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SEATTLE -- Robinson Cano made sure the Seattle Mariners upheld their end of the wild-card equation.Cano hit two home runs, Taijuan Walker pitched six effective innings and the Seattle Mariners moved within one game of the second AL wild-card spot, beating the Oakland Athletics 5-1 Friday night.You want the other teams to lose, but at the same time youve got win, Cano said. You get to watch it here, but when its time to play, its time to play. Youve just got to go out and give it everything youve got.Seattle, which has won seven of nine, is one game behind Toronto for the second spot. The Mariners also trail Detroit by a half-game.We needed somebody to help us out today, Seattle manager Scott Servais said. We got a little help, but more importantly, we took care of business.Cano had a two-run homer in the first. He added his 38th home run in the third, a solo shot that gave him 100 RBI for the season. Norichika Aoki and Nelson Cruz also homered off Raul Alcantara (1-3), who was tagged for five runs and seven hits in two-plus innings.With Raul today, balls were over the middle of the plate, and unfortunately more mid-thigh than weve seen him, so he just had a tough night, Oakland manager Bob Melvin said.Walker (8-11) allowed one run on two hits in six innings, but walked five in a 113-pitch outing. The only run came on Ryon Healys 13th homer to open the sixth. Evan Scribner, Nick Vincent and Steve Cishek each pitched a scoreless inning of relief.It was just one of those weird starts where one hitter everything was locked in, the next hitter it was all over the place, Walker said. But, I just kept fighting.Cano drove a 1-1 pitch over the wall in center to give the Mariners to a 2-0 lead in the first after a leadoff infield single by Aoki.Aoki made it 3-0 in the second with his fourth homer just inside the right-field foul pole.Cano opened the third with another home run to center and Cruz followed with his 42nd homer to make it 5-0.The As loaded the bases in the fifth on two walks and a two-out error by second baseman Cano, but Walker retired Stephen Vogt on a popout.Zach Neal came on for Alcantara with one aboard in the third and retired all 15 batters he faced.Hes come a long way, Melvin said. Hes had two days off, and gives us five innings of nothing against a team who looked like they were going to score 30 runs in the first couple innings.SEATTLES BIG THREEWith Cano reaching the 100-RBI mark, Kyle Seager needs just one more RBI to make the Mariners the first AL team since the 2001 Oakland As (Eric Chavez, Jason Giambi and Miguel Tejada) with three players with 30 homers and 100 RBI. Cano has 38 HRs, 100 RBI; Nelson Cruz 42, 103; and Seager 30, 99. The last team in the team in the majors with a 30-100 trio was the 2004 St. Louis Cardinals (Jim Edmonds, Albert Pujols and Scott Rolen).TRAINERS ROOMAthletics: RF Danny Valencia was originally in the lineup, but was a late scratch due to neck soreness. Matt Olson started in right.UPON FURTHER REVIEWThere was a crew chief review of Cruzs home run, which barely cleared the outstretched glove of center fielder Jake Smolinksi at the top of the wall, but then bounced back onto the field. The call was upheld after a review estimated at 2 minutes and 21 seconds.MARINERS COMPLETE TRADESeattle sent minor league infielder Tim Lopes to Toronto to complete the Aug. 6 trade for reliever Pat Venditte. Lopes, 22, hit .284 with one home run and 49 RBI with Double-A Jackson of the Southern League. Venditte, who pitches with either hand, is 0-0 with a 7.15 ERA in six appearances with Seattle.UP NEXTAthletics: Rookie RHP Jharel Cotton (2-0, 1.44 ERA) makes his fifth career start since being called up from Triple-A Nashville on Sept. 7. He has not allowed more than one earned run in any of his four starts, lasting at least 5 2/3 innings in each.Mariners: RHP Hisashi Iwakuma (16-12, 3.96 ERA) has been Seattles most consistent pitcher over the course of the season. His 16 victories are a career high, but he is 2-5 in his last eight starts. Iwakuma is 4-0 against Oakland this season. Joe Klecko Youth Jersey . PETERSBURG, Fla. Curtis Martin Womens Jersey . 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Cronulla halfback Chad Townsend dismisses the notion the club is on the wane following their NRL premiership breakthrough, insisting the sky is the limit for the next few seasons.While celebrations following their maiden title triumph are still going at Sharkies Leagues Club, questions are being raised about their ability to stay at the top.Coach Shane Flanagan will spend the summer working out how to replace retiring hooker Michael Ennis after the veteran No.9 had proved the catalyst to their grand-final breakthrough.He has a host of options in under 20s player of the year Jayden Brailey, Wests Tigers import Manaia Cherrington and utility Nu Brown, however bookmakers are already expecting their stocks to fall next year.They have been installed on the fourth line of betting by bookmakers behind North Queensland, Brisbane and Melbourne for the 2017 title because of queries about instability in their spine.However, Townsend was having none of that argument, saying their premiership window wasnt about to be shut, talking up their chances of becoming the first back-to-back title winners since Brisbane in 1992-93.ddddddddddddLosing Michael is going to be a big loss for us but weve got a young hooker named Jayden Brailey, Townsend said.Its going to be exciting for him.Our backline are all young - they can score tries. For us, the sky is the limit. If we can build on what we did this year, who knows what we can do? Its exciting to be a part of.Flanagan has already asked Ennis to stay involved in the club to help mentor their next generation of hookers.It remains to be seen if Brailey, 20, will be ready for first grade next year but he is considered the clubs long-term replacement for Ennis.Flanagan might have shown his hand by recruiting Cherrington on a one-year contract with the view to bringing Brailey through slowly next year.Brailey is described as a workaholic and had his first taste of first grade at this years Auckland Nines, brought into the squad after Valentine Holmes was sent home for breaking curfew during Queensland Emerging Origin camp. ' ' '