2021 Mariners get revenge on 2006 A’s

Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images Logan Gilbert started four games and Seattle won all fourThe last time the Oakland A’s reached the ALCS was 2006. They won the AL West division title that year, with a 93-69 record.

The 2006 A’s held their own against the other top contenders that summer, but one factor padding their overall win total was a 17-2 mark against the Seattle Mariners. They played each other 19 times, and Oakland took all but two of them.

Without that lopsided matchup, the A’s went 76-67 against the rest of the league. That’s still pretty good, but not quite division title good, more like an 86-win pace. They finished four games ahead of the second-place Angels (89 wins), so…