SEATTLE (AP) — Cal Raleigh hit his 32nd homer, Bryan Woo struck out eight in five innings and the Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 2-0 on Friday night. Mitch Garver also homered for the Mariners, a day after Seattle was eliminated from postseason contention. Oakland also was coming off an emotional day after playing its final scheduled home game at the Coliseum, a 3-2 victory over Texas.
Woo (9-3) allowed just three hits and a walk. “It was kind of a weird 24 hours,” Woo said. “Knowing you’re out of it, but you still want to finish strong.
For yourself, for the team, for the fans, for everybody. Everybody else deserves that out of you and so you’ve got to find it in yourself to give it everything you have.” He has 101 strikeouts in 121 1/3 innings this season.
This was the seventh time in his 22 starts he did not allow a run. “He had five really strong today,” Mariners manager Dan Wilson said. “What an incredible season for another one of our young starters.
I thought he had a great year, and threw the ball well tonight.” Oakland starter JP Sears (11-13) allowed two runs on four hits over six innings. The Mariners opened the final three-game series of the season after seeing their playoff hopes officially end on an off day, watching as the Royals and Tigers both won to knock out Seattle from wild-card contention.
The Mariners led the AL West by 10 games in June before hitting a skid and seeing the division lead evaporate over a month. A late s.
