Mariners 6, A's 5
SEATTLE -- One night after squandering a 5-0 lead, the Seattle Mariners gave the Oakland A's a little payback Tuesday.
Seattle fell behind 5-0 in the top of the second inning but rallied to score six times in the fourth and fifth to beat the A's 6-5.
Home runs by designated hitter Nelson Cruz, hit 38th of the season, and first baseman Logan Morrison sparked the comeback after Seattle starter Mike Montgomery struggled through the shortest outing of his young career.
Montgomery lasted just 1 1/3 innings, allowing five runs on seven hits but did not factor into the decision. It marked the first time in his past nine starts that Seattle (58-68) has won the game.
Mariners left-hander Edgar Olmos (1-0) earned his first career win after pitching 3 2/3 innings of scoreless relief. Olmos came on for Montgomery in the second inning and allowed just three hits while pitching through the fifth.
Tom Wilhelmsen entered in the ninth and gave up a two-out double to pinch hitter Sam Fuld before Oakland right fielder Josh Reddick flied out to right to end the game.
Oakland starter Jesse Chavez (7-13) allowed six runs on eight hits over 4 2/3 innings.
Center fielder Billy Burns went 3-for-5 and scored twice for the A's (55-72). Shortstop Marcus Semien hit his 11th home run of the season, and his third in four games played at Safeco Field this year.
Seattle rookie shortstop Ketel Marte went 3-for-5, finishing a home run short of the cycle. He doubled in the first inning, hit his first career triple in the sixth and added a bloop single in the eighth.
Five of the Mariners' six runs came with two outs, with center fielder Austin Jackson giving Seattle its first lead on a bases-loaded, two-run single in the fifth. That came after the Mariners got fourth-inning home runs from Cruz and Morrison to pull within 5-3.
The A's, who outscored Seattle 11-0 over the final five innings Monday, picked up right where they left off while jumping out to a 5-0 lead Tuesday. A two-run homer from Semien highlighted a four-run second inning for the A's.
After catcher Josh Phegley gave the A's a 1-0 lead with an RBI single in the first, Oakland opened the second inning with five hits to put an early end to Montgomery's night. Semien's blast, an RBI double from right fielder Josh Reddick and third baseman Danny Valencia's sacrifice fly put the A's in front 5-0.
Seattle got back in the game with the three-run fourth. Cruz provided the Mariners' first run of the game with a leadoff shot. After Jackson contributed a two-out double off the wall, Morrison took Chavez deep for a two-run shot off the right field foul pole, pulling Seattle within 5-3.
A two-out RBI single from Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano cut the Oakland lead to 5-4, and then Jackson singled up the middle with the bases loaded to put Seattle ahead 6-5.
NOTES: Nelson Cruz was in the lineup as Seattle's designated hitter after taking a pitch off his right elbow the previous night. Cruz was able to finish Monday's game and apparently came out of it with nothing more than a bruise. ... The Athletics plan to re-evaluate LHP Felix Doubront's injured right foot Wednesday. He took a line drive off the arch of his foot in Monday's win at Seattle. ... Seattle faced a right-handed starter (Oakland's Jess Chavez) for the first time in six games Tuesday, which opened the door for 1B Logan Morrison and RF Seth Smith to return to the lineup for the first time this homestand. ... Athletics 2B Brett Lawrie played despite being visibly shaken by a pregame incident involving his grandmother near the visiting dugout. About an hour before the game, she passed out on the field and had to be taken off on a stretcher.