AL: SEATTLE at OAKLAND <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SEATTLE (4) AT OAKLAND (0) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SEATTLE 5TH: J Vidro grounded out to shortstop. K Johjima reached on infield single to third, K Johjima to second on throwing error by third baseman J Hannahan. J Lopez struck out swinging. Y Betancourt singled to right, K Johjima scored, Y Betancourt out at second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error) SEATTLE 1, OAKLAND 0. SEATTLE 7TH: B Broussard grounded out to first. J Vidro singled to left. K Johjima singled to center, J Vidro to second. J Lopez homered to left, J Vidro and K Johjima scored. Y Betancourt grounded out to third. I Suzuki doubled to deep center. A Beltre grounded out to pitcher. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 4, OAKLAND 0.</div>
AL: SEATTLE at OAKLAND <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SEATTLE (4) AT OAKLAND (0) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Seattle Starting Lineups -- I Suzuki CF, A Beltre 3B, R Ibanez LF, J Guillen RF, B Broussard 1B, J Vidro DH, K Johjima C, J Lopez 2B, Y Betancourt SS, M Batista RHP. Oakland Starting Lineups -- S Stewart LF, D Barton 1B, N Swisher CF, J Cust RF, M Ellis 2B, D Johnson DH, K Suzuki C, J Hannahan 3B, D Murphy SS, D Haren RHP. Umpires -- Bob Davidson (HP), Hunter Wendelstedt (1B), Sam Holbrook (2B), Randy Marsh (3B). Gametime Weather: 65 degrees, Clear, wind out to left at 8 mph. SEATTLE 1ST: I Suzuki flied out to left. A Beltre struck out swinging. R Ibanez flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 0, OAKLAND 0. OAKLAND 1ST: S Stewart flied out to center. D Barton singled to left. D Barton to second on wild pitch by M Batista. N Swisher walked. J Cust struck out looking. M Ellis lined out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 0, OAKLAND 0. SEATTLE 2ND: J Guillen flied out to center. B Broussard flied out to left. J Vidro struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 0, OAKLAND 0. OAKLAND 2ND: D Johnson struck out swinging. K Suzuki singled to center. J Hannahan lined out to shortstop. D Murphy struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 0, OAKLAND 0. SEATTLE 3RD: K Johjima grounded out to first. J Lopez struck out swinging. Y Betancourt singled to left. I Suzuki grounded into fielder's choice to second, Y Betancourt out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 0, OAKLAND 0. OAKLAND 3RD: S Stewart grounded out to third. D Barton struck out swinging. N Swisher flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 0, OAKLAND 0. SEATTLE 4TH: A Beltre flied out to right. R Ibanez singled to right. J Guillen grounded into fielder's choice to third, R Ibanez out at second. J Guillen stole second. B Broussard struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 0, OAKLAND 0. OAKLAND 4TH: J Cust doubled to deep left. M Ellis struck out swinging. D Johnson walked. K Suzuki fouled out to first. J Hannahan struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 0, OAKLAND 0. SEATTLE 5TH: J Vidro grounded out to shortstop. K Johjima reached on infield single to third, K Johjima to second on throwing error by third baseman J Hannahan. J Lopez struck out swinging. Y Betancourt singled to right, K Johjima scored, Y Betancourt out at second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error) SEATTLE 1, OAKLAND 0. OAKLAND 5TH: D Murphy grounded out to shortstop. S Stewart flied out to center. D Barton grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 1, OAKLAND 0. SEATTLE 6TH: I Suzuki singled to center. A Beltre grounded out to third, I Suzuki to second. R Ibanez flied out to left. J Guillen struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 1, OAKLAND 0. OAKLAND 6TH: N Swisher popped out to third. J Cust walked. M Ellis flied out to right. J Cust to second on wild pitch by M Batista. D Johnson walked. K Suzuki grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J Cust out at third, D Johnson to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 1, OAKLAND 0. SEATTLE 7TH: B Broussard grounded out to first. J Vidro singled to left. K Johjima singled to center, J Vidro to second. J Lopez homered to left, J Vidro and K Johjima scored. Y Betancourt grounded out to third. I Suzuki doubled to deep center. A Beltre grounded out to pitcher. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 4, OAKLAND 0. OAKLAND 7TH: J Hannahan flied out to center. D Murphy singled to left. S Stewart singled to left, D Murphy to second. R Rowland-Smith relieved M Batista. D Barton flied out to left. N Swisher popped out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 4, OAKLAND 0. SEATTLE 8TH: R Ibanez doubled to deep right. A Jones ran for R Ibanez. J Guillen grounded out to second, A Jones to third. B Broussard fouled out to third. J Vidro walked. K Johjima lined out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 4, OAKLAND 0. OAKLAND 8TH: A Jones in left field. J Cust struck out looking. M Ellis singled to center. D Johnson grounded into double play, pitcher to shortstop to second to first, M Ellis out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 4, OAKLAND 0. SEATTLE 9TH: C Lewis relieved D Haren. J Lopez lined out to right. Y Betancourt flied out to left. I Suzuki flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 4, OAKLAND 0. OAKLAND 9TH: B Morrow relieved R Rowland-Smith. K Suzuki flied out to right. J Hannahan singled to left. M Piazza hit for D Murphy. M Piazza struck out swinging. J Hannahan to second on fielder's indifference. S Stewart grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SEATTLE 4, OAKLAND 0.</div>
