Oakland Athletics suffer 11-2 rout by Mariners in series opener

By DAIMON EKLUND (Associated Press)

SEATTLE (AP) — The A’s lost their fifth straight game and eighth out of nine Monday night as the Mariners blew them out in Seattle.

Mariners outfielder Jarred Kelenic hit his 10th homer of the season in the first inning off starter Kyle Muller (1-4), giving Seattle a 2-0 lead it never gave up.

Kelenic also singled twice and had three RBIs. Jose Caballero launched a three-run homer and Julio Rodríguez had three hits, including two doubles, and scored three times as the Mariners matched a season high for runs.

Luis Castillo pitched six scoreless innings for the Mariners.

Castillo (3-2) snapped a two-start losing streak and surpassed 1,000 strikeouts for his career. The right-hander had eight strikeouts and two walks against Oakland (10-39), which has lost five in a row and eight of nine.

Caballero followed Kelenic’s first-inning home run with a three-run shot in the second to give the Mariners a quick 5-0 lead.

Kelenic drove in another run with a single in the fifth. The Mariners scored a pair in the sixth and extended the lead with three runs in the eighth, including a two-run single by Eugenio Suárez.

The A’s avoided being shut out as Brent Rooker and Seth Brown had run-scoring groundouts in the eighth.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Athletics: Brown was reinstated from the injured list and INF Jordan Diaz was optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas. Brown hit .200 with one home run and two RBIs in eight games before going on the IL on April 10 with a strained left oblique.