Seattle Mariners Bullpen Falters in 6-4 Loss to Athletics

SEATTLE — With a thin bullpen and too many squandered opportunities on offense, the Seattle Mariners were unable to hold onto an early lead in a 6-4 loss against the Athletics on Monday at T-Mobile Park in Seattle. With the game tied 3-3 and right-handed relievers Eduard Bazardo and Casey Legumina both up in the bullpen going into the top of the eighth; Mariners manager Dan Wilson opted to go with the latter in hopes of getting more than one inning of work. Instead of getting multiple outs, the Athletics took control of the game.

A's left fielder Tyler Soderstrom hit a double, shortstop Jacob Wilson singled and second baseman Jeff McNeil walked to load the bases with no outs. Athletics third baseman Max Muncy hit an RBI sacrifice fly to score Soderstrom and right fielder Lawrence Butler brought home Wilson and McNeil with a two-RBI single to give the Athletics a 6-3 lead. Butler's single capped off six unanswered runs for the A's after Seattle (10-14) started with a 3-0 lead through the first two innings.

"You've got to cover more innings than just the one," Mariners manager Dan Wilson said in a postgame interview Monday. "Trying to balance which spot you want which guy in — you have to look at it all and we just felt like at that moment (Legumina) was the choice. " Law dawg adds on 👊 pic.

twitter. com/a07G2Ko2wR — Athletics (@Athletics) April 21, 2026 Seattle had multiple opportunities to tack on runs in the eighth and the ninth, respectively. In the bottom of the eighth, the Mariners had two runners in scoring position.