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Zunino, Heredia lead Mariners to win over A’s in 10
Athletics
OAKLAND (AP) — Mike Zunino hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning and Guillermo Heredia doubled home the go-ahead run in the 10th as the Seattle Mariners defeated the Oakland Athletics 3-2 on Tuesday night.The Mariners have won four straight games and six of their last eight.Jean Segura singled with one out in the 10th ahead of Heredia’s one-out double to right-center off Yusmeiro Petit (1-1).Nick Vincent (3-1) pitched 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief, and Edwin Diaz earned his 16th save.Seattle trailed 2-0 when Zunino hit his seventh homer, off starter Trevor Cahill.Oakland built a two-run lead in the middle innings. Marcus Semien scored on Matt Chapman’s double-play grounder in the fourth and added an RBI single in the fifth.The Mariners have won 13 of their last 16 games against the A’s and are 42-22 versus Oakland since 2015.YER OUTTA HEREMariners manager Scott Servais was ejected by plate umpire Brian Knight after Ben Gamel took a called third strike to end the top of the ninth.FOR STARTERSNeither starting pitcher was involved in the decision but both pitched well. Mariners right-hander Mike Leake gave up two runs (one earned) in 6 2/3 innings of six-hit ball.