Mariners defensive replacement Ryan Langerhans was preparing to bat in the bottom of the 10th inning Tuesday night when veteran teammate Mike Sweeney gave him an unsolicited pep talk. "C'mon, man! Just pop the tape in the VCR and hit play!" the former Oakland Athletics said to Langerhans. Langerhans channeled the vision of his last big hit in a similar situation, then nailed a pitch from Oakland's Craig Breslow for his second game-ending home run as a late-game substitute in three weeks that sent scrappy Seattle to a 4-2 victory over the Athletics.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Pitchers
Fri 4/10	Oak	SEA 5 at OAK 4	W: Jakubauskas L: Anderson
Sat 4/11	Oak	SEA 8 at OAK 5	W: Batista L: Casilla
Sun 4/12	Oak	SEA 1 at OAK 0	W: Bedard L: Cahill
Fri 5/1	Sea	OAK 7 at SEA 8	W: Kelley L: Springer
Sat 5/2	Sea	OAK 3 at SEA 2	W: Bailey L: Aardsma
Sun 5/3	Sea	OAK 7 at SEA 8	W: Vargas L: Eveland
Mon 5/25	Oak	SEA 1 at OAK 6	W: Anderson L: Jakubauskas
Tue 5/26	Oak	SEA 3 at OAK 4	W: Braden L: Batista
Wed 5/27	Oak	SEA 6 at OAK 1	W: Bedard L: Cahill
Mon 8/24	Sea	OAK 1 at SEA 3	W: Snell L: Mazzaro
Tue 8/25	Sea	OAK 2 at SEA 4	W: Lowe L: Breslow
Wed 8/26	Sea	OAK 3 at SEA 5	W: French L: Gonzalez
Thu 9/3	Oak	SEA 7 at OAK 4	W: Snell L: Tomko
Fri 9/4	Oak	SEA 6 at OAK 3	W: Rowland-Smith L: Mortensen
Sat 9/5	Oak	SEA 5 at OAK 9	W: Anderson L: French
Sun 9/6	Oak	SEA 2 at OAK 5	W: Gonzalez L: Kelley
Tue 9/29	Sea	OAK 4 at SEA 6	W: Hernandez L: Cahill
Wed 9/30	Sea	OAK 0 at SEA 7	W: Morrow L: Mortensen
Thu 10/1	Sea	OAK 2 at SEA 4	W: Fister L: Anderson

Box Scores

Athletics (55 - 70) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Mariners (65 - 61) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. A Kennedy, 3B 5 0 1 1 0 2. R Davis, CF 5 0 0 0 0 3. K Suzuki, C 5 1 1 0 0 4. S Hairston, LF 5 0 2 1 0 5. J Cust, DH 4 0 1 0 0 6. N Garciaparra, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 7. M Ellis, 2B 4 1 2 0 0 8. R Sweeney, RF 4 0 1 0 0 9. C Pennington, SS 4 0 1 0 0 Totals 40 2 10 2 0		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. F Gutierrez, CF 4 2 2 0 1 2. J Hannahan, 3B 3 0 1 0 0 2. K Griffey Jr., PH 1 0 0 0 0 2. R Langerhans, RF 1 1 1 2 0 3. J Lopez, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 4. M Sweeney, DH 4 0 1 0 0 5. B Hall, RF-3B 4 0 0 0 0 6. R Branyan, 1B 3 1 1 1 1 7. K Johjima, C 3 0 0 0 1 8. J Wilson, SS 4 0 1 0 0 9. M Saunders, LF 4 0 1 0 0 Totals 35 4 8 3 3
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* B Anderson 7.0 6 1 1 1 8 4.35 M Wuertz (BS, 2) 1.0 0 1 0 1 3 3.23 C Breslow (L, 5-7) 1.1 2 2 2 1 2 4.14		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* R Rowland-Smith 6.1 9 2 2 0 1 4.05 S Kelley 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 3.78 D Aardsma 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2.34 M Lowe (W, 2-6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3.18
* = Season Stat
BATTING 2B: K Suzuki (29), M Ellis (18)		BATTING 2B: M Sweeney (12) HR: R Langerhans (3), R Branyan (31) BASERUNNING SB: F Gutierrez (10), J Lopez (3)CS: M Saunders (1)

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Player News

Athletics Dallas McPherson (OAK) News: McPherson has signed a minor league deal with Oakland.  (RotoWire - Nov 22, 2009) Dallas McPherson (OAK) News: According to Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com, the A's have signed former Angels prospect Dallas McPherson to a minor league contract.  (Fanball - Sun. Nov 22, 2009) Vincent Mazzaro (OAK) News: Mazzaro (shoulder) has been removed from the 60-day DL.  (RotoWire - Fri. Nov 20, 2009)

Mariners Erik Bedard (SEA) News: According to the Baltimore Sun, the Orioles are interested in bringing back oft-injured starter Erik Bedard, assuming he is healthy.  (Fanball - Sun. Nov 22, 2009) Anthony Varvaro (SEA) News: Varvaro was added to the 40-man roster on Friday.  (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Ezequiel Carrera (SEA) News: Carrera was added to the 40-man roster on Friday.  (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009)