Mariners vs. A's Game Highlights (9/4/24) | MLB Highlights

the Oakland A have taken the first two games against the Seattle Mariners and are looking for more being led onto the field by the South Carolina native JP Sears who has had a wonderful season JP Sears on the bump for the green and gold 28th time he's taken the ball for the Athletics this season we know that the best ability is availability something JP Sears has proven couple years in a row now for the green and gold star war in this rotation JP gets ahead against JP now the other JP flies it to left but easy enough for Seth Brown who makes the catch Rodriguez gets it in the air to right Butler by the line and now makes the catch on top of the line for the second out one and two and a wave at a miss the Mariners come up empty for the first time in the first in this series in a one two three inning for JP series and it's going to be the automatic strike thrower on the mount for the Seattle Mariners George Kirby 29 start this season we're going to dive into some of the numbers for George Kirby and the command and what that really looks like because folks it is exceptional it is otherworldly it is historic the run that George Kirby has been on another great run is the man at the Plate Lawrence Butler 13 game hitting streak now he'll swing at the first pitch line it the other way that's going to drop down and get to the wall oh beautiful piece of hitting by Lawrence Butler he'll stand up at second base and just when you thought it couldn't get any better he goes the opposite way for a leadoff double and Lawrence Butler now an extra base hit in nine consecutive games and no one in the long and glorious history of the Athletics franchise going back to the Philadelphia days in 1901 can say that extra base hit in nine straight game now ground ball and threw the hole into left Lawrence Butler rounding third a rose loads up the throw to the pl is late and Butler Dives in safely two pitches two hits and the A's are wasting no time in game three that's right two pitches two hits one run and one lead for the green and gold there is out number one he Strikes Out BL that's that big curveball there from George Kirby just a hammer working downhill on the edge of 97 mph back to- back strikeouts from Kirby great pitch runner go but for a strike the throw down to Second by Cal and it's in time to get Rooker and that's going to retire the side for Cal Raleigh 23rd caught stealing a walk to ro BL that moves a Ros Arena into second base get better in a walk the Mariners have two on without a hit here in the second inning take advantage of it here is Mitch Garver swinging a drive into the Gap at left center field that's getting it down ex to bases for Garver Randy Ros R third he'll score roess to third he's being waved in byy the throw to the plate the relay out in time roess scores right behind Randy Ros Arena Mitch Garber in its second base with a two-run double and the Mariners lead the Athletics two to one here in the top half of the second been hungering for a big hit with guys a board for a long time now check swing and he goes that'll be strike three but the Mariners jump in front on the double by Garber and after one and a half it's 2 to one Seattle Seth Brown leads off for the A and we go to the bottom of the second strike three call just in up in the corner and brown lifting up his elbows thought it was ball two instead it's strike three that was close great job by Cal again he's had a really good year far framing pitches go he put him away 98 mph Flames from Kirby is strike out four the last five hitters no George Kirby strike throwing machine got him in trouble in the first two pitches the buy but fast ball strike three call oh he just blistered that outside corner two down strikeout number five for George swing and a miss and Cal applies the tag and that'll do it George Kirby strikes out two the three men he faces in the third he's got six strikeouts Seattle has a one-run Advantage entering the fourth and he will take strike three flips his b up in the air catches it well you're watching JP Sears break out the pallet and do his best Picasso right now painting the corners standing way up in the box like we see Victor do so often this is just under schuman's glove and into the corner extra bases for Victor robl two out double so man in scoring position with two outs for Mitch Garver Garver with a double and drove in a couple of runs swung on and bounced up the middle into left field base hit Victor cruises home Mitch garver's having a night driven in all three runs for the Mariners and they have a 3-1 lead here two outs in the fourth and a three RBI night for gar gives him 43 on the season there's Luis uras he fouled out to the catcher Lang aers in the first pitch and he smacks one center field BL day giving Chase going back reaches up can't get it B of defense at center field