France hits 2 homers, Gilbert goes 8 innings as Mariners edge reeling A's 3-2

Gilbert retired 15 straight batters during one stretch, and 22 of his last 23.

SEATTLE —   homered twice in his return to the lineup, pitched eight outstanding innings and the Seattle Mariners finished a four-game sweep of the Oakland Athletics with a 3-2 victory Thursday night.

Eugenio Suárez drew a bases-loaded walk from reliever Garrett Acton in the eighth to push across the go-ahead run.

Oakland lost its eighth consecutive game and completed an 0-7 trip that began in Houston. The team’s 10-42 record matches the 1932 Boston Red Sox for the worst 52-game start since 1901, and its .192 win percentage projects

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