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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Seattle 6, Oakland 1
When: 4:10 PM ET, Sunday, May 12, 2013
Where: Safeco Field, Seattle, Washington
Temperature: 68°
Umpires: Home - Dan Bellino, 1B - Mike DiMuro, 2B - Ted Barrett, 3B - Alfonso Marquez
Attendance: 27599
Mariners 6, Athletics 1: Kendrys Morales hit a three-run homer and Joe Saunders continued his home pitching success as Seattle beat Oakland for the second time in the three-game series.

Jason Bay also homered, Jesus Montero had a run-scoring single and Kyle Seager contributed a sacrifice fly as the Mariners won for the ninth time in 13 games. The Athletics have lost six of seven games and went 3-7 on a 10-game road trip.

Saunders (3-4) gave up one run and five hits in 6 1/3 innings to improve to 3-0 at home. He has a 0.94 ERA in four starts at Safeco Field.

Morales smacked his homer off Tommy Milone (3-5) in the first inning to get the Mariners started. Luke Montz had a run-scoring double in the second for Oakland before Seattle added runs on Montero’s fourth-inning single, Seager’s fifth-inning fly and Bay’s seventh-inning blast over the center-field fence.

Milone allowed five runs and six hits in five innings while losing his fifth straight start.

GAME NOTEBOOK:
The homer was the first for Morales since April 23. … Oakland OF Coco Crisp (hamstring) could return to action by the middle of the week. … Often-injured Mariners CF Franklin Gutierrez (hamstring) is close to beginning a rehab stint and manager Eric Wedge said Gutierrez won’t return to the club until he displays he is fully healthy.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Oakland   Seattle
Tom Milone Player Joe Saunders
Loss W/L Win
5.0 IP 6.1
4 Strikeouts 6
6 Hits 5
9.00 ERA 1.42
Hitting
Oakland   Seattle
Luke Montz Player Michael Morse
1 Hits 2
1 RBI 0
0 HR 0
2 TB 3
.333 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Oakland 6 0 8 .182 18 10 1 3 1 0
Seattle 8 2 15 .258 12 8 6 4 0 1