~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER AL RECAP (OAKLAND-SEATTLE) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

(APNewsNow. Athletics 3, Mariners 2.)

*Oakland rallies for 3-2 win over Seattle* ==========================================

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer

SEATTLE(AP) -- Gregorio Petit capped a three-hit night with a two-out single that scored Bobby Crosby from second in the ninth and the Oakland Athletics rallied with runs in the final two innings for a 3-2 victory over Seattle on Saturday night.

Seattle's bullpen that has been so solid all season was leaky on this night as the A's pieced together single runs in the eighth and ninth to snap a seven-game losing streak to the Mariners.

Petit, making his season debit after being called up from Triple-A Sacramento on Friday to replace the injured Eric Chavez, saw Crosby come up with his first steal of the season earlier in his at-bat.

Then on a 3-2 pitch, Petit lined David Aardsma's fastball into right. Crosby raced through a stop sign from third-base coach Mike Gallego and plowed safely over catcher Rob Johnson when he couldn't handle Ichiro Suzuki's one-hop throw from right.

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