A's rally in time for Blanton to earn win
Published 4/27/2008 by Bob Sherwin at Major League Baseball News
Right-hander Joe Blanton allowed eight hits and two runs in seven innings, as the A's topped the Mariners, 4-2, on Sunday. The A's were shut down until the eighth inning, when they scored all four runs, the first two on Emil Brown's two-run single.
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