If the Oakland Athletics hope to make a run at winning the AL West, they need to continue taking advantage of the worst team in the division.Watch Oakland Athletics vs Seattle Mariners MLB Live Stream, Online broadcast, 9/8
Oakland (56-54) pulled within 7 1/2 games of Texas in the West after beating the Rangers 3-2 on Sunday. All-Star Trevor Cahill earned his 12th victory by yielding two unearned runs over eight innings.
"They're not going away because they've got good pitching and they've got a bunch of scrappy guys who play the game hard," Texas manager Ron Washington told the Athletics' official website. "They execute. If their pitching keeps them in the game, they're tough."Watch Oakland Athletics vs Seattle Mariners MLB Live Stream, Online broadcast, 9/8
The Athletics have a major league-best 2.88 ERA since the All-Star break, and that's close to the 2.89 ERA they have posted this year in winning six of nine against the Mariners (42-70). Oakland has done a good job of limiting All-Star Ichiro Suzuki to eight singles in 35 at-bats and three runs scored.
Vin Mazzaro (6-3, 3.86) has yet to face Seattle this year, losing his only start against the Mariners as a rookie Aug. 24 by giving up three runs in five innings of a 3-1 road defeat.
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The right-hander did not get a decision Tuesday in a 3-2 home loss to Kansas City after allowing two runs in six innings.
Seattle second baseman Chone Figgins is 3 for 4 against Mazzaro and has been hitting well on this homestand. Figgins went 2 for 3 in a 3-2 win over the Royals on Sunday and is 12 for 23 over his last six games at Safeco.
"Over the last couple of months I've been attacking the baseball and getting on top of it more and hitting more line drives and hard ground balls and that's my game," Figgins said.
The Mariners received bad news after learning that shortstop Jack Wilson fractured a bone in his right hand in an accident at his home. They said Wilson slipped and fell in his bathroom, hitting his hand on the floor.
The injury may be bad news for Oakland since Wilson is 2 for 23 against the A's this year.
Seattle starter Doug Fister (3-8, 3.98) has pitched well against Oakland, going 2-1 with a 1.50 ERA in four career starts. He's given up one run over 15 innings in winning both outings against the Athletics at home.
The right-hander, however, is 0-7 with a 5.65 ERA in his last 11 starts. Fister gave up a season-high seven runs over 4 2/3 innings Wednesday in an 11-6 home loss to Texas.
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