Mariners stumble again in playoff push, Butler’s 9th-inning homer lifts A’s to 8-7 win
- On Sunday, Athletics outfielder Lawrence Butler hit a two-run walk-off home run off Mariners closer Munoz in the ninth inning, securing an 8-7 victory. It was Butler's second home run of the game.
- Mariners outfielder Randy Arozarena hit two home runs and recorded four RBIs to build a 6-2 lead, but the Athletics erased the deficit with a four-run seventh inning.
- The Athletics have won five of seven games against the Mariners over an 11-day span, a stretch that includes former Mariner Donovan Walton's 10th-inning game-winning home run on Friday.
- With the loss, the Mariners fall to a 70-80 record, sitting five games back in the division. The result further diminishes the team's already thin playoff aspirations.
- Monday's schedule sees the Mariners facing the Angels, while the Athletics travel to Tampa Bay on Tuesday for a matchup between RHP Jack Perkins and RHP Griffin Jax.
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Mariners’ Andrés Muñoz surrenders walk-off homer in another stunning loss to A’s
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Lawrence Butler launched a sky-high, two-run home run off Mariners closer Andrés Munoz in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Athletics stunned the Mariners for the second time this weekend in an 8-7 walk-off…
Behind Lawrence Butler’s walk-off HR, A’s take series from Mariners
Lawrence Butler hit two homers, the latter a two-run shot with no outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, to give the Athletics an 8-7 victory against the Seattle Mariners on Sunday afternoon in West Sacramento, Calif. Seattle's Randy Arozarena also homered twice, including a tiebreaking blast in the eighth inning, and had four
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 Andrés Muñoz in the ninth inning for his second home run of the game as the Athletics overcame
Mariners stumble again in playoff push, Butler's 9th-inning homer lifts A's to 8-7 win
Lawrence Butler hit a two-run drive off Andrés Muñoz 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, leaving the Mariners five games back in the AL West with 12 to play.
Mariners’ Andrés Muñoz surrenders walkoff homer in another stunning loss to A’s
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. – One constant criticism about these Mariners has been their general lack of focus, and that has revealed itself in myriad ways during this forgettable and regrettable season.
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