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Athletics at Seattle
This is Missed It. Athletics at Seattle, Friday, September 4, with the Athletics. You missed it? Here's the whole game, as it happened.
Top 3: The Outburst
We're scoreless through the first, and Seattle grabs two in the bottom of the second. Cole Young doubles, Cal Raleigh scores. J.P. Crawford singles, Cole Young scores. It's 2 to 0, Mariners, and we need an answer. Top of the third. Max Muncy steps in, bases empty, nobody out. He swings, and that ball is gone. Left field. We're on the board, 2 to 1. Then Alika Williams. One out, bases empty. He crushes one to left. Tie game, 2 to 2. Now Jeff McNeil. One out, Henry Bolte on base. He launches one to right field. Henry Bolte scores, Jeff McNeil scores. We lead, 4 to 2. And then Zack Gelof. One out, bases empty. He goes deep to left. 5 to 2. Four home runs in the inning. The dugout is electric. Seattle answers in the bottom half. Julio Rodríguez grounds out, but Brock Rodden scores. Then Cal Raleigh homers to right center, scoring Randy Arozarena. Just like that, it's 5 to 5. A wild one.
Top 5: The Separation
We're tied at five, and we need something. Top of the fifth, two outs, Alika Williams on base. Zack Gelof steps in. He drives a sharp fly ball to right field. It's a triple. Alika Williams scores. 6 to 5. Lawrence Butler up. Two outs, Gelof on third. He lines a single to center. Gelof scores. 7 to 5. That's the lead we need. Seattle gets nothing in the fifth. Cal Raleigh flies out. We hold them in the sixth too. Taylor Ward grounds into a force out. Still 7 to 5.
Bottom 8: The Squeeze
We're grinding. Top of the seventh, we get nothing. Lawrence Butler called out on strikes. Bottom of the seventh, Dominic Canzone grounds out. Still 7 to 5. Top of the eighth, we get two on with two outs, but Alika Williams grounds out. We leave them stranded. Bottom of the eighth. One out, Cal Raleigh on base. Josh Naylor singles to center. Cal Raleigh scores. It's 7 to 6. The lead is down to one. Taylor Ward pops out to shortstop. We escape, but barely.
Bottom 9: The Last Stand
Top of the ninth, we go down in order. Zack Gelof grounds out. We hand it to the defense with a one-run lead. Bottom of the ninth. Two outs, a runner on. Julio Rodríguez at the plate. The crowd is on its feet. The pitch. He flies out to center field. Denzel Clarke settles under it. And that's the ballgame. We win it, 7 to 6.
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Athletics at Seattle
This is Missed It. Athletics at Seattle, Friday, September 4, with the Mariners. You missed it? Here's the whole game, as it happened.
The Quiet Start
We are underway at the ballpark, and the first inning passes without a sound. Zack Gelof strikes out swinging for the Athletics, and Julio Rodríguez lines out sharply to Gelof at third. Nothing doing. Scoreless after one. Then the bottom of the second, and we finally wake up. Cole Young doubles down the line to right, and Cal Raleigh comes home. One-nothing. Then J.P. Crawford singles sharply to right, and Cole Young scores. Two-nothing. The crowd is on its feet. Lazaro Montes grounds into a double play to end it, but we have the lead. Two to nothing, Mariners.
The Roof Comes Off
And then the third inning happens. Max Muncy homers to left. One run. Alika Williams homers to left. Two runs. Jeff McNeil homers to right, and Henry Bolte scores. Four runs. Zack Gelof homers to left. Five runs. Just like that, it is five to two, Athletics. Carlos Cortes strikes out swinging, but the damage is done. We answer. Julio Rodríguez grounds out, but Brock Rodden scores, and Randy Arozarena moves to second. Five to three. Then Cal Raleigh steps in, two outs, a runner on. The pitch. He crushes it to right center. Randy Arozarena scores. Cal Raleigh scores. Five to five. The place is shaking. Cole Young grounds out softly, but we are tied.
The Lead Slips Away
The fourth inning is quiet. Donovan Walton grounds out. Then we get picked off. Brock Rodden is caught stealing second with Randy Arozarena at the plate. The inning dies. Still five to five. The fifth inning hurts. Two outs, Alika Williams on. Zack Gelof triples sharply to right, and Alika Williams scores. Six to five. Then Lawrence Butler singles sharply to center, and Zack Gelof scores. Seven to five. Jonah Heim grounds out, but the Athletics have the lead back. Cal Raleigh flies out to second in the bottom half. We are down two.
The Final Push Falls Short
The sixth inning is a double play. Alika Williams grounds into one, and the Athletics go quietly. We get a force out. Nothing. The seventh is quiet too. Lawrence Butler called out on strikes. Dominic Canzone grounds out. The eighth inning gives us life. Josh Naylor singles to center, and Cal Raleigh scores. Seven to six. We are within one. Taylor Ward pops out to shortstop with two on. The inning ends. We need one run. The ninth inning. Zack Gelof grounds out. Two outs. A runner on. Julio Rodríguez steps in. The pitch. He flies out to center field. Denzel Clarke settles under it. The game is over. Athletics seven, Mariners six. We came back, we tied it, we lost it in the fifth. One run short. That one stings.
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That was Athletics at Seattle, from the Mariners side. This has been Missed It. Every game, both sides, at missed it dot net. Produced by James Barrett.