Post Game Notes

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Seattle Mariners (71-64) at Oakland Athletics (59-75) Thursday, September 3, 2009 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, Calif.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB Seattle 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 7 10 2 5 Oakland 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 9 0 10

WP — Snell (4-1). LP — Tomko (3-3). SV — Aardsma (34).

OAKLAND NOTES • The Oakland A’s are 4-4 over their last eight games…are 2-2 on this seven-game homestand against Kansas City (2-1) and Seattle (0-1). • Brett Tomko allowed three home runs for the first time since April 12, 2006 at Pittsburgh while with the Dodgers. • Mark Ellis (0 for 4) had his five-game hitting streak snapped and is now hitting .350 (7 for 20) over his last six games. • Cliff Pennington (0 for 3) has not committed an in 32 games at shortstop this year, and now has a 35-game errorless streak dating back to last year which is tied for the fifth longest errorless streak in Oakland history (also, Rob Picciolo, May 7-Aug. 23, 1981).

Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Brett Tomko (L, 3-3) 5.2 8 6 6 1 2 3 102/62 Brad Ziegler 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16/10 Craig Breslow 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20/13 Jeff Gray 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 16/9 Home Runs Count RBI Location Barton (2) 8th 1-2 1 RF Lowe

SEATTLE NOTES • The have won three straight and eight of their last 11 games…have a 72-64 record this year and are now a season- high eight games over .500…are 1-0 on this 10-game road trip with Oakland (1-0), Los Angeles (three games) and Texas (three games). • Seattle has won 13 of the last 16 games against the A’s….since the start of the 2007 season, the Mariners are 33-18 against Oakland with wins in 16 of the 25 games as the visitor. • The Mariners had their season-high 10-game errorless streak snapped in the second inning, which dated back to their last error on August 23 at Cleveland. • Ian Snell is 4-0 with a 2.49 ERA (6 er in 21.2 ip) over his last four starts…is 3-0 with a 2.45 ERA (3 er in 11.0 ip) in two career starts against Oakland. • (1 for 4) has a 14-game hitting streak against Oakland dating back to last year and is hitting .371 (23 for 62) during this streak…is six hits shy of 2,000 career hits in ...is 11 hits short of becoming the first player to have nine consecutive 200-hit seasons.

Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Ian Snell (W, 4-1) 5.0 7 3 2 4 4 0 107/59 Chris Jakubauskas 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 32/18 Mark Lowe 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 1 11/10 (SV, 34) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10/8 Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Franklin Gutierrez (15) 1st 2-1 2 LF Tomko Bill Hall (1) 1st 1-1 2 LF Tomko Kenji Johjima (7) 4th 2-0 2 LF Tomko

Time of Game ...... 2:47 Overall Record ...... 59-75 Home/Road...... 32-35/27-40 First Pitch...... 7:07 pm Streak...... Lost 1 Day/Night...... 20-23/38-51 Temperature ...... 67 degrees Homestand ...... 2-1 April/May/June ...... 8-11/11-18/13-15 Last Five...... 2-3 July/Aug./Sept...... 12-14/14-15/1-2 Attendance...... 10,297 Last 10 ...... 4-6 Total ...... 1,199,782 A’s Starter goes 7 or more/Less than 7...... 14-12/45-63 Average (67 games) ...... Series Record...... 16-21-6 A’s/Opponents score first ...... 31-28/28-47 17,907 Series First Game ...... 19-24 Leading after 7th inn/8th inn ...... 48-5/49-1 Win/Lose in Last At-Bat ...... 10-15 vs. AL West ...... 14-24 Tied after 7th inn/8th inn...... 4-9/7-11 Extra ...... 3-9 vs. RHP/LHP...... 43-49/16-26 Trailing after 7th inn/8th inn ...... 7-61/3-63