| Breaking News |  | Wednesday, September 21st, 2022: Alcantara Cracks 3 HR for Athletics!
Bombs away!
Oakland bombardier Arismendy Alcantara set his sights on the stands and blasted three balls over the fence in a 12-11 win over the Seattle Mariners.
It was a powerful performance that should keep the fans at Oakland Coliseum buzzing for days.
He spoke to the writers in the postgame press room and said, "I guess you could say I was a good guesser today...especially on the last one...I was ahead in the count, so I got set for a certain pitch...and got it...all of it."
For the game the Oakland second baseman had 4 hits in 4 at-bats, drove in 8 and scored 4 runs.
A. Alcantara hit a two-run home run off T. Simmons in the 1st, hit a two-run home run off T. Simmons in the 4th, singled in the 6th, hit a three-run home run off T. Watson in the 7th and walked in a run in the 8th.
In 2022 Alcantara is batting .268 with 128 hits, 31 home runs, 94 RBIs, 38 walks, .341 OBP and has scored 82 runs. He has played in 125 games.
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 | Monday, September 5th, 2022: Carter Spins Shutout
Chicago rode the magical arm of Mike Carter in a 5-0 shutout win over Seattle. He shackled them on 2 hits and fanned 9. Almost to a man, the Seattle Mariners said he had them guessing wrong all game long.
Checking out his stats for the season, Carter has racked up 17 wins and 8 losses in 30 starts, 4.04 ERA and struck out 185 batters in 189.1 innings.
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 | Thursday, July 28th, 2022: Qi-chen Yun Suffers Injury
Qi-chen Yun and the Seattle Mariners got a bad break in today's game against the Astros as the team confirmed he will miss one week with a sprained ankle. The Mariners shortstop suffered the injury running the bases. The team doctor is confident he'll make a full recovery.
Yun is hitting .250 in 2022 with 23 RBIs and 7 home runs.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 62-100, .383 PCT | | Position in Division | 6th, 28.0 GB | | Record at home | 33-48, .407 PCT | | Record on the road | 29-52, .358 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 4-8, .333 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 17-27, .386 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 17-34, .333 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 45-66, .405 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 4-6, .400 PCT | | Record in April | 8-16, .333 PCT | | Record in May | 13-15, .464 PCT | | Record in June | 9-19, .321 PCT | | Record in July | 12-15, .444 PCT | | Record in August | 11-15, .423 PCT | | Record in September | 8-19, .296 PCT | | Record in October | 1-1, .500 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .279 - 10th in NL | | On-Base Percentage | .354 - 9th in NL | | Slugging Percentage | .442 - 12th in NL | | On-Base + Slugging | .796 - 12th in NL | | Runs Scored | 883 - 12th in NL | | Hits | 1586 - 9th in NL | | Extra-Base Hits | 532 - 12th in NL | | Home Runs | 176 - 12th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 617 - 6th in NL | | Strikeouts | 924 - 6th in NL | | Stolen Bases | 211 - 2nd in NL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 6.40 - 11th in NL | | Starters' ERA | 6.49 - 11th in NL | | Bullpen ERA | 6.28 - 9th in NL | | Runs allowed | 1085 - 10th in NL | | Hits allowed | 1728 - 11th in NL | | Opponents AVG | .298 - 11th in NL | | BABIP | .312 - 7th in NL | | Home Runs allowed | 287 - 11th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 610 - 8th in NL | | Strikeouts | 891 - 9th in NL |
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