scoring his carver easily and orus in with an RBI double and the Mariners have a 4-1 lead three consecutive hits two of them doubles and backto back RBI knocks to all damage for the Mariners here in the top half for the fourth inning Teo the other way base hit in the right field Butler charging Aras getting a wave on he's coming around third here's the throw of the plate well off line RBI single Dylan Moore the merits have a 5-1 lead here in the fourth looking good through three Innings he's got six strikeouts another strikeout Kirby pumping the heater tonight that's the seventh strike out in a lot of them coming at 97 or 98 that fast ball at 97 mph and another strike out for Kirby that's his eighth punch out he has struck out eight of the first 12 batters he's faced trying to get things turned around it's certainly doing it tonight another slider for the strikeout going on bounc to JP two hops routine play throws over plenty of time and George J breezing here 1 two three and the fourth Seth Brown struck out looking to lead off the second round ball through for a hit that's a start for Seth Brown here in the fifth here is Zack yof one on nobody out for the A's bottom of the fifth that's cracked to right field fading away from robless and it'll get to the wall gof into second Brown held up at third and the A's have two in scoring position gof sees the opposite side and finds the right field wall nobody after second and third here is chistian gray swung out in a high fly ball into medium right field robless comes in he's underneath it he makes the catch and the throw to the plate will keep the runner at third base that's Seth Brown a strong throw to the plate the fans wanted Brown to tag and try to score but Brown was holding up and that's a huge first out so second and third one out and it's a fast ball strike three called he got him looking strike out number nine for George Kirby a huge strikeout here and the a still have Runners on at second and third they had second and third with nobody out now they have second and third with two down swing and a Fly ball into the Gap left center field over plenty of time Julio is there and he makes the catch and George Kirby works out of a second and third no Out jam and the A's cannot score a one out base runner for the Athletics it brings up JJ blay it's a hard liner just beyond the reach of Justin Turner that's going to get to the corner JJ blade another double it's bobbled by roess Rooker coming home he will score and it's 5 to2 fast ball swung on and lifted to left field Rosena plenty of room headed towards the line two hand catch ining over a get a run Mariners enjoying a 5-2 lead Gus is found out to the catcher double to left center field SW on a high fly ball deep down the left field line looking up brown to that Baby's Gone a home run and the Mariners have a 62 lead here at Oakland infield single orb for Julio and the amus lead is now 72 Fair ball a little squeeze JP scores Julio scores Randy digging for second headit first dive he's in there safely and the Mariners are rolling seven runs in here in the top of the seventh inning day Mariners have done it in every which way charal will turn his Focus to Tristan gray who's yet to pick up a hit as an athletic but he might have one now that's dropping fast and it's down for H gof great base running gets to Third and gray into second with a double he's have a chance to possibly capitalize on that possibility a ground ball to short that'll bring home the third run of the game for the A's a ground out but an RBI for Schuman one down but gray has to stay put it's 12 to3 Seattle so now the Mariners have the bases loaded one out and when it rains it pours and here is Victor roblas he likes to swing at a first pitch swinging line drive down the left field line a fair ball in toward the corner here comes Raleigh here comes a Ros Arena Justin Turner will check in at third robless and it's second with a two-run double and yes indeed when it rains it pours and it's now the Mariners 14 and the Athletics three here's Mitch Garber he's done a lot of damage Garber started the scoring with a two-run double back of the second Schuman over to first base as roblas runs underneath his throw practically turn scores 153 Mariners and the B will be Luis oras and Luis having a big night with an RBI double a home run and a Bas is loaded walk swinging a Fly ball into Center Fielding deep uras in at second with an RBI double what a night for little Luis uras with four runs batted in one more out the Mariners will have claimed a 13-run victory down the wind up and the O2 on the way to gray swing and a miss for strike three and the ball game is over the Mariners route the A's here in Oakland tonight a final score of 16-3 they take game three of this four game series tomorrow afternoon a chance to even things up the Mariners biggest output of the Season offensively