Mitch Haniger hit his 100th home run and third in two games, and the Seattle Mariners pulled within a half-game of the second AL wild card berth by beating the Oakland Athletics 4-2 on Tuesday night. Tyler Anderson pitched four innings on two days’ rest for the Mariners, who won their team-record 11th straight game over Oakland. Seattle, 18 games over .

Mitch Haniger hit his 100th home run and third in two games, and the Seattle Mariners pulled within a half-game of the second AL wild card berth by beating the Oakland Athletics 4-2 on Tuesday night. Tyler Anderson pitched four innings on two days' rest for the Mariners, who won their team-record 11th straight game over Oakland. Seattle, 18 games over .

Mitch Haniger hit his 100th home run and third in two games, and the Seattle Mariners pulled within a half-game of the second AL wild card berth by beating the Oakland Athletics 4-2 on Tuesday night. Tyler Anderson pitched four innings on two days’ rest for the Mariners, who won their team-record 11th straight game over Oakland. Seattle, 18 games over .

Seattle has slugged . this season. Mitch Haniger leads the team with a .

The A's playoffs hopes are slipping, and they have the Mariners to thank.

Mitch Haniger hit his 100th home run and third in two games, and the Seattle Mariners pulled within a half-game of the second AL wild card berth by beating the Oakland Athletics 4-2 on Tuesday night. Tyler Anderson pitched four innings on two days' rest for the Mariners, who won their team-record 11th straight game over Oakland. Seattle, 18 games over .500 for the first time since August 2018, has won four in a row and nine of 10.

The Mariners wrested the run back in the bottom of the inning. Mitch Haniger, who had homered twice Monday, crushed Jake Diekman’s first-pitch slider 398 feet to left for a solo shot. The A’s deployed their top bullpen arms in relief of Chris Bassitt, who worked 3 ⅓ innings in his second start back from facial fractures.

Luis Torrens singles to center field. Jarred Kelenic to second. Jake Fraley doubles to deep right field, advances to 3rd.

Luis Torrens singles to center field. Jarred Kelenic to second. Jake Fraley doubles to deep right field, advances to 3rd.

Tony Kemp lines an RBI single to right field off of Diego Castillo, scoring Mark Canha to trim the Mariners' lead to 3-2 in the 7th inning

Jake Fraley drills a two-run double to right field, scoring Jarred Kelenic and Luis Torrens to give the Mariners a 2-1 lead in the 4th

Chad Pinder cranks a solo home run to center field off of Tyler Anderson to give the Athletics a 1-0 lead in the top of the 4th inning

Monday marked Brown’s first game in center in the majors. Mark Canha has played center for the A’s at times this season; Melvin said keeping Canha in a corner spot is “mostly because we’re trying to take a little bit off of Mark’s plate as far as the workload goes - he’s played a lot, he’s been injured a few times. Brown, who hit a three-run homer in Monday’s loss, said after the game: “I feel pretty comfortable in every spot in the outfield.

A few games remain, but here are grades for some key A’s players that began the season on the team’s opening day roster. Catcher Sean Murphy: B- In 2019, Murphy, 26, was ranked along with pitchers Jesús Luzardo and A.J. Puk as a fixture in what was a highly-ranked A’s farm system. Since his call-up that August, Murphy has shown tremendous power, a keen eye at the plate and maturity behind it.

Here are grades for some key A’s players that began the season on the team’s opening day roster with a final team grade at the end. Catcher Sean Murphy: C In 2019, Murphy, 26, was ranked along with pitchers Jesús Luzardo and A.J. Puk as a fixture in what was a highly-ranked A’s farm system. Since his call-up that August, Murphy has shown tremendous power, a keen eye at the plate and maturity behind it.

A few games remain, but here are grades for some key A’s players that began the season on the team’s opening day roster. Catcher Sean Murphy: B- In 2019, Murphy, 26, was ranked along with pitchers Jesús Luzardo and A.J. Puk as a fixture in what was a highly-ranked A’s farm system. Since his call-up that August, Murphy has shown tremendous power, a keen eye at the plate and maturity behind it.

I definitely thought about that,” Canha said before Monday’s game in Seattle. It was kind of an emotional thing. After it happened, before I did the on-TV interview, I just sat in the dugout for a couple minutes and kind of soaked it in and just kind of reminisced and remembered all the good times I’ve had.

The Oakland Athletics (85-72) and Seattle Mariners (87-70) continue a three-game series Tuesday at 10:10 p.m. ET at T-Mobile Park. Let's analyze the lines around the Athletics vs. Marinersodds with MLB picks and predictions.

The Oakland Athletics (85-72) and Seattle Mariners (87-70) continue a three-game series Tuesday at 10:10 p.m. ET at T-Mobile Park. Let's analyze the lines around the Athletics vs. Marinersodds with MLB picks and predictions.

Mitch Haniger hit two identical three-run homers and the Seattle Mariners gained precious ground in the AL wild-card race with a 13-4 win over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night. Seattle’s 10th straight victory against Oakland tied the team record for most consecutive wins against a single opponent. The Mariners have won eight of nine overall and nine of their last 11.