The Oakland A’s were on the verge of losing to the Seattle Mariners until the bottom of the ninth inning when they hit two solo home runs to take the game into extra innings. In the 11th inning, another solo home run won it for the A’s as the they defeated the Mariners 3-2.
Jack Cust and Kurt Suzuki both went deep in the 9th inning that tied the game up at 2-2. Emil Brown hit his 7th home run of the year in the 11th inning to win it for the Athletics in walk off fashion. It was a huge come from behind win the the A’s who are now 50-42.
Huston Street recorded the win and is now 2-2 on the year. Street was the sixth A’s pitcher to see action in the game. Starting pitcher Greg Smith didn’t allow a run over six innings but did give up four hits. Santiago Casilla and Alan Embree were the two pitchers that gave up one run each.
The A’s will now start a three game weekend series with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday. The series is very big because the Athletics are 4.5 games behind the Angels in the divisional standings.
