The red hot Oakland Athletics are going for a ninth consecutive triumph when they host the Seattle Mariners for the finale of this three-game set Sunday afternoon.

The A's have averaged 7.3 rpg during the winning streak and should have no trouble to pile up the runs here against right-hander Mike Leake (3-5, 4.73 ERA) who was tagged with seven runs on 11 hits (three home runs) in five innings at Texas last time out. Seattle has lost six of his last seven starts.

Oakland hands the ball to left-hander Brett Anderson (5-3, 4.14 ERA) who limited Cleveland to one run in 5 1/3 frames of a 6-4 win last time out. Anderson is 4-1 behind a 3.00 ERA in six day starts on the season and 5-1 in his last six home starts.

The Mariners are 0-6 in their last six road games vs. a left-handed starter and 6-20 in their last 26 overall.

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