SEATTLE – The A’s inability to get through the last three innings without something dreadful happening showed up again Tuesday night, but this time Oakland dodged the bullet ninth-inning homers by Matt Joyce and Mark Canha.
Down 5-4 in the ninth, Oakland was en route to a fifth straight loss when Rajai Davis singled as a pinch-hitter off the Mariners’ Steve Cishek to open the inning. Joyce then homered for the third time in his last five games, a shot to right-center that vaulted the A’s back in front.
Canha, who had singled and doubled earlier in the game, came up following Joyce’s homer with two men on and went deep himself.