In A Comeback Victory, Seattle Mariners Beat Oakland A's
SEATTLE (AP) -- Leonys Martin hit a game-ending, two-run homer in the ninth inning to give the Seattle Mariners a 6-5 comeback victory over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night.
Seattle trailed 5-2 after seven innings but got a two-run homer from Robinson Cano in the eighth.
Oakland closer Ryan Madson (2-1) came on in the ninth and got two quick outs before Norichika Aoki punched a double down the left field line.
Martin then drove a 1-2 pitch deep over the wall in right-center for his ninth home run.
Oakland erased a 2-1 deficit in the sixth, jumping on the Mariners bullpen to complete a four-run rally capped by Coco Crisp's bases-loaded double off Mike Montgomery.
Montgomery (2-0) wasn't charged with the runs and finished the game with 3 1/3 scoreless innings.
Cano put the Mariners up 1-0 in the first, following a one-out single by Seth Smith with an RBI double to left-center.
Crisp brought the A's even in the third with his fourth homer, a one-out solo shot to right off Nathan Karns.
Oakland starter Kendall Graveman allowed two runs on seven hits in 4 1/3 innings, but that was an improvement over his previous five starts in which he was 0-5 with a 7.92 ERA.
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