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Mariners drop A's in 10th
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
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SEATTLE — Ichiro Suzuki had five hits and scored the winning run, and the Seattle Mariners snapped a 15-game losing streak against Oakland with a 10-9 victory in 10 innings Monday night that kept the Athletics’ magic number at 2 for clinching the AL West title.

Willie Bloomquist lined an RBI single with two outs in the 10th to give the Mariners a comeback win after they rallied from a 9-3 deficit. They scored three times in the ninth against closer Huston Street to tie it.
On the cusp of their first division title since 2003, the A’s have lost three straight.

Their magic number remained at two because the Los Angeles Angels beat Texas 8-3. Oakland leads the second-place Angels by five games with six to play.
Suzuki opened the 10th with his fifth hit, a season high. He advanced to second when a pickoff attempt by Kiko Calero (3-2) ricocheted off his left shoulder blade and into an out-of-play camera well.

Adrian Beltre lined out to center and pinch-hitter Rene Rivera struck out. Calero then intentionally walked Raul Ibanez to get to Bloomquist, who entered as a pinch-runner for Richie Sexson in the ninth.
Seattle finished with a season-high 21 hits — seven for extra bases. J.J. Putz (4-1) pitched two scoreless innings for the win.

Street gave up three runs in the ninth for his 10th blown save in 46 chances. The Mariners got four consecutive hits to start the inning, cutting the score to 9-7 and loading the bases with none out. Street then struck out Ben Broussard before Jose Lopez hit a sacrifice fly. Greg Dobbs’ RBI single tied it at 9.

The A’s broke a 3-3 tie with two runs in the fourth off Cesar Jimenez and added four more against fellow rookie Travis Chick in the fifth. A single by Nick Swisher, a double by Mark Ellis and a walk to Marco Scutaro loaded the bases with one out in the fourth. Jason Kendall then doubled to score Swisher and Ellis.

Jimenez allowed eight hits and five runs in four innings in his first major league start.

In the fifth, Chick loaded the bases with walks to Jay Payton and Swisher sandwiched around Eric Chavez’s single. Ellis doubled home two runs, and Kendall walked on a 3-2 pitch to make it 8-3. Pinch-hitter Mark Kotsay added an RBI single to cap the four-run rally.

Oakland starters are 8-7 with a 6.24 ERA in their last 20 games.
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