Martin’s walkoff home run stuns A’s

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SEATTLE — Robinson Cano drove in three runs with a home run and double and Leonys Martin ripped a walkoff two-run homer with two out in the bottom of the ninth as the Mariners snapped out of their Safeco Field funk with a 6-5 win over the A’s on Tuesday night.

Coco Crisp matched Cano with three RBIs on a home run and double of his own, but the A’s couldn’t close the deal as Martin launched his game-winner off Ryan Madson after Norichika Aoki’s two-out bloop double down the left-field line.

The Mariners snapped a four-game losing streak at home and maintain a 1 1/2 game lead over Texas in the AL West at 27-18.

Cano hit a two-run homer in the eighth off John Axford to cut the margin to 5-4. Cano also hit an RBI double in the first and Nelson Cruz gave Seattle a 2-1 lead with a run-scoring single in the third, but Oakland stormed …

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