Mariners win slugfest from A’s

Mariners outslug Oakland, 10-8

SEATTLE — Where didn’t they hit it?

They hit it left, right, far, near, there and even over Here — as in over the Hit It Here Café towering in the third deck above the right-field wall at Safeco Field.

And they needed every one of them with the Oakland Athletics seeming to answer every time. Their 17 hits and four home runs led to a 10-8 victory on Saturday for their fourth consecutive win.

“A lot of hitting going on out there today,” Mariners manager Scott Servais said. “Great ball game.”

This was the sixth time in the Mariners’ 12 games they’ve scored at least five runs and the second time they’ve scored at least 10. It’s also the sixth time they’ve had at least 10 hits.

But no hit traveled farther nor was more obliterated than Daniel Vogelbach’s second career home run and his second in as many games when he towered it 433 feet over that bulls-eye marking the Hit It Here Café in the seventh inning

It was hit so hard it had Nelson Cruz’s eyebrows almost jumping off of his face in the dugout in his first game back in the Mariners’ (8-4) lineup since injuring his ankle on March 31 against the Indians.

Ever get ahold of a baseball like that?

“No, not that I know of,” Vogelbach said. “I don’t think so. I got that one pretty good.”

They also got a three-run homer to left field in the second inning from Jean Segura, a two-run, opposite-field shot to right from Mitch Haniger (after his go-ahead three-run home run on Friday) and Kyle Seager’s liner over the center-field wall.

But there was also Dee Gordon’s swinging bunt that traveled about 11 feet to score a run. His blazing speed beat the throw to first, too.

And that negated the 10 hits and eight runs from the A’s after they chased Mariners’ starter Marco Gonzales, the Gonzaga University graduate, after 3 1/3 innings.

He retired the first six batters before the wheels started to fall off. He allowed four runs (though he struck out five).

“Marco was throwing the ball really well the first few innings and then he ran into trouble,” Servais said. “He lost his fastball command and had a tough time putting guys away.”

But Edwin Diaz did his magic — despite allowing his first base hit of the season. Diaz struck out Mariner-killer Khris Davis for the final out and his sixth save.

“We feel really good about getting him the ball,” Servais said. “(Bench coach) Manny Acta likes to joke with me on the bench that the game is over for the manager. Sit down. You got the ball to your closer.”