Mariners Defeat A's, Establish Selves As Kings Of AL West's Second Tier
On Sunday, April 15th, the Seattle Mariners defeated the Oakland Athletics 5-3. Brendan Ryan and Justin Smoak hit home runs for the M's.
| Final - 4.15.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Athletics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| Seattle Mariners | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 6 | 0 |
Stories
6-5, Chart
Win expectancy chart for the Mariners' win over the A's on Sunday, April 15th.
GameThreads
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| Seattle | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| Oakland Athletics | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jemile Weeks, 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .214 |
| Coco Crisp, LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .162 |
| Seth Smith, DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .238 |
| Yoenis Cespedes, CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .212 |
| Josh Reddick, RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .206 |
| Cliff Pennington, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .229 |
| Kila Ka`aihue, 1B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Anthony Recker, C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Daric Barton, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .235 |
| Eric Sogard, 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .214 |
| Totals | 34 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
Batting
Home runs - Sogard
Hit by pitch - Recker
Team LOB - 6
Fielding
Errors - Weeks
Home runs - Sogard
Hit by pitch - Recker
Team LOB - 6
Fielding
Errors - Weeks
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Godfrey (L, 0-2) | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4.09 | 0 | 95-61 |
| Jordan Norberto | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.79 | 0 | 21-12 |
| Brian Fuentes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.45 | 0 | 9-6 |
| Seattle Mariners | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chone Figgins, LF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Dustin Ackley, 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .262 |
| Ichiro Suzuki, RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .289 |
| Justin Smoak, 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .186 |
| Jesus Montero, DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .286 |
| Kyle Seager, 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| Michael Saunders, CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| Miguel Olivo, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .111 |
| Brendan Ryan, SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .214 |
| Totals | 31 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |
Batting
Home runs - Smoak, Ryan
Doubles - Suzuki, Seager
Team LOB - 3
Home runs - Smoak, Ryan
Doubles - Suzuki, Seager
Team LOB - 3
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Beavan (W, 1-1) | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2.70 | 0 | 98-67 |
| Tom Wilhelmsen (, 1-0) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.17 | 0 | 14-8 |
| Brandon League (S, 0-0; S,4) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 14-9 |
GAME NOTES
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - Eric Cooper, First Base Umpire - Marty Foster, Second Base Umpire - Tim Timmons, Third Base Umpire - Jeff Kellogg
Duration: 2:36
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - Eric Cooper, First Base Umpire - Marty Foster, Second Base Umpire - Tim Timmons, Third Base Umpire - Jeff Kellogg
Duration: 2:36
