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	Seattle's skid sits at seven

Athletics 6, Mariners 2

Jose Vidro was one of seven Mariners players to strike out Thursday. (Elaine Thompson/AP)

Sexson's homer

Beltre's RBI single

By Patrick Brown / MLB.com

Richie Sexson smacked a solo homer in the second inning to cut Seattle's early deficit and Adrian Beltre added an RBI single in the fifth inning, but the Mariners couldn't solve Dan Haren. Jeff Weaver allowed three runs on seven hits over 7 1/3 innings of work.

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Series at a glance:

Thu. 07/26: OAK 6, SEA 2
Fri. 07/27: SEA 7, OAK 1
Sat. 07/28: SEA 4, OAK 3
Sun. 07/29: SEA 14, OAK 10

Oakland (49-53)
Won 1

Oakland 6, Seattle 2

Seattle (54-46)
Lost 7

July 26, 2007

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	6	9	0
Seattle	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	8	0

Standings thru 7/26/07 | Gameday | Athletics Stats | Mariners Stats

Oakland	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Buck, RF	4	0	0	0	1	3	2	.279
Swisher, 1B	5	3	3	4	0	0	2	.257
Cust, LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.252
Stewart, LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.307
Piazza, DH	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	.305
Chavez, 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	.240
Ellis, 2B	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	.260
Kotsay, CF	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	.226
Scutaro, SS	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	.240
Suzuki, C	3	1	0	0	1	0	4	.192
Totals	34	6	9	6	5	4	14
BATTING 2B: Kotsay (12, Weaver), Piazza (9, Weaver). HR: Ellis (12, 2nd inning off Weaver, 0 on, 0 out), Swisher 2 (13, 5th inning off Weaver, 0 on, 2 out; 9th inning off Sherrill, 2 on, 2 out). TB: Swisher 9; Cust; Piazza 3; Chavez; Ellis 4; Kotsay 2. RBI: Piazza (16), Ellis (46), Swisher 4 (51). 2-out RBI: Swisher 4. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Swisher; Suzuki 2. GIDP: Chavez; Ellis. Team LOB: 6.

Seattle	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Suzuki, CF	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	.344
Beltre, 3B	3	0	2	1	1	1	2	.277
Ibanez, LF	3	0	0	0	1	2	2	.257
Guillen, RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	.283
Vidro, DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	4	.299
Sexson, 1B	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	.205
Johjima, C	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.269
Lopez, 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.268
Betancourt, SS	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	.281
a-Broussard, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.280
Totals	35	2	8	2	2	8	13
a-Flied out for Betancourt in the 9th.
BATTING 2B: Beltre (27, Haren), Lopez (13, Street). HR: Sexson (17, 2nd inning off Haren, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Suzuki; Beltre 3; Guillen; Sexson 4; Lopez 2; Betancourt 2. RBI: Sexson (53), Beltre (55). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Vidro 2; Beltre; Suzuki. Team LOB: 8. FIELDING DP: 2 (Sexson-Betancourt-Sexson, Lopez-Sexson-Betancourt).

Oakland	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Haren (W, 12-3)	7.0	7	2	2	2	7	1	2.42
Casilla (H, 6)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.30
Street	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.70

Seattle	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Weaver (L, 2-9)	7.1	7	3	3	3	3	2	5.96
O'Flaherty	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.27
Reitsma	0.0	0	2	2	2	0	0	6.35
Sherrill	0.2	1	1	1	0	1	1	1.44

Reitsma pitched to 2 batters in the 9th.

WP: Haren.
IBB: Kotsay (by Weaver).
Pitches-strikes: Haren 107-67, Casilla 17-11, Street 11-8, Weaver 117-72, O'Flaherty 9-7, Reitsma 12-4, Sherrill 18-11.
Ground outs-fly outs: Haren 9-5, Casilla 1-1, Street 2-1, Weaver 9-10, O'Flaherty 3-0, Reitsma 0-0, Sherrill 0-1.
Batters faced: Haren 30, Casilla 3, Street 4, Weaver 31, O'Flaherty 3, Reitsma 2, Sherrill 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Sherrill 2-2.
Umpires: HP: Mark Carlson. 1B: Angel Hernandez. 2B: Ted Barrett. 3B: Brian Knight.
Weather: 71 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 3 mph, Out to CF.
T: 2:53.
Att: 34,251.

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner

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