's took five of seven from Seattle in an 11-day span, including a win
Friday on Donovan Walton's 10th-inning homer. The Mariners fell six games
behind for the last AL wild card.
Butler had four RBIs and finished with 13 against Seattle this season.
Randy Arozarena homered twice and had four RBIs for the Mariners, who led 6-2
before the A's tied the score in a four-run seventh. Gabe Speier walked Jhonny
Pereda with the bases loaded, Butler hit an RBI groundout and pinch-hitter Shea
Langeliers had a two-run single against Seranthony Domnguez.
Arozarena, who has 25 homers, connected off Hogan Harris for a 7-6 lead in the
eighth. He hit a two-run homer in the third and an RBI single in the fourth as
part of his second straight four-RBI game.
Trying for his first five-out save since 2024, Muoz (5-6) blew a save for the
10th time in 37 chances.
Muoz stranded a runner at third base in the eighth, then allowed Zack Gelof's
leading single in the ninth. Butler followed with his 16th homer.
Elvis Alvarado (5-3) pitched a one-hit ninth.
Gelof and Butler homered on consecutive pitches in the first off Bryce Miller.
Up Next
Mariners: Kade Anderson (1-1, 4.2) Monday starts at the Angels, who go with
Reid Detmers (5-8, 3.32) in a matchup of left-handers.
Athletics: RHP Jack Perkins (3-11, 6.53) pitches Tuesday at Tampa Bay, which
starts RHP Griffin Jax (7-10, 3.99).
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