OAKLAND — Joe Wieland had successfully weathered the first-inning storm of hits, runs and nerves. And his teammates had done enough on offense to turn what seemed like a loss into yet another come-from-behind win opportunity.
But that possibility and the Mariners’ six-game winning streak ended on Friday night at sparsely populated Oakland Coliseum. Given a fresh outlook in the sixth inning and having retired eight straight batters coming into it, Wieland never made it out of the bottom of the sixth, giving up three runs — the difference in the Mariners’ 6-3 loss to Oakland on Friday night.