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SEATTLE (AP) — Julio Rodríguez homered for the second day in a row, Cal Raleigh had a two-run triple in the fifth inning and the Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 8-6 Thursday night. Seattle has won 17 of 19 games against Oakland and earned its third straight victory overall to improve to 37-41.
These minor-leaguers had notable performances in the first half of the season for the A's.
The Hops were blown away by a bad outing from their starter Kenny Hernandez, but all other minor league teams were able to put up good fights. The Aces and Visalia achieved a victory, but the Sod Poodles unfortunately went down once again.
5:41PM: Chapman has suffered a torn hip labrum, agent Scott Boras tells Susan Slusser. Boras estimates Chapman will need 12-16 …
HOUSTON (AP) — Matt Olson and Chad Pinder each homered and the Oakland Athletics beat Houston 8-6 Friday night, cutting the Astros' edge for home-field advantage in the AL playoffs. Houston leads the White Sox by one game for home field in their best-of-five Division Series matchup next week.