
Rickie Weeks stayed ready on the bench and Nelson Cruz kept his power stroke going. The Seattle Mariners left Oakland with a pair of extra-inning wins and showed off some nice pop from their slugging newcomers in the process. Cruz connected for the second straight game, hitting a tiebreaking solo drive in the 10th inning, and Weeks had an earlier pinch-hit, three-run homer that helped send Seattle past the A's 8-7 on Sunday. ''On several different accounts today we probably should have lost that game,'' manager Lloyd McClendon said.
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