Seattle won for just the second time in 11 road games, bolstered by a grand slam by shortstop Taylor Motter in the third and a three-run blast by Nelson Cruz in the seventh. Cruz also drew a bases-loaded walk in the third and doubled in a run in the ninth in a five-RBI day.
A's right-hander Andrew Triggs, who didn't allow an earned run in 17 2/3 innings over his first three starts, saw that streak snapped when Robinson Cano singled in a run with one out in the first.