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Venezuelan Elvis Andrus, from Atlén; Oakland, is all smiles after hitting a two-run home run in the sixth inning of the game against the Seattle Mariners.
Seth Brown and Elvis Andrus homered off Cy Young Award winner Robbie Ray, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Seattle Mariners 4-2 Wednesday night, sinking to last place in the American League West.
Oakland won the American League West. two of the three games in the series, and exceeded. to the Mariners themselves in the division.
Although just 45 games into the season have elapsed, Seattle (18-27) has lost eight of 10 and is catching up. sinking into irrelevance. The campaign began in hopes that the Mariners would end the longest playoff drought in the Major Leagues.
Ray (4-5) tied the score. He posted a season-high 10 strikeouts, but he did allow. he homered for the fifth straight start. Brown hooked him up. a solo home run in the fourth inning.
Andrus hit the ball. Paul Blackburn (5-0) gave up his two-run homer in the sixth. one hit in 5 1/3 acts before turning the responsibility over to the Oakland bullpen. Dominican Dany Jiménez pitched the ninth inning for his tenth save.
For the Athletics, Panamanian Christian Bethancourt 4-1 with a run scored. The Venezuelan Andrus 4-2 with a run scored and two RBIs. Dominicans Christian Pache 4-1, Luis Barrera 4-2 with an RBI.
For the Mariners, Dominican Julio Rodríguez 3-0. Venezuelans Eugenio Suárez 4-0, Luis Torrens 3-1 with an RBI.