The
1st of 3 at the Coliseum today The A's will host the Mariners. Bill
Krueger heads to the mound for the A's and Mark Langston for the
Mariners. Langston struggled in his first start and was looking to
rebound.
The A's would score in the 2nd when Hill would single
scoring Baker and the score 1-0 A's. The Mariners would tie it up in
the 3rd when Krueger would walk Davis with the bases loaded would force
Kearney home.
In the 6th the A's would take the lead when Baker
would single scores Murphy and Heath would hit a SAC FLY to Murphy and
that would score Kingman and it's now 3-1. In the 7th The Mariners
would take the lead when Bradley would take Krueger deep for a 3 run
homer to make it 4-3. The A's would take the lead again on a Kingman 3
run Home Run and it is now 6-4.
The Mariners score 2 and it is
now 6-6. Presley would single and that would score Cowens. Perconte
would single with the bases loaded and that would score Presley. In the
bottom half of the inning the A's would break the game wide open and
put the game out of reach. Griffin would single scoring Davis, Kingman
would single scoring Griffin and Collins, with the bases loaded a walk
to Heath would score Murphy. Davis would then step up and hit a grand
slam to make it 14-6.
Kingman would go 2-4 with HR and 5 RBI
The Final Score is 14-6 Athletics