SEATTLE - The Mariners must sweep the A’s in this four-game series to have a shot at a playoff spot, and A’s aimed to play spoiler with their best pitcher on the mound.
And Kendall Graveman did turn in another fine start for Oakland, while the A’s put together a rally in the ninth that put a scare into the Safeco Field crowd. None of that was enough: Oakland lost for the ninth time in 10 games, with Mike Zunino’s homer off Liam Hendriks in the seventh helping Seattle to a 3-2 victory. Zunino, a .