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By: Ana Kieu

The Oakland A’s were looking for another win against the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field on Tuesday night.

The A’s took a 3-0 lead after the top of the first inning. The A’s jumped out to an early 1-0 lead as Ramon Laureano hit a line drive single to Guillermo Heredia. Jed Lowrie scored on Laureano’s single. Matt Olson to third, and Laureano to second. The A’s added two runs as Matt Joyce hit a two-run, line drive single to Heredia. Both Laureano and Olson scored on Joyce’s single.

The M’s hastily tied the score 3-3 in the bottom of the first inning. Nelson Cruz homered on a line drive to center for his 37th homer of the season. Both Mitch Haniger and Jean Segura scored on Cruz’s game-tying homer.

The A’s, however, extended its lead to 6-3 in the top of the second inning. Nick Martini tripled on a sharp ground ball to Haniger for a 5-3 lead. Both Chad Pinder and Jonathan Lucroy scored on Martini’s triple. Jed Lowrie then singled on a fly ball to Haniger for a 6-3 lead. Martini scored on Lowrie’s single.

The M’s pulled within two runs in the bottom of the second inning. Dee Gordon grounded out, Pinder to Olson. Mike Zunino scored on Gordon’s ground out.

The M’s made it a one-run game in the bottom of the third inning. Jean Segura homered on a fly ball to left for his 10th homer of the season.

The A’s tacked on another run in the top of the fifth inning. Marcus Semien homered on a fly ball to left for his 15th homer of the season.

The A’s tacked on yet another run in the top of the sixth inning. Olson ripped a ground-rule double on a fly ball to left-center. Martin scored on Olson’s ground-rule double. Matt Chapman to third.

Then, the M’s made it a one-run game once again. Denard Span doubled on a sharp line drive to Laureano. Both Ryon Healy and Gordon Beckham scored on Span’s double.

As if things couldn’t get any worse, the M’s tied the score 8-8 in the bottom of the eighth inning. Kyle Seager hit a ground ball single to Mark Canha. Ben Gamel scored on Seager’s game-tying single. Andrew Romine to second.

The A’s Twitter was counting the ticks on the clock and then the ballgame went into extra innings. Fans in attendance got a chance to watch some free baseball.

At least, the ballgame came to an end in the bottom of the 11th inning…just not in favor of the A’s. Chris Herrmann homered on a fly ball to right center. Ben Gamel scored on Herrmann’s homer.

The M’s defeated the A’s 10-8 in game two of the series.

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The A’s and Mariners wrap up their series Wednesday night at 7:10 pm PDT.