SEATTLE (AP) \u2014 Jeffrey Springs pitched seven scoreless inning, Max Muncy homered for the second straight day and the Athletics beat the Seattle Mariners 6-2 on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
Lawrence Butler added a two-run homer, Henry Bolte and Donovan Walton each had RBI hits, and Geoff Hartlieb and Elvis Alvarado worked the final two innings.<\/p>\n
The A’s (57-86) have won four in a row for the first time since June 13.<\/p>\n
The Mariners (66-77) dropped a season-worst 11 games under .500, losing their third straight against the Athletics. Seattle is seven games behind first-place Houston in the AL West and six back of Cleveland and Toronto for the final AL wild-card spot.<\/p>\n
Springs (4-13) bounced back after a tough stretch in August, including allowing seven runs in his previous start against Baltimore on Aug. 30. Heading into Seattle with a 6.37 ERA, the 33-year-old allowed no runs on two hits in seven innings. He struck out six and walked two on just 81 pitches. It was Springs’ first win since April 14.<\/p>\n
Muncy hit his ninth homer of the season \u2014 a 428-foot solo blast into left field off George Kirby (9-11). Muncy added an RBI single in the fourth to make it 2-0.<\/p>\n
Kirby went 6 2\/3 innings, giving up four runs on seven hits.<\/p>\n
Butler hit his 13th home run of the season to left field off Michael Rucker in the eighth inning.<\/p>\n
Athletics LHP Gage Jump (6-9, 5.15 ERA) was set to face RHP Bryan Woo (10-9, 4.25) in the series finale Sunday.<\/p>\n
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