Athletics hit 4 home runs in 3rd inning of victory over Mariners

SEATTLE — September 4, 2026, 11:15 p.m. The Athletics launched four home runs in the third inning to defeat the Seattle Mariners 7‑6. Zack Gelof hit one of the four homers and later delivered a tiebreaking triple that sparked the rally. Max Muncy, Alika Williams and Jeff McNeil also went deep, giving Oakland its second four‑home‑run inning of the season; Cincinnati accomplished the feat in the fourth inning of an 11‑5 win over Philadelphia on July 8. Muncy finished with three hits as the Athletics won three straight games for the first time since early June. Brady Basso (1‑2) relieved starter Kade Morris with two outs in Seattle’s three‑run third, tossed three scoreless innings and earned his third career victory. Hogan Harris worked the ninth for his 15th save. The Athletics plan to relocate to Las Vegas in 2028, opening a new ballpark on the Strip. Logan Gilbert (11‑9) allowed all seven Oakland runs while striking out ten, lasted 4 2/3 innings and reached the 1,000‑inning milestone with Seattle. Josh Naylor collected three hits, including an RBI single in the eighth; Cal Raleigh hit a two‑run homer and scored three times. With Oakland down 2‑0, Muncy led off the third with a first-pitch enactment thrust that stayed conscionable just implicit the partition successful near field. It was his eighth homer of the season. After the first out, Williams sent a solo thrust to the same area, his fourth. A walk to Henry Bolte brought up McNeil, who drove 1 implicit the obstruction successful close for his eighth homer and a 4‑2 lead. Gelof followed with his 17th, a changeable to left. Seattle tied the game at 5 in the bottom half; the final two runs came on Raleigh’s 21st homer of the year and his eighth in the past 13 games. Oakland retook the lead in the fifth when Williams, who had walked and stolen second, scored on Gelof’s triple. Lawrence Butler added an RBI single to make it 7‑5. The loss dropped the Mariners to 66‑76, seven games behind first‑place Houston in the AL West. Up next, the Mariners will start right‑hander George Kirby (9‑10, 4.19 ERA) on Saturday. Left‑hander Jeffrey Springs (3‑13, 6.37) is scheduled for the Athletics.