A's Earn split series with win.

A's get win and series split as A's, Mariners, wrap up four-game set.

A's were able to put enough runs on the board to beat the Mariners, 7-5 the final. setting the table was Daric Barton, who had 2 RBI's and 3 hits in 4 at-bats. Dallas Braden got the win, pitching 7 innings giving up 5 runs on 7 hits, while striking out three.

The A's and Gio Gonzalez(0-0, 0.00) head to Los Angeles to start a set with the Angels who counter with Matt Palmer (0-0, 0.00)

MLB Scoreboard - Seattle Mariners (2-1) at Oakland Athletics (1-2)

April 8, 2010	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seattle Mariners	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	5	11	1
Oakland Athletics	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	x	7	13	1
WIN: Dallas Braden (1-0) LOSS: Jason Vargas (0-1) SAVE: Andrew Bailey (2)

Scoring Summary

			SEA	OAK
SEA	1st	Cust RBI Double	0	1
SEA	4th	Bradley RBI single	1	1
SEA	4th	Kotchman 3-run Homerun	4	1
SEA	4th	Davis RBI single	4	2
SEA	4th	Ellis sac Fly	4	3
SEA	4th	Barton 2RBI single	4	5
SEA	4th	sweeney RBI single	4	6
SEA	5th	Gutierrez RBI Double	5	6
SEA	7th	suzuki RBI double	5	7

Seattle Mariners

HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Ichiro, RF	5	1	1	0	0	0	.278
Chone Figgins, 2B	5	1	1	0	0	0	.263
Franklin Gutierrez, CF	4	1	2	1	0	1	.444
Jose Lopez, 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.333
Milton Bradley, LF	4	1	1	1	0	1	.333
Casey Kotchman, 1B	4	1	2	3	0	0	.474
Rob Johnson, DH	4	0	2	0	0	0	.500
Moore, C	4	0	0	0	0	1	.125
Jack Wilson, ss	4	0	1	0	0	1	.187
TOTALS	38	5	11	5	0	4
BATTING: 2B: Gutierrez (2), Johnson (3) HR: Kotchman (1) RBI: Gutierrez (3), Bradley (6), Kotchman 3 (4)
FIELDING: E: Wilson (2)

Seattle Mariners

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Jason Vargas (L, 0-1)	4.0	10	6	6	1	6	13.50
s. Kelley	2.1	3	1	1	0	0	2.25
s. White	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0.00
TOTALS	8.0	13	7	7	1	8

Oakland Athletics

HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Coco Crisp, CF	4	2	2	0	0	1	.500
Daric Barton, 1B	4	1	3	2	0	0	.294
Ryan Sweeney, LF	4	0	1	1	0	1	.333
Kurt Suzuki, C	4	1	2	1	0	2	.294
Jack Cust, DH	4	1	2	1	0	0	.412
Kevin Kouzmanoff, 3B	3	1	0	0	1	2	.286
Rajai Davis, RF	4	1	1	1	0	0	.214
Mark Ellis, 2B	3	0	1	1	0	0	.231
Cliff Pennington, ss	4	0	1	0	0	2	.167
TOTALS	34	7	13	7	1	8
BATTING: 2B: Cust (1), suzuki (1), Barton (2) RBI: Cust (4), suzuki (1), sweeney (2), Ellis (3), Barton 2 (3), Davis (3) SF: Ellis GIDP: Kouzmanoff, Crisp
BASERUNNING: SB: Crisp (2)
FIELDING: E: Ellis (1)

Oakland Athletics

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Dallas Braden (W,1-0)	7.0	7	5	4	0	3	5.14
J. Belvins	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0.00
Andrew Bailey (s, 2)	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	3.88
TOTALS	9.0	11	5	4	0	4

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