Luis Castillo allowed a run in seven innings, Josh Naylor hit his first home run for the Mariners and Seattle beat the Athletics 3-1.

Athletics first baseman Nick Kurtz set another team record, tying pitcher Barry Zito with his second straight AL Player of Week win.

The Seattle Mariners head down to Sacramento to take on the Athletics tonight in game one of their three-game series.

The Seattle Mariners will go into their final leg of a seven-game road trip with a three-game series against the Athletics in West Sacramento. The Mariners split a series with the Los Angeles Angels,

Last Thursday, Pro Football Hall of Famer Joe Thomas was inducted into the Wisconsin Athletics Hall of Fame. A ‘pinch me’ moment as Thomas described. Thomas, originally from Brookfield, Wisconsin, played college football at UW-Madison and was drafted by the Cleveland Browns 3rd-overall in 2007.

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Athletics first baseman Nick Kurtz had one of the greatest games in MLB history on Friday night, going 6-for-6 with four homers and eight RBI in a 15-3 win over the Houston Astros.

Athletics rookie first baseman Nick Kurtz won his second consecutive AL Player of the Week award, MLB announced Monday, to no one’s surprise.