The Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics on Thursday to split the four-game series and Julio Rodriguez hit a mammoth home run.
The Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 6-4 on Thursday afternoon in Oakland to split the four-game series with the division rivals. With the win, the M's took the final game ever for the franchise at the Oakland Coliseum, as the A's will be relocating to Sacramento and Las Vegas over the next few years.
Seattle is now 71-70 on the season and 4.5 games back in the American League West race. Though the division is not out of reach, it's still a longshot that requires the M's to play nearly flawless baseball over the last 21 games. In the win on Thursday, the M's got a decent 5.0 inning start from Bryan Woo and they also got massive home runs from both Cal Raleigh and Julio Rodriguez.It's been a down year for Rodriguez, who has dealt with a serious ankle injury as well. However, he's been much better over his last month of action. He's hitting .258 for the season with just 14 homers, 49 RBI and 20 stolen bases.
The Mariners picked up a game in the standings on Thursday thanks to a Ty France home run beating the Astros.
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