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Sweeney atones for error with tiebreaking two-run single for Mariners

Associated Press

Thursday, October 1, 2009

SEATTLE -- If this is the final week of Mike Sweeney's big league career, he's going out with a flourish. Sweeney, the 13-year veteran finishing off a one-year free agent contract with Seattle, followed a two-out error with a tiebreaking two-run single in the fifth inning, leading the Mariners to a 4-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Thursday night. Over his last 23 games, Sweeney is hitting .386 with four home runs and 15 RBIs. He raised his average from .228 to .282. "I'm not real fam ...

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