SEATTLE -- Less than a half hour after Saturday night's playoff-shattering, 9-8 loss to the Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners star Nelson Cruz was already looking ahead to the 2017 season.

Cruz talked about the need for each player to find something to make his game better so that the Mariners don't get that same empty feeling after losing the second-to-the-last game of the regular season.

"We don't fight for the wild card (next year)," Cruz said. "We should fight for the (American League) West. No doubt, we'll be a better team next year."

The Mariners (86-75) fell short after an exciting, 10-inning setback that saw Seattle come back from deficits in the seventh and eighth innings.

Athletics second baseman Joey Wendle, Oakland's No. 9 hitter, capped a four-hit night with an RBI double in the 10th inning, breaking an 8-8 tie and ending the Mariners' postseason hopes.

"We're not breathing anymore," Seattle manager Scott Servais said after the Mariners had officially been eliminated from playoff contention. "... Unfortunately, we didn't get as far as we needed to go, and that hurts."

Cruz was one of the few Mariners still lingering in the Seattle clubhouse after the game. "It was a great run," he said.

The loss left Seattle (86-75) two games behind the Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays in the American League wild-card standings with one to play.

Oaklannd (68-93) snapped a five-game losing streak.

"This is really going to serve (the A's) well in the future, knowing that they can play in this type of atmosphere," Oakland manager Bob Melvin said.

Oakland leadoff hitter Marcus Semien had four hits, including the go-ahead, RBI double in the eighth inning, giving the A's an 8-7 lead.

Semien broke a 7-7 tie with a two-out, ground-rule double that scored Wendle from third base. Wendle, who reached on a single, moved to third on a two-base throwing error from reliever Steve Cishek while trying to keep Wendle from leading off first. That ended up being a crucial error, as Wendle would have been held up at third base on the ground-rule double had he been running from first base.

Seattle came right back with a two-out rally in the bottom of the eighth. Pinch-hitter Mike Freeman started the rally with a double up the left-field line and came around to score when defensive replacement Ben Gamel delivered an RBI single to right, tying the score 8-8.

Oakland's Khris Davis had two hits, including his 42nd home run of the season, to give the A's a 7-4 lead in the seventh.

Seattle bounced back on Robinson Cano's RBI single and Cruz's two-run homer, tying the score 7-7 in the bottom half.

"As good as they are offensively, really there's never enough," Melvin said.

Cano also hit a big home run that gave Seattle life in the fifth. Cano hit his 39th home run of the season and third in two nights to pull the Mariners within 5-4 in the fifth, but Oakland tacked on two runs on Wendle's RBI single and Davis' seventh-inning homer.

Oakland had 16 hits, six of which came during a four-run third that saw the A's turn an early 2-0 deficit into a 4-2 lead.

Wendle went 4-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs scored, and Semien had two doubles, an RBI and two runs scored on a 4-for-5 night. Davis went 2-for-4 with the home run and two RBIs, scoring twice.

Cano led the Mariners' offense with two hits, three RBIs and the home run. Cruz delivered the biggest hit with a two-run homer that tied the score 7-7 in the seventh.

Seattle's final rally came up short, despite a leadoff single from Gamel in the 10th. Gamel ended up getting stranded on third base when Kyle Seager flied out to shallow center field for the final out of the game.

Oakland closer Ryan Madson (6-7) picked up the win and Seattle closer Edwin Diaz (0-4) took the loss after giving up the Wendle double in the 10th.

"I've only been a Mariner for a year, but I have to believe that that (game) will go down as one of the most memorable in Mariners history," said Servais, who is in his first year as Seattle's manager. "Unfortunately, it didn't go our way."

NOTES: Oakland RF Danny Valencia (neck) was back in the lineup after sitting out Friday night's game as a late scratch. ... With a win Sunday, the Mariners match the seventh-most wins in team history with 87. ... Seattle backup catcher Jesus Sucre took a pitch off his right wrist in the ninth inning but was able to stay in the game. Servais said after the game that Sucre did not break any bones in the wrist.