OAKLAND, Calif.—Mitch Garver and Luis Urías drove in four runs apiece, George Kirby struck out nine in six innings, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 16–3 on Wednesday night.
Seattle, which entered the day 5 1/2 games back of the last American League wild-card spot, recorded a season high in runs and snapped a four-game losing streak to get back to .500 at 70–70. The Mariners scored seven times in the seventh inning to pull away, sending 12 batters to the plate. They added four more runs in the eighth.
