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OAKLAND ATHLETICS (28-21) VS. SEATTLE MARINERS (22-26)
MONDAY, MAY 24, 2021 — OAKLAND COLISEUM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Seattle 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 6 0 Oakland 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 0
Win: Yusei Kikuchi (2-3) Loss: Frankie Montas (5-4) Save: Keynan Middleton (3) Game Time Temperature: 63 First Pitch: 6:42 pm Time of Game: 3:04 Attendance: 3,019
OAKLAND NOTES SEATTLE NOTES • The A’s lost the series opener, snapping a six-game winning • The Mariners snapped their season-high six-game losing streak. streak in the first game of a series…it was the A’s first loss in the • Seattle had three doubles, two home runs and one single…131 first game of a series since April 30 against Baltimore. of the Mariners 301 hits (43.5%) are for extra bases…entered • Frankie Montas struck out 11 batters in 6.0 innings for his the game with the second highest percentage of hits for extra fourth career game of 10 or more strikeouts…the strikeouts base in the majors to Atlanta (43.0%) were second most of his career to his 13 against the Mariners in • Yusei Kikuchi allowed one run in 6.0 innings of work in his 50th the final game of the season last year…allowed two home runs Major League start…it was his fifth consecutive quality start, and now has a career-high 11 for the season. which is the longest such streak of his career…is 2-2 with a 2.78 • Cam Bedrosian tossed 2.0 scoreless innings of relief in his A’s ERA and .168 opponents batting average during the streak…it debut and retired six of the seven batters he faced. was his first career win in seven starts against the A’s (1-2, 2.54 • Mark Canha homered for the third time in his last four games ERA). and now has 10 home runs for the season…has reached base • Erik Swanson tossed a scoreless inning of relief and has not al- safely in each of his last 12 games and is 14-for-43 (.326) with lowed a run as a reliever this season (six games, 7.0 innings). 10 runs, four doubles, a triple, five home runs, six walks and a • Keynan Middleton retired the side in order in the ninth inning hit by pitch over that span (1 sf, .412 on-base percentage). for the save…has converted each of his three save opportunities • The A’s now have three players with at least 10 home runs… this year…has allowed just one run in his last 11 appearances are one of three teams in the majors with three players with (10.2 ip, 0.84 ERA) 10 or more home runs (Reds, Red Sox)…have 69 home runs for • Mitch Haniger went 2-for-4 with a double and is now 10-for-32 the season, which is second most in the majors to Atlanta (78). (.313) with five doubles and two home runs over his last five • Seth Brown had a pinch hit RBI double in the eighth inning and games. is now 3-for-9 (.333) with two RBI in the pinch this year…is tied for the American League lead in pinch hits. HOME RUNS HOME RUNS Player Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Lewis (4) 3 1-2 2 LF Montas Player Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Kelenic (2) 5 1-0 1 RF Montas Canha (10) 3 2-2 1 RF Kikuchi ÿ ÿÿ ÿ!" #ÿ$%ÿ &ÿ"ÿ'% % ( ) 0$ 12 3 4 56765666686 66 5666656 9 6