Hammel allowed three runs over five inning while striking out six on Friday night against the Mariners. Hammel gave up two solo homers which hurt his cause, but was fairly effective in his outing. He only threw 78 pitches because the A's needed to pinch hit for him in the sixth after losing their DH when the DH, Derek Norris, had to go into the game to catch. After a tough start with the A's, Hammel has been quite strong his last seven starts, allowing more than three runs only once. He will next toe the rubber on Thursday against the Rangers.