OAKLAND ATHLETICS (55-71) vs.

SEATTLE MARINERS (57-68)

Monday, August 24, 2015 Safeco Field
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Oakland Athletics
Seattle Mariners
First Pitch: 7:10

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Time of Game: 3:09

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Temp: 72/SW at 2 mph

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Attendance: 17,970

LOB
5
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WP: Edward Mujica (3-4, 4.97) LP: Hisashi Iwakuma (5-3, 4.29)
HOME RUNS:
Franklin Gutierrez

NO.
8

PITCHER
Scribner

INN.
3

MOB
2

OUT
1

COUNT
1-0

DISTANCE
408/CF

Mark Trumbo

Scribner

1-0

377/LF

Danny Valencia

12

Iwakuma

1-1

376/LC

Josh Reddick

15

Rollins

1-0

384/RC

MARINERS NOTES:

The Mariners scored 5 runs in the bottom of the 3rd inning, tying a season-high for most runs in a single inning (5x, last: T8,
7/21 at DET).

The Mariners allowed 7 runs in the 5th inning, 6th time to allow 7+ runs in an inning this season (last: 8 runs, 8/8 vs. TEX 11th inning)first time to allow 5+ extra-base hits in an inning since May 21, 2013 at LAA (4th inning).

Mark Trumbo extended his hitting streak to 7 games, batting .321 (9x28) with 5 runs, 1 double, 3 home run, 5 RBI & 2 walks.
o Trumbo hit his 17th home run of the season, his 8th with Seattle with a solo homer with 2 outs in the 3rd inninghe
has hit 3 home runs in his last 4 games and 5 in his last 13 games, dating back to Aug. 7.

Ketel Marte has reached base safely in 11 straight games, including hits in 9 gamesduring this stretch, dating back to Aug.
12, he is batting .375 (15x40) with 6 runs scored, 6 doubles, 3 RBI, 5 walks and 2 stolen base.
o Marte tied his season-high with 3 hits (also: 8/2 at MIN)his 7th career multi-hit game.

Since Aug. 11, Robinson Can has hit safely in 10 of 12 games, batting .380 (19x50) with 8 runs scored, 2 doubles, 2 home
runs, 7 RBI and 3 walks.
o Can recorded his 41st multi-hit game (last: 8/22 vs. CWS)dating back to July 6, Can has recorded 17 multi-hit
game over his last 40 games

Nelson Cruz was hit by a pitch in the bottom of the 3rd inning, extending his on-base streak to 34 gamesduring the streak,
dating back to July 18, Cruz is batting .350 (49x140) with 28 runs scored, 9 doubles, 16 home runs, 25 RBI, 3 hit by pitches,
15 walks and 1 stolen base.
o Longest active streak in the Majors and 3rd-longest overall this seasonlongest in A.L. since Jose Bautistas 38game streak from Aug. 20, 2013-May 10, 2014.
o 16th on-base streak of at least 34 games in franchise history, done by 9 different players
o It is the longest streak since Ichiro Suzukis 43-game streak from April 28-June 14, 2009.

Franklin Gutierrez hit his 8th home run in his 38th game of the season, with a 3-run blast with 1 out in the 3rd inning.
o Since Aug. 4, Gutierrez has recorded 17 RBI in his last 14 games, including 5 multi-RBI games (last: 8/22 vs. CWS).

Since Aug. 11, Austin Jackson has hit safely in 10 of his last 12 games, batting .340 (17x50) with 5 run scored, 4 doubles, 1
home run, 5 RBI, 3 walks and 2 stolen base.

Hisashi Iwakuma allowed a 2-out infield single to Brett Lawrie in the 2nd inning, snapping a string of 11.0 consecutive innings
without allowing a hit at homehis 11.0 innings streak tied Felix Hernandez (7/19-8/15-7/29/12) for the longest hitless innings
streak at home in franchise history.

Iwakuma allowed 7 runs in the 5th inning, the most he has allowed in an inning in his career (previous: 6 R in T7 on 8/10/13
vs. MIL; 5 R in T3 on 7/9/13 vs. BOS).
o The 7 runs allowed tied Iwakuma career-high for runs in a game (also: 9/15/14 at LAA).
ATHLETICS NOTES:

The Athletics snapped and 8-game losing streak on the roadhad been the longest As road losing streak since an 8-game
slide July 23- Aug. 7, 2008.

The As scored 11 runs tonight, marking the 4th time the team has scored at least 11 runs in a game (last: 14 R on 7/19 vs.
MIN)first time to score at least 11 run on the road since scoring 11 runs on Sept. 9, 2014 at CWSalso first time to score at
least 11 runs at Safeco Field since Sept. 26, 2006 (12 R).

The As scored 7 runs in the top of the 5th inning, tying their season-high (4x, last: T7 on 8/23 vs. TB).

The As trailed 0-5 after 4.0 innings, but scored 7 runs in the 5th inning on their way to a 8-5 winmarks the 2nd time they
have trailed by 5 runs this season have come back to win (also: May 1 at TEX, trailed 0-5 won 7-5).

Brett Lawrie has hit safely in 7 of his last 8 games, batting .382 (13x34) with 6 runs, 3 doubles, 1 home run, 4 RBI & 1 walk.

Mark Canha extended his hitting streak to 7 games with 6 multi-hit contests, batting .517 (15x29) with 8 runs scored, 4
doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs, 10 RBI and 1 walk.
o Canha has also hit safely in 13 of his last 14 games, batting .418 (23x55) with 9 runs scored, 6 doubles, 1 triple, 2
home runs, 13 RBI and 3 walks.

NEXT GAME
Seattle Mariners vs. Oakland Athletics - Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 7:10 p.m. (ROOT Sports)
LHP Mike Montgomery (4-6, 4.16)
vs.
RHP Jesse Chavez (7-12, 3.75)

Stephen Vogt doubled twice in the 5th inning, the first As player to accomplish that since Coco Crisp on April 5, 2013 at
Houston (5th inning)7th As player with 2 extra-base hits in an inning dating back to 1984.
Billy Burns recorded his 36th multi-hit game of the season to lead Major League rookies.
Danny Valencia has 5 home runs and 13 RBI in 15 games since joining the Athleticshit 7 home runs with 29 RBI in 58
games with the Blue Jays to begin the season.
Evan Scribner has allowed 14 home runs this year, most by a MLB relief pitcher this season (A. Ogando - BOS, 12).
Starter Felix Doubront left the game in the 3rd inning with a right foot contusion.

ATHLETICS MANAGER BOB MELVIN:

On coming back from a five run deficit
You lose your starting pitcher like that, and next thing you know your down five runs. Sometimes its a challenge to keep
your spirit up, but it was more of what we saw the other day. The at-bats were good, led to another good at-bat, and got
better as the game went on. Not only did we have the seven-run inning, but added on after that. Really one of our better
games of the year.
On a strong performance from a struggling bullpen
We had some guys that were not used to pitching in those types of roles, pitching a couple of innings. Mujica, thats the
best stuff weve seen out of him this year. Venditte gave us two innings too. All the way around, one of our better wins this
year, both pitching and offense.