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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Oakland 4, Seattle 3
When: 10:05 PM ET, Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Where: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California
Temperature: 62°
Umpires: Home - Phil Cuzzi, 1B - Brian O'Nora, 2B - Chris Guccione, 3B - Jerry Crawford
Attendance: 15180

Coco Crisp hit a two-run homer and singled in the go-ahead run, helping the Oakland Athletics to a 4-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night.

In Oakland's sixth inning, Cliff Pennington hit into a fielder's choice and Rajai Davis scored, tying the things at 3. Crisp then singled in Matt Carson for what would stand as the winning run.

Crisp smacked his eighth homer, a two-run shot off Seattle starter Luke French, in the third inning.

Gio Gonzalez (14-8) won his fourth consecutive decision, allowing three runs on six hits in 6 2/3 innings. He had nine strikeouts and two walks. Andrew Bailey pitched a perfect ninth for his 21st save.

French (4-5) allowed four runs on seven hits in 5 1/3 innings with three strikeouts and two walks.

Russell Branyan hit a two-run homer, his 24th, in the first inning and Matt Tuiasosopo hit a solo homer in the third, giving Seattle a 3-0 lead.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Seattle   Oakland
Luke French Player Gio Gonzalez
Loss W/L Win
5.1 IP 6.2
3 Strikeouts 9
7 Hits 6
6.75 ERA 4.05
Hitting
Seattle   Oakland
Chone Figgins Player Rajai Davis
2 Hits 3
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
3 TB 3
.667 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Seattle 6 2 14 .182 8 12 3 2 1 0
Oakland 9 1 14 .281 17 4 4 3 4 0