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September 5, 2026 · AL West

Oakland Athletics vs Seattle Mariners

September 5, 2026T-Mobile ParkPartly Cloudy 69°F · 3 mph, In From CF
AWAY
Oakland Athletics
57-86
6
vs
HOME
Seattle Mariners
66-77
2

Game Highlights

Published September 6, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T2 Max Muncy Max Muncy homers (9) on a fly ball to left center field. ATH 1, SEA 0
T3 Henry Bolte Henry Bolte doubles (13) on a ground ball to right fielder Dominic Canzone. Alika Williams scores. ATH 2, SEA 0
T4 Max Muncy Max Muncy singles on a line drive to center fielder Julio Rodríguez. Zack Gelof scores. ATH 3, SEA 0
T4 Donovan Walton Donovan Walton doubles (13) on a line drive to right fielder Dominic Canzone. Max Muncy scores. ATH 4, SEA 0
T8 Lawrence Butler Lawrence Butler homers (13) on a fly ball to left center field. Zack Gelof scores. ATH 6, SEA 0
B8 Dominic Canzone Dominic Canzone singles on a ground ball to center fielder Denzel Clarke. Cole Young scores. Randy Arozarena to 2nd. ATH 6, SEA 1
B9 Cole Young Cole Young walks. ATH 6, SEA 2

Box score

  123456789 R
ATH 011200020 6
SEA 000000011 2

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Athletics AWAY 6

Jeffrey Springs started for Athletics, leaving with a 4–0 lead. Out of the bullpen, Geoff Hartlieb took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Jeffrey Springs Starter 7.0 81 0 6 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Jeffrey Springs threw
    CSW 30% 1st-pitch strike 58% 3.4 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 34 42% 0 10 4 14 6
    Changeup 24 30% 4 3 4 7 6
    Slider 11 14% 0 2 1 5 3
    Cutter 8 10% 1 2 1 3 1
    Sweeper 4 5% 1 1 0 2 0
  • Geoff Hartlieb Middle 1.0 22 1 2
  • Elvis Alvarado Middle 1.0 24 1 1
Mariners HOME 2

George Kirby started for Mariners, leaving trailing 0–4. Out of the bullpen, Michael Rucker took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • George Kirby Starter 6.2 100 4 5 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what George Kirby threw
    CSW 20% 1st-pitch strike 70% 3.7 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 24 24% 0 4 7 5 8
    Four-Seam Fastball 23 23% 3 0 10 4 6
    Sweeper 17 17% 3 2 3 5 4
    Knuckle Curve 14 14% 0 4 1 7 2
    Cutter 11 11% 0 2 2 7 0
    Splitter 11 11% 2 0 3 5 1
  • Michael Rucker Middle 1.1 20 2 2 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Carlos Vargas Middle 1.0 7 0 0

Where the game turned

1 run Top 2nd · off Kirby
  • Muncy HR (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · ATH
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Henry Bolte LF 4 0 1 1 0 2 .274 .353 .388 .741 2B
Jeff McNeil 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .271 .321 .378 .699
Zack Gelof 3B 4 2 1 0 0 0 .260 .325 .474 .799 SB
Lawrence Butler RF 4 1 1 2 0 1 .233 .326 .376 .702 HR (13)
Jonah Heim C 3 0 0 0 1 1 .213 .272 .390 .662
Max Muncy DH 4 2 2 2 0 1 .229 .297 .398 .695 HR (9)
Donovan Walton 2B 4 0 1 1 0 1 .271 .374 .441 .815 2B
Alika Williams SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 .277 .315 .445 .760
Denzel Clarke CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .159 .221 .175 .396
HOME · SEA
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Randy Arozarena LF 3 0 1 0 1 1 .271 .371 .463 .834
Dominic Canzone RF 4 0 1 1 0 0 .254 .328 .479 .807
Julio Rodríguez CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .240 .301 .395 .696
Cal Raleigh C 4 1 3 0 0 1 .182 .296 .378 .674 2B
Josh Naylor 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .267 .325 .363 .688
J.P. Crawford SS 3 0 1 0 1 1 .225 .349 .349 .698
Lazaro Montes DH 2 0 0 0 0 2 .231 .286 .462 .748
Cole Young 2B 2 1 0 0 1 1 .245 .309 .382 .691
Weston Wilson 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .202 .295 .326 .621
Taylor Ward DH 2 0 0 0 0 1 .224 .357 .313 .670

Pitching lines

AWAY · ATH
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Jeffrey Springs 7.0 2 0 0 2 6 0 81 6.02 W
Geoff Hartlieb 1.0 2 1 1 0 2 0 22 5.09
Elvis Alvarado 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 24 4.21
HOME · SEA
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
George Kirby 6.2 7 4 3 1 5 1 100 4.18 L
Michael Rucker 1.1 2 2 2 0 2 1 20 6.88
Carlos Vargas 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.86

Manager comparison

AWAY · ATH
Mark Kotsay
Lineup 4.3 R Bunts 2.2 R IBBs 3.3 R
HOME · SEA
Dan Wilson
Lineup 3.1 R Bunts 1.4 R IBBs 3.7 R

Recent form

AWAY · ATH
3-7 L6 -34 run diff
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HOME · SEA
5-5 W1 +19 run diff
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Season series: 5-2 with ATH listed first across 7 prior meetings.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

Read the full methodology.