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09/05 00:38 CDT Athletics hit 4 home runs in 3rd inning of 7-6 victory over
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Athletics hit 4 home runs in 3rd inning of 7-6 victory over Mariners
By MARK MOSCHETTI
Associated Press
SEATTLE (AP) --- Zack Gelof launched one of four homers by the Athletics in a
five-run third inning and later hit a tiebreaking triple that sent them to a
7-6 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night.
Max Muncy, Alika Williams and Jeff McNeil also went deep as the A's became the
second major league team this season to hit four home runs in one inning.
Cincinnati did it in the fourth inning of an 11-5 victory against Philadelphia
on July 8.
Muncy had three hits for the Athletics, who have won three straight for the
first time since early June. Brady Basso (1-2) relieved starter Kade Morris
with two outs in Seattle's three-run third and pitched three scoreless innings
for his third career win.
Hogan Harris worked the ninth for his 15th save.
Logan Gilbert (11-9) gave up all seven A's runs despite striking out 10. He
lasted just 4 2/3 innings but reached 1,000 innings pitched with Seattle.
Josh Naylor had three hits for the Mariners, including an RBI single in the
eighth. Cal Raleigh hit a two-run homer and scored three times.
With the A's down 2-0, Muncy led off the third by hitting a first-pitch line
drive that stayed just fair over the wall in left field. It was his eighth
homer of the season. After the first out, Williams sent a solo drive to the
same area, his fourth.
A walk to Henry Bolte brought up McNeil, and he drove one over the fence in
right for his eighth homer and a 4-2 lead. Gelof followed with his 17th, a shot
to left.
Seattle tied it at 5 in the bottom half. The last two runs scored on Raleigh's
21st homer of the year and eighth in the last 13 games.
The A's regained the lead in the fifth when Williams, who walked and stole
second, scored on Gelof's triple. Lawrence Butler added an RBI single to make
it 7-5.
The loss dropped the Mariners (66-76) seven games behind first-place Houston in
the AL West and six back of Cleveland for the last American League wild card.
Up next
The Mariners will send right-hander George Kirby (9-10, 4.19 ERA) to the mound
Saturday. Left-hander Jeffrey Springs (3-13, 6.37) is scheduled for the
Athletics.
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