wild-card spot

Robbie Ray was tagged for home runs by Shea Langeliers, Cristian Pache and Nick Allen, and the Seattle Mariners hopes of hosting the AL wild-card series took a serious blow in a 10-3 loss to the Oakland Athletics.

Seattle's Luis Castillo got chased as the Kansas City Royals erupted for 11 runs in the sixth inning for a 13-12 win. That could cost the Mariners a chance to move up in the AL wild-card standings.

Yu Darvish limited Seattle to two hits over eight innings, Wil Myers provided the primary offensive highlight with an RBI double and the San Diego Padres beat the Mariners 2-0.