Batista, Mariners shut out Athletics <h3>SEATTLE 4, OAKLAND 0</h3>By Ryan Leong PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer OAKLAND, California (Ticker) -- Miguel Batista pitched 6 1/3shutout innings to outduel Oakland ace Dan Haren, as the SeattleMariners edged the Oakland Athletics, 4-0, on Monday night. Jose Lopez hit a three-run homer for the Mariners, who are just6-17 since the team was 20 games over .500 on August 24.Seattle (79-70) is 6 1/2 games back of the New York Yankees(86-64) in the wild card race. Batista was winless in his last five starts, going 0-3 with a7.48 ERA, but he has pitched well at McAfee Coliseum where he is4-1 in his career. The righthander struck out six and allowedfive hits and four walks. Haren didn't pitch badly going eight innings, allowing 10 hitsand four runs. However, the All-Star remained winless in hislast five outings dating to August 21, and Haren hasn't won ahome game since beating Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigerson July 31. Seattle took the lead in the fifth. Kenji Johjima reached on aninfield single to third and the errant throw by Jack Hannahanallowed Johjima to advance to second. Yuniesky Betancourt's RBIsingle to right scored the game's first run. In the seventh, the Mariners added three more runs on threestraight hits. Jose Vidro singled to left, Johjima singled tocenter and Lopez belted a high arching drive to left field for afour-run cushion. The Mariners improved to 12-5 against the Athletics this season.By comparison, Seattle was 2-17 against Oakland in 2006.
Batista, Mariners shut out Athletics <h3>SEATTLE 4, OAKLAND 0</h3>By Ryan Leong PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer OAKLAND, California (Ticker) -- Miguel Batista pitched 6 1/3shutout innings to outduel Oakland ace Dan Haren, as the SeattleMariners edged the Oakland Athletics, 4-0, on Monday night. Jose Lopez hit a three-run homer for the Mariners, who are just6-17 since the team was 20 games over .500 on August 24. Seattle(79-70) is 6 1/2 games back of the New York Yankees (86-64) inthe wild card race. Batista (14-11) was winless in his last five starts, going 0-3with a 7.48 ERA, but he has pitched well at McAfee Coliseumwhere he is 4-1 in his career. The righthander struck out sixand allowed five hits and four walks. "That's a nice way to start the road trip," Seattle manager JohnMcLaren said. "We're trying to play solid baseball every nightand finish strong. Whatever happens, happens and just go outand play solid baseball every single night. That's all we'retrying to do, leave it on the field and that's our goal everygame." Haren (14-8) didn't pitch badly going eight innings, allowing 10hits and four runs. However, the All-Star remained winless inhis last five outings dating to August 21, and Haren hasn't wona home game since beating Justin Verlander and the DetroitTigers on July 31. "I'm tinkering on a fine line of being too aggressive andchallenging too much, rather than falling behind," Haren said."Today I was pretty aggressive, I gave up a few hits but alsogot a lot of early outs which led to me getting deeper in thegame. I kept us in it. The home run obviously was a big blowbut what are you going to do?" Oakland manager Bob Geren was encouraged by the outing fromHaren despite the loss. "It looked like vintage Dan Haren, all his pitches wereworking," Geren said. "It was just one pitch he wishes he hadback. Those two runners on base were on a ground ball and alittle one-handed single and then one home run turns into threeruns but there was only one ball really struck that well." Seattle took the lead in the fifth. Kenji Johjima reached on aninfield single to third and the errant throw by Jack Hannahanallowed Johjima to advance to second. Yuniesky Betancourt's RBIsingle to right scored the game's first run. In the seventh, the Mariners added three more runs on threestraight hits. Jose Vidro singled to left, Johjima singled tocenter and Lopez belted a high arching drive to left field for afour-run cushion. "As soon as I hit it I knew it was gone," said Lopez, who hadnot hit a home run since July 8 at Oakland. "Especially late inthe game being up 1-0, three runs is huge." The Mariners improved to 12-5 against the Athletics this season.By comparison, Seattle was 2-17 against Oakland in 2006.
