HRs sink Mariners
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 12 years, 10 months AGO
PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) - Jonny Gomes and Jemile Weeks hit two-run homers to help the Oakland Athletics' backups beat up the Seattle Mariners' regulars.
Gomes connected in the third off Kevin Millwood, Weeks homered in the fifth against Hong-Chih Kuo and the Athletics had 16 hits in their 9-2 exhibition victory Saturday.
"We talk a lot about these guys really wanting to be part of their new teams," Oakland manager Bob Melvin said about Gomes. "When you do have a nice day, it makes you feel closer to everybody."
Carlos Peguero homered for the second straight day for Seattle.
On Friday, Seattle's backups hit five home runs in an 8-5 win over a top Oakland lineup in the spring opener for both teams. The Mariners and Athletics will open the major league season on March 28 with a two-game series in Tokyo.
Mariners starter Hector Noesi, acquired with catcher Jesus Montero from the New York Yankees for pitcher Michael Pineda, struck out two and walked two in two hitless innings.
"Stuff looked good," Mariners manager Eric Wedge said. "He has some presence out there about him as well."
Montero was out of the lineup, a day after he was hit in the jaw by two foul balls. He ran sprints on a side field during the game Saturday.
The Mariners' new-look top of the order featuring Chone Figgins, Dustin Ackley and Ichiro Suzuki went hitless in seven combined at-bats. Ackley stole a base and scored after walking in the first inning.
The Mariners were without center fielder Franklin Gutierrez. Expected to be sidelined four to six weeks, he returned to the club Saturday after partially tearing his right pectoral muscle Tuesday and going back to Seattle for medical tests.
Right-hander Jarrod Parker, acquired from Arizona in the offseason, pitched two impressive innings in his A's spring debut, striking out four.
"It was good to get back in or that second inning," said Parker, who replaced starter Tyson Ross after one inning and struck out Suzuki as one of his four strikeouts. "Good to get back up and see how it felt."
Oakland Seattle
ab r h bi ab r h bi
J.Weeks 2b 3 2 2 2 Figgins 3b 3 0 0 0
Tim. ph-2b-3b 3 1 2 1 V.Catricala 3b 1 0 1 0
Cowgill cf 4 0 1 1 Ackley 2b 2 1 0 0
C.Hunter cf 0 0 0 0 Franklin 2b 1 0 0 0
S.Smith lf 2 1 1 1 I.Suzuki rf 2 0 0 0
Moss lf 1 0 1 0 M.Wilson rf 1 0 0 0
J.Gomes dh 3 1 2 2 Smoak 1b 2 0 1 1
G.Green pr-dh 1 0 0 0 Jaso 1b 2 0 0 0
Ka'aihue 1b 5 1 2 0 Carp lf 1 0 0 0
Donaldson 3b 4 0 0 0 C.Chiang lf 2 0 0 0
T.Ladendorf 2b 1 1 1 0 Olivo c 2 0 0 0
Taylor rf 4 0 1 0 A.Moore c 2 0 1 0
Recker c 2 0 0 0 Peguero dh 2 1 1 1
D.Norris ph-c 3 0 1 1 Henri. ph-dh 2 0 0 0
Sogard ss 5 2 2 1 Saunders cf 2 0 0 0
J.Horton ss 0 0 0 0 C.Wells cf 2 0 1 0
Ryan ss 2 0 0 0
C.Triunfel ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 9 16 9 Totals 32 2 5 2
Oakland 003 020 112-9
Seattle 100 100 000-2
E_Ka'aihue (1), Ackley (1). DP_Oakland 2, Seattle 1. LOB_Oakland 10, Seattle 6. 2B_W.Timmons (1), Ka'aihue (1), Sogard (1). HR_J.Weeks (1), J.Gomes (1), Peguero (2). SB_J.Weeks (1), Ackley (1), Peguero (1). CS_Taylor (1).
IP H R ER BB SO
Oakland
T.Ross 1 1 1 1 2 1
Parker W,1-0 2 0 0 0 0 4
Blevins 1 1 1 1 0 2
R.Cook 1 0 0 0 0 0
Threets 1 0 0 0 1 1
Scribner 1 1 0 0 0 2
Ji.Miller 1 1 0 0 0 1
B.Hunter 1 1 0 0 0 0
Seattle
Noesi 2 0 0 0 2 2
Millwood L,0-1 BS,1-1 2 3 3 3 0 3
Kuo 1 3 2 1 0 1
Camp 1 1 0 0 0 1
Heilman 1 3 1 1 1 1
L.Luetge 1 2 1 1 1 2
Kinney 1 4 2 2 0 1
HBP_by L.Luetge (C.Hunter).
Umpires_Home, Ron Kulpa; First, Bob Davidson; Second, Clint Fagan; Third, Tyler Funneman. A_8,675 (11,333).