<p>Seattle's Brandon League, right, celebrates a 2-1 win over the Oakland Athletics on Monday with catcher Josh Bard in Oakland, Calif.</p>
July 5, 2011
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July 5, 2011 9 p.m.
Pineda, Bard too much for A's
Mariners get first back-to-back wins since June 2-3
OAKLAND, Calif. - Josh Bard got his first chance to catch Michael Pineda since spring training and saw what the rest of baseball has been seeing from Seattle's overpowering rookie the first half of the year.