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Athletics Hit 4 Home Runs in 3rd Inning of 7-6 Victory over Mariners
Zack Gelof drove the go-ahead triple after the Athletics hit four homers in one inning, their second such game this season.
On Friday night, the Athletics defeated the Seattle Mariners 7-6 in Seattle, powered by an explosive third inning featuring four home runs.
Trailing 2-0, Max Muncy, Alika Williams, and Jeff McNeil hit consecutive homers in the third, followed by Zack Gelof's shot to make it 4-2, making the Athletics the second major league team this season to hit four home runs in one inning.
Gelof later hit a tie-breaking triple in the fifth inning, scoring Williams, while Lawrence Butler added an RBI single to extend the lead to 7-5 after Seattle had briefly tied the game.
The loss dropped the Mariners to 66-76, leaving them seven games behind first-place Houston in the American League West and six back of Cleveland for the final American League wild card.
Saturday's matchup features Mariners right-hander George Kirby against Athletics left-hander Jeffrey Springs in the series continuation.
SEATTLE (AP) — Zack Gelof connected one of the four home runs of the Atléticos in a third inning of five races and later hit a triple to undo the match they won on Friday 7-6 to the Mariners of...