OAKLAND, Calif. -- Fill-in starter Drew Pomeranz pitched five scoreless innings for his second win in his past 20 starts and the Oakland Athletics salvaged a split of a doubleheader by beating the Seattle Mariners 2-0 in the nightcap Wednesday.The Mariners overcame a shaky start from ace Felix Hernandez to win the opener 6-4 on Justin Smoak's two-out single in the 10th inning.Yoenis Cespedes homered for the second straight day and Craig Gentry scored from first on a single by Jed Lowrie to help the A's snap a six-game home losing streak.Pomeranz (2-1) was sharp in his first major league start since last July, allowing two hits and no walks in five innings with five strikeouts. 
Pomeranz won just one of his final 19 starts with Colorado, leading to an offseason trade to the A's where he has pitched well in relief. But he stepped when the A's needed another starter for the doubleheader and got the win.The A's took the lead in the third. Gentry ran on the pitch from first base on a full count with two outs when Lowrie's popup fell between left fielder Cole Gillespie and shortstop Brad Miller for a hit. Gentry never stopped running and scored easily as Gillespie appeared screened by Miller and fielded the ball with little urgency.Cespedes added to the lead in the fourth with a solo homer off Erasmo Ramirez (1-4), who was called up from Triple-A Tacoma earlier in the day to make the start. Ramirez allowed two runs and six hits in six innings.Dan Otero, who allowed the go-ahead hit in the 10th inning of the opener, pitched three scoreless innings of relief and Jim Johnson finished the three-hitter for his second save and first since losing the closer's job a month ago.This was just the second traditional doubleheader in Oakland in the past 16 years, with the other in 2011. The makeup game was necessary because a game was postponed April 4 when the field was unplayable after there was no tarp on it overnight.Associated Press
Pomeranz won just one of his final 19 starts with Colorado, leading to an offseason trade to the A's where he has pitched well in relief. But he stepped when the A's needed another starter for the doubleheader and got the win.The A's took the lead in the third. Gentry ran on the pitch from first base on a full count with two outs when Lowrie's popup fell between left fielder Cole Gillespie and shortstop Brad Miller for a hit. Gentry never stopped running and scored easily as Gillespie appeared screened by Miller and fielded the ball with little urgency.Cespedes added to the lead in the fourth with a solo homer off Erasmo Ramirez (1-4), who was called up from Triple-A Tacoma earlier in the day to make the start. Ramirez allowed two runs and six hits in six innings.Dan Otero, who allowed the go-ahead hit in the 10th inning of the opener, pitched three scoreless innings of relief and Jim Johnson finished the three-hitter for his second save and first since losing the closer's job a month ago.This was just the second traditional doubleheader in Oakland in the past 16 years, with the other in 2011. The makeup game was necessary because a game was postponed April 4 when the field was unplayable after there was no tarp on it overnight.Associated Press
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