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APRIL 3, 2001
Tonight is the second game in the series in Seattle between the Mariners and the Oakland Athletics. Carlos Guillen committed two of the Mariners three errors in their season-opening loss.
OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers
Anaheim Angels at Texas Rangers 1-0
Toronto Blue Jays 0-1 at Tampa Bay Devil Rays
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia Phillies at Florida Marlins (2)
New York Mets at Atlanta Braves 0-1
Milwaukee Brewers 0-1 at Houston Astros
Pittsburgh Pirates at Cincinnati Reds 1-0
Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers 1-0
OAKLAND ATHLETICS (1-0) AT SEATTLE MARINERS (0-1)
MATCHUPS
SP Barry Zito vs Aaron Sele Advantage Oakland
C Ramon J Hernandez vs Dan Wilson Advantage Seattle
1B Jason Giambi vs John Olerud Advantage Oakland
2B Frank Menechino vs Bret Boone Advantage Seattle
3B Eric Chavez vs David Bell Advantage Oakland
SS Miguel Tejeda vs Carlos Guillen Advantage Oakland
LF Jeremy Giambi vs Mark T McLemore Advantage Seattle
CF Johnny Damon vs Mike Cameron Advantage Seattle
RF Terrence Long vs Ichiro Suzuki Advantage Seattle
DH Olmedo Saenz vs Edgar Martinez Advantage Seattle
Overall Advantage Seattle
In the top of the second, Jeremy Giambi put the Athletics on the board first with a two-out RBI double.
Zito had a no-hitter through three.
After three: Oakland 1 Seattle 0.
Suzuki led off the bottom of the fourth with a single for the Mariners first hit of the game.
In the bottom of the fifth, Cameron tied the game with a solo home run.
After six: Oakland 1 Seattle 1.
In the top of the seventh, with runners at first and second and nobody out, Jeff Nelson took the mound for the Mariners. With runners at second and third and two out, Norm Charlton took the mound for the Mariners. Damon hit a clutch single to bring both runners home and give the Athletics the lead back.
In the bottom of the seventh, Bell tied the game with his own, two-out two-run single.
In the top of the eighth, following a lead off single, Arthur Rhodes took the mound for the Mariners.
In the top of the ninth, Kazuhiro Sasaki took the mound for the Mariners. On three walks, the Athletics loaded the bases with one out. Sasaki got Long swinging on a full count pitch for the second out. But Sasaki missed on a full count pitch to walk Jason Giambi and force in the go-ahead run. With bases loaded and two out, Joel Pineiro took the mound for the Mariners and struck out Chavez to retire the side.
In the bottom of the ninth, Jason Isringhausen took the mound for the Athletics. With the tying run on first and two out, pinch hitter Al L Martin flew to right to end the game.
Final score: Oakland 4 Seattle 3.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Barry Zito 8.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
OTHER SCORES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Texas Rangers 8 Anaheim Angels 7 13 innings
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7 Toronto Blue Jays 5
Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers ppd
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia Phillies 10 Florida Marlins 3 Game 1
Florida Marlins 6 Philadelphia Phillies 4 Game 2
New York Mets 7 Atlanta Braves 3
Houston Astros 2 Milwaukee Brewers 1
Cincinnati Reds 9 Pittsburgh Pirates 8 10 innings
Los Angeles Dodgers 10 Arizona Diamondbacks 5
TOP PERFORMERS
1. Ivan Rodriguez Texas Rangers 6 for 7, 3 RBI, 3 R
2. Bobby Abreu Philadelphia Phillies 4 for 8, 2B, 3B, HR, 2 RBI, 5 R, BB
3. Mike Piazza New York Mets 3 for 5, HR, 3 RBI, 3 R
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