J.P. Crawford homered in the ninth and Jarred Kelenic hit a pair of RBI singles to support Luis Castillo’s eighth consecutive winning decision, leading the Seattle Mariners over the Oakland Athletics 7-2.
Vida Blue, a hard-throwing left-hander who became one of baseball’s biggest draws in the early 1970s and helped lead the brash A’s to three straight World Series titles, died Saturday, He was 73.
Rodríguez homered at home for the first time, a three-run shot to give Seattle an early lead, and the Mariners beat Oakland 7-6 on Monday night for their 13th straight win over the Athletics.
Salvador Perez hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the sixth inning, the Kansas City bullpen bailed out starter Jackson Kowar and the Royals rallied to beat Oakland 10-7.
Kyle Seager hit a two-run single and Marco Gonzales won his second straight decision, as the Mariners inched closer in the AL wild-card chase with a 4-3 win over the Athletics.