Athletics 5 at Seattle 6 - Recap

SEATTLE -- Leonys Martin hit a two-run home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the Seattle Mariners a 6-5 win over the Oakland A's on Tuesday night.

Martin hit a 1-2 pitch from Oakland closer Ryan Madson (2-1) over the right field fence to score Norichika Aoki, who doubled down the line in the previous at-bat.

Robinson Cano added a pair of hits and three RBIs for the Mariners (27-18), and Seth Smith singled in each of his three at-bats.

Mike Montgomery (2-0) earned the win after pitching 3 1/3 scoreless innings of relief.

Coco Crisp hit his fourth home run of the season and added a two-run double as part of Oakland's four-run sixth that established a 5-2 lead.

Cano hit a two-run homer in the eighth as Seattle rallied to within a run.

Crisp went 2-for-5 with three RBIs. Oakland designated hitter Khris Davis had two doubles and an RBI.

The A's, who broke open a close game with a four-run eighth inning Monday, used another big rally Tuesday to knock out Seattle starter Nathan Karns.

Karns allowed three runs on five hits over five-plus innings. The Mariners led 2-1 when he came out of the game in the sixth, but Nick Vincent gave up a sacrifice fly and a pair of hits to bring in both of the baserunners Karns left behind.

Karns allowed back-to-back singles to open the sixth, then Vincent came on with runners on the corners. Davis tied the score 2-2 with a sacrifice fly to right, and Yonder Alonso singled to put runners on the corners. Marcus Semien's ground-rule double drove in a run to give the A's their first lead, 3-2. Crisp hit the bases-loaded double with two outs to put Oakland ahead 5-2.

After Seattle pinch hitter Franklin Gutierrez led off the bottom of the eighth with a double off the center field wall, Cano hit his 13th home run of the season off reliever John Axford to pull the Mariners within 5-4.

Oakland relievers Marc Rzepczynski and Fernando Rodriguez came on to hold the lead in the eighth, and Madson got the first two outs of the ninth before Aoki doubled down the left field line in front of a diving Crisp. Martin fell behind 1-2 before hitting his ninth home run of the season to win the game.

Middle-of-the-lineup hitters Cano and Nelson Cruz each drove in a run as the Mariners pulled out to a 2-1 lead after three innings.

Seattle jumped on top 1-0 on Cano's one-out, RBI double in the first. Cano followed a one-out single from Smith with a double into the left-center-field gap, bringing Smith around from first.

Crisp tied the score 1-1 with a solo homer in the top of the third. It was Crisp's fourth home run of the season and his second at Safeco Field.

Cruz put Seattle back in front with a two-out, RBI single in the bottom of the third.

Oakland starter Kendall Graveman allowed two runs on seven hits over 4 1/3 innings, throwing 78 pitches. It marked the third time in Graveman's past six starts that he has failed to get through the fifth inning.

NOTES: The A's named RHP Zach Neal as Wednesday's probable starter, although no roster move had been made before Tuesday's game to officially recall him from Triple-A Nashville. Neal made his major league debut in a relief role earlier this season, allowing three runs over three innings in his lone outing. Neal will take the rotation spot of injured RHP Sonny Gray. ... Seattle SS Chris Taylor was back on the bench Tuesday, one day after being charged with two costly throwing errors in his first start of the season. ... Mariners CF Leonys Martin, who was swinging a hot bat, was back in the leadoff spot for a third consecutive game. ... The 13 players currently on Oakland's disabled list mark the most the franchise has had on the DL in at least 37 years. ... Heading into his Tuesday night start, Seattle RHP Nathan Karns had not taken a loss since April 9. He went 4-0 with three no-decisions over his next seven starts.