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Eugenio Suárez’s 2 homers, 5 RBIs lead Mariners to 10-2 win over A’s

Aug 19, 2022, 10:01 PM


              Seattle Mariners' Marco Gonzales pitches against the Oakland Athletics during the first inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
            
              Oakland Athletics' Jonah Bride, left, slides home to score against Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh during the first inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
            
              Seattle Mariners' Eugenio Suarez, middle right, is congratulated by teammates after hitting a two-run home run against the Oakland Athletics during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
            
              Seattle Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford, middle, throws out Oakland Athletics' David MacKinnon at first base during the second inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
            
              Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh, left, waits to tag out Oakland Athletics' Nick Allen at home during the fifth inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
            
              Oakland Athletics manager Mark Kotsay, left, stands on the mound with players while making a pitching change during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners in Oakland, Calif., Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
            
              Seattle Mariners' Cal Raleigh, right, is congratulated by Julio Rodriguez after scoring against the Oakland Athletics during the eighth inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
            
              Seattle Mariners' Eugenio Suarez hits a three-run home run against the Oakland Athletics during the sixth inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Eugenio Suárez homered twice and drove in five runs as the Seattle Mariners cruised to their fourth straight win, 10-2 over the Oakland Athletics on Friday night.

Mariners 10, A’s 2: Box Score

Marco Gonzales (8-12) allowed two runs over 5 1/3 innings and beat Oakland for the third time this season.

Seattle maintained a half-game lead over Toronto for the AL’s top wild card spot. The Mariners (66-54) are 37-15 over their last 52 games, best in the league over that span.

Suárez went deep twice off left-hander Cole Irvin (6-11), hitting a two-run homer in the fourth that put Seattle ahead 3-2 and then lining a three-run shot to center in the sixth to make it 6-2. Suarez has 22 homers this season, his first with Seattle, and 151 since 2018, the most in the majors during that span.

Oakland scored twice off Gonzales in the first to take a 2-1 lead but went silent after that, losing to Seattle for the 20th time in 23 meetings. That includes 10 straight to the Mariners at the Oakland Coliseum, tied for the team’s second-longest home losing streak to one team since the franchise moved to Oakland in 1968.

The A’s trailed 6-2 when they loaded the bases with one out in the sixth. But Matt Brash relieved Gonzales and struck out pinch-hitter Vimael Machin and retired another pinch-hitter, Tony Kemp, on a fielder’s-choice grounder.

RUIZ PROMOTED

Oakland promoted reliever Norge Ruiz, making him the 10th rookie on the A’s current 13-man pitching staff. The right-hander had a rough major league debut, allowing four runs, two earned, on six hits in 1 2/3 innings. Ruiz was a high-profile international signee out of Cuba in 2016, getting a $2 million signing bonus from Oakland, but he’d posted a 5.08 ERA over four-plus minor league seasons until cutting down on the walks this season and earning his first trip to the majors.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Mariners: LHP Matthew Boyd (flexor tendon strain) has turned in two scoreless one-inning relief appearances in his rehab assignment with Triple-A Tacoma. He’ll extend to two innings in his next outing, manager Scott Servais said. Boyd could join Seattle’s bullpen in the next week or two.

Athletics: RHP Paul Blackburn (torn finger tendon) said he pitched through pain during his final four starts before being shut down for the season Tuesday. A first-time All-Star this season, Blackburn injured his right middle finger before his July 13 start at Texas. He said the discomfort progressively got worse and affected his ability to extend his finger and finish pitches. “I was hoping that it would just kind of go away,” he said. “… It just never went away. It got worse.” His finger will be in a cast for six to eight weeks, but he’s expected to be at full strength for spring training.

UP NEXT

Mariners RHP Logan Gilbert (10-5, 3.51 ERA) takes the mound Saturday looking to snap a seven-start winless streak. He’s allowed 16 earned runs over his past three starts. The A’s counter with RHP James Kaprielian (3-7, 4.33), who is 0-4 with a 4.70 ERA in eight home starts this season.

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