Brentwood’s Paul Blackburn improves to 5-0 this season for the A’s after beating the Mariners and Cy Young winner Robbie Ray.
SEATTLE — The A’s used home runs from a couple of unexpected sources and another dominating pitching performance from Oakley’s Paul Blackburn on Wednesday to beat the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner and leapfrog the Seattle Mariners out of last place in the AL West.
Oakland had lost six of eight when it arrived in Seattle, but took two of three in the series. Next up is a series at Texas that begins on Friday. The Mariners have lost eight of their past 10. Brown’s power potential isn’t a secret — he now has 25 career home runs in barely 500 career plate appearances, but his homer off Ray was just his second against a left-handed pitcher in the majors. Brown had homered just once in his first 51 at-bats against lefties and has a career batting average of .170 against lefties after going 2 for 3 against Ray.
Blackburn continued his strong start to the season despite control issues. Blackburn allowed one hit over 5 1/3 innings before giving way to the Oakland bullpen. Blackburn’s day was cut short due to walks, giving up a career-high five, but lowered his ERA to 1.70.
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