A baby born in early 2001, the last time the Seattle Mariners had champagne on ice in the clubhouse to celebrate clinching a playoff berth, would now be old enough to legally drink the bubbly. The Mariners (85-70) reduced their magic number to one for an American League wild-card berth with a wild 10-9 victory in 11 innings against the visiting Texas Rangers on Thursday night.

Baseball is an entertainment business and few are better at that than Shohei Ohtani. It would be foolish for Angels to trade him.

SEATTLE - The Seattle Mariners host the Oakland Athletics to start a three-game series on Friday. Seattle has a 40-33 record at home and an 85-70 record overall. The Mariners have a 55-10 record in games when they scored at least five runs.

A baby born in early 2001, the last time the Seattle Mariners had champagne on ice in the clubhouse to celebrate clinching a playoff berth, would now be old enough to legally drink the bubbly. The Mariners (85-70) reduced their magic number to one for an American League wild-card berth with a wild 10-9 victory in 11 innings against the visiting Texas Rangers on Thursday night.

A baby born in early 2001, the last time the Seattle Mariners had champagne on ice in the clubhouse to celebrate clinching a playoff berth, would now be old enough to legally drink the bubbly. The Mariners (85-70) reduced their magic number to one for an American League wild-card berth with a wild 10-9 victory in 11 innings against the visiting Texas Rangers on Thursday night.

Mariners take on the Athletics in first of 3-game series

Mariners take on the Athletics in first of 3-game series

Los Angeles Angels phenom Shohei Ohtani took a no-hitter into the eighth inning Thursday night against the Oakland Athletics before Conner Capel singled with two outs to break it up. Capel hit a sharp grounder that deflected off sliding shortstop Livan Soto's glove and into left-center field. Even if Soto had been able to field it, he would have had trouble throwing out Capel.

Two-way star Shohei Ohtani took a no-hitter into the eighth inning in the Angels 4-2 win over the Oakland Athletics on Thursday at Angel Stadium.

Two-way phenom Shohei Ohtani pitched no-hit ball into the eighth inning and extended his hitting streak to 14 games as he led the Los Angeles Angels over the Oakland Athletics 4-2 Thursday night. In his final home start of the season, Ohtani (15-8) issued a leadoff walk to Tony Kemp before retiring the next 22 batters in order. Conner Capel broke up the no-hit bid with a sharp grounder that deflected off sliding shortstop Livan Soto’s glove and into left-center field with two outs in the eighth.

Athletics starter Cole Irvin strikes out six and allows three runs over four innings of work

Freddie Freeman bloops a single to left field, scoring Mookie Betts and tying the game at 2 in the top of the 6th inning

Austin Wynns laces an RBI single to center field, giving the Giants' a 1-0 lead over the Rockies in the bottom of the 2nd

Baseball: Jake Arrieta, Pitcher, 2007 pitched two seasons at TCU followed by a 12-year Major League Baseball career. He earned First-Team All-Mountain West Honors twice during his Horned Frog career. Baseball America and NCBWA named Arietta a Second-Team All-American in 2006.

Good morning, Athletics Nation! Over the weekend the A’s announced their 2023 inductees to the Athletics Hall of Fame. A few major names in A’s history join the team’s hall as Jason Giambi, Carney Lansford, Gene Tenace, Bob Johnson, and Roy Steele were all named as inductees.

Oakland Athletics (56-99, fifth in the AL West) vs. Los Angeles Angels (69-86, third in the AL West) Anaheim, California; Thursday, 9:38 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Athletics: Cole Irvin (9-12, 4.11 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 117 strikeouts); Angels: Shohei Ohtani (14-8, 2.47 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 203 strikeouts) LINE: Angels -252, Athletics +208; over/under is 7 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Oakland Athletics, on a three-game losing streak, take on the Los Angeles Angels.

Oakland Athletics (56-99, fifth in the AL West) vs. Los Angeles Angels (69-86, third in the AL West) Anaheim, California; Thursday, 9:38 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Athletics: Cole Irvin (9-12, 4.11 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 117 strikeouts); Angels: Shohei Ohtani (14-8, 2.47 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 203 strikeouts) LINE: Angels -252, Athletics +208; over/under is 7 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Oakland Athletics, on a three-game losing streak, take on the Los Angeles Angels.

To stave off a 100-loss season, the A’s will need to beat Shohei Ohtani on Thursday night. They were beaten Wednesday night by Michael Lorenzen, Mike Trout and the Los Angeles Angels. The 4-1 loss put the A’s (56-99) within one loss of becoming just the second team in Oakland’s 54-year history to lose 100 games.

The Angels' No. 1 prospect Logan O'Hoppe collected a hit in his major league debut in the Angels' 4-1 win over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday at Angel Stadium.

Los Angeles Dodgers (106-48, first in the NL West) vs. San Diego Padres (86-68, second in the NL West) San Diego; Wednesday, 9:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Dodgers: Julio Urias (17-7, 2.25 ERA, . WHIP, 157 strikeouts); Padres: Joe Musgrove (10-7, 3.12 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 169 strikeouts) LINE: Dodgers -139, Padres +118; over/under is 7 1/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The San Diego Padres lead 1-0 in a three-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.