A's offense does plenty

OAKLAND, Calif. - Coco Crisp and Matt Carson each hit a solo home run to back Brett Anderson, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Seattle Mariners 6-2 on Monday.

Anderson (4-6) allowed four hits in a season-high 7 2/3 innings and left to a standing ovation. He ended a four-game losing streak that matched the longest of his career.

Then again, most everyone seems to be shutting down Seattle lately. The Mariners have scored three or fewer runs in 11 straight games.

Oakland has won six in a row at home against the Mariners. Franklin Gutierrez hit a solo homer in the seventh for Seattle's first run and Jose Lopez had a ninth-inning sacrifice fly.

The A's jumped on Jason Vargas (9-9) right away. He lost his fourth straight start and was done after 4 1/3 innings, matching his shortest outing of the year. He allowed five runs and seven hits.

Seattle Oakland

ab r h bi ab r h bi

ISuzuki rf 4 0 1 0 Crisp cf 4 1 2 2

Figgins 2b 3 1 0 0 Barton 1b 4 2 2 0

FGtrrz cf 4 1 2 1 KSuzuk c 3 0 0 1

Branyn dh 3 0 0 0 Cust dh 3 1 2 1

JoLopz 3b 3 0 1 1 M.Ellis 2b 4 0 1 0

Ktchm 1b 4 0 0 0 RDavis lf 3 0 0 1

AMoore c 3 0 0 0 Carson rf 4 1 1 1

MSndrs lf 3 0 1 0 Tollesn 3b 4 1 1 0

JoWilsn ss 3 0 0 0 Pnngtn ss 2 0 0 0

Totals 30 2 5 2 Totals 31 6 9 6

Seattle 000 000 101 - 2

Oakland 200 210 10x - 6

E-Jo.Wilson (15), Pennington (20). DP-Oakland 2. LOB-Seattle 4, Oakland 5. 2B-F.Gutierrez (21), Cust (15), Tolleson (1). 3B-Barton (5). HR-F.Gutierrez (11), Crisp (7), Carson (2). CS-I.Suzuki (9). S-Pennington. SF-Jo.Lopez, R.Davis.

IP H R ER BB SO

Seattle

J.Vargas L,9-9 4 1/3 7 5 5 2 2

B.Sweeney 2 2/3 2 1 1 0 0

J.Wright 1 0 0 0 0 0

Oakland

Bre.Anderson W,4-6 7 2/3 4 1 1 0 4

Breslow 1/3 1 1 1 1 0

A.Bailey 1 0 0 0 0 1

Umpires-Home, Chris Guccione; First, Jerry Crawford; Second, Phil Cuzzi; Third, Brian O'Nora.

T-2:19. A-11,581 (35,067).