Mariners surrender 4-run lead, fall to A’s 8-7 on walkoff HR

Lawrence Butler provided the game-winning blast off Andrés Muñoz in the ninth inning.

Sep 13, 2026, 5:10 PM

Lawrence Butler of the Athletics at the plate during a game Sunday in West Sacramento, California. (Scott Marshall/Getty Images)

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WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Lawrence Butler hit a two-run drive off Andrés Muñoz in the ninth inning for his second home run of the game as the Athletics overcame a four-run deficit and beat Seattle 8-7 Sunday, leaving the Mariners five games back in the AL West with 12 to play.

Athletics 8, Seattle Mariners 7: Box Score

The A’s took five of seven from Seattle in an 11-day span, including a win Friday on Donovan Walton’s 10th-inning homer. The Mariners fell six games behind for the last AL wild card.

Butler had four RBIs and finished with 13 against Seattle this season.

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— Athletics (@Athletics) September 13, 2026

Randy Arozarena homered twice and had four RBIs for the Mariners, who led 6-2 before the A’s tied the score in a four-run seventh. Gabe Speier walked Jhonny Pereda with the bases loaded, Butler hit an RBI groundout and pinch-hitter Shea Langeliers had a two-run single against Seranthony Domínguez.

Arozarena, who has 25 homers, connected off Hogan Harris for a 7-6 lead in the eighth. He hit a two-run homer in the third and an RBI single in the fourth as part of his second straight four-RBI game.