Athletics at Seattle Mariners: Final Score & Recap
Line Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 7 | 0 |
The Story
The Seattle Mariners shut out the Athletics 2-0 on September 6, 2026, at T-Mobile Park, with all the scoring concentrated in a decisive fourth inning that shifted the game's trajectory permanently. The DiamondIQ model entered the night giving Seattle a 61% win probability, and that estimate reached 100% by the final out, reflecting how thoroughly the Mariners controlled the contest. The Athletics managed just one hit across nine innings, and Seattle's pitching staff allowed nothing resembling a serious threat throughout.
The fourth inning served as the game's turning point, with the Mariners doing their damage against Athletics starter Gage Jump. Cal Raleigh's single registered as the highest-leverage play of the night, adding 10.4% to Seattle's win probability, while J.P. Crawford followed with a single of his own that pushed the figure an additional 8.7%. Michael Arroyo's strikeout to close the inning cost Seattle 5.6% in win probability, but the two runs the Mariners plated were enough to hold up against an Athletics offense that never mounted a response. In the eighth, a Donovan Walton walk off Bryan Woo generated a brief 5.0% swing for Oakland, though Alika Williams's strikeout in the same frame erased that small opening.
The performance belonged to Bryan Woo, whose dominant outing produced a WPA of plus-38.0%, by far the largest individual contribution of the night by the DiamondIQ model's accounting. Seth Johnson added plus-6.8% and Andrés Muñoz contributed plus-6.3% in relief, completing a combined shutout that limited the Athletics to that lone hit. Among position players, Crawford finished as the top offensive contributor at plus-7.4% WPA with a RE24 of plus-0.2, while Raleigh posted plus-5.1% WPA and a RE24 of plus-0.7, reflecting the concrete run-production value of his fourth-inning knock.