OAKLAND, California (Ticker) -- It has been a successful season for the Oakland Athletics and a disappointing one for the Seattle Mariners. Both teams play their 162nd and final regular season contest this afternoon.

	SEASON SERIES
	Apr. 9 Apr. 10 Apr. 11 Apr. 12 Jun. 29 Jun. 30 Jul. 1 Jul. 21 Jul. 22 Oct. 1 Oct. 2 Oct. 3	at Seattle 6, Oakland 1 Oakland 11, at Seattle 4 at Seattle 11, Oakland 8 at Seattle 6, Oakland 3 Seattle 2, at Oakland 1 at Oakland 14, Seattle 5 at Oakland 5, Seattle 4 Oakland 13, at Seattle 3 at Seattle 5, Oakland 4 at Oakland 5, Seattle 1 Seattle 10, at Oakland 2 Seattle at Oakland, 4:05pm ET

Oakland flirted with a possible wild-card berth during the second half of the season. The 86 victories this season are the most for the Athletics since winning 96 in 1992 when they won the American League West.

Seattle looked to end a one-year postseason drought, but brutal pitching once again did in the Mariners. They won for just the second time in six games Saturday with a 10-2 triumph over the Athletics. David Bell went 2-for-3 to extend his hitting streak to 11 games.

Oakland has lost seven of its last nine outings.

Ron Mahay (1-0, 1.88 ERA) makes his first major league start for the A's. In five relief appearances this season, Mahay has allowed just three runs and five hits over 14 1/3 innings.

Mahay has only pitched one-third of an inning against the Mariners in his career.

John Halama (11-9, 4.29) looks to snap out of a slump for Seattle. He is 0-4 over his last five starts and was pounded for six runs and eight hits over four innings Tuesday against Texas. Halama has not won since August 31 against the Chicago White Sox.

Halama held the A's to one run and eight hits over nine innings, but did not get a decision in the 2-1 victory on June 29. He also has three relief appearances, yielding one run and four hits over 3 2/3 innings.

SEATTLE 10-game log	OAKLAND 10-game log
Sep. 27 Sep. 28 Sep. 29 Sep. 30 Oct. 1 Oct. 2 Oct. 3 @ Texas @ Texas @ Texas @ Texas @ Oakland @ Oakland @ Oakland L 2-3 L 0-10 W 7-3 L 0-7 L 1-5 W 10-2	Sep. 26 Sep. 28 Sep. 29 Sep. 30 Oct. 1 Oct. 2 Oct. 3 @ Texas @ Anaheim @ Anaheim @ Anaheim Seattle Seattle Seattle L 3-10 W 9-3 L 4-7 L 4-5 W 5-1 L 2-10

Seattle regulars

POS

NO

PLAYER

HT

WT

B/T

AB

H

2B

3B

HR

RBI

AVG

C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH

6 37 25 18 3 22 24 19 11

Dan Wilson Ryan Jackson David Bell Russ Davis Alex Rodriguez Brian L. Hunter Ken Griffey Jr. Jay Buhner Edgar Martinez

6-3 6-3 5-10 6-0 6-3 6-3 6-3 6-3 5-11

190 185 175 195 195 180 205 210 200

R-R L-L R-R R-R R-R R-R L-L R-R R-R

410 67 597 432 499 535 604 266 502

110 16 160 106 143 125 172 59 169

23 3 31 17 25 13 26 11 35

2 0 2 1 0 6 3 0 1

7 0 21 21 42 4 48 14 24

38 10 78 59 111 34 133 38 86

.268 .239 .268 .245 .287 .234 .285 .222 .337

Complete Seattle roster

Oakland regulars

POS

NO

PLAYER

HT

WT

B/T

AB

H

2B

3B

HR

RBI

AVG

C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH

15 55 16 8 9 4 14 22 12 5

Mike Macfarlane Ramon Hernandez Jason Giambi Randy Velarde Olmedo Saenz Miguel Tejada Ben Grieve Rich Becker Matt Stairs John Jaha

6-1 6-0 6-3 6-0 6-0 5-9 6-4 5-10 5-9 6-1

210 227 235 200 185 188 230 193 217 224

R-R R-R L-R R-R R-R R-R L-R L-L L-R R-R

224 133 571 628 254 589 482 264 530 454

55 38 179 199 70 146 127 68 137 126

17 7 36 24 18 33 21 8 26 23

0 0 1 7 0 4 0 2 3 0

4 3 33 16 11 21 28 6 38 35

31 20 123 75 41 84 86 26 102 111

.246 .286 .313 .317 .276 .248 .263 .258 .258 .278

Complete Oakland roster

Regulars Statistics source: STATS, Inc.

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