Major League Baseball

Stephen Vogt's homer leads Oakland to 3-2 win over Seattle

Published Oct. 2, 2016 7:38 p.m. ET

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SEATTLE (AP) Stephen Vogt hit his 14th home run in the first inning on the only pitch that he saw on the final day of the season and the Oakland Athletics held on for a 3-2 win over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.

Vogt drove the first pitch he saw from Felix Hernandez just beyond the left-field wall to give the A's an early lead. Vogt was lifted for a pinch-hitter in his next at-bat. Marcus Semien and Eric Pinder both added RBI singles as Oakland made the three early runs stand up.

Seattle appeared drained after seeing its postseason hopes dashed in Saturday's extra-innings loss to the A's. Hernandez (11-8) was lifted after the third inning and Guillermo Heredia's two-run double in the fifth amounted to all of Seattle's offense and the only real threat against Oakland starter Sean Manaea.

Manaea (7-9) threw seven innings, allowing five hits and striking out five.