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Rod Barajas hit an eighth-inning RBI double Sunday, rallying Toronto to a 5-4 victory against Seattle. Toronto overcame a 3-0 fifth-inning deficit. Barajas also hit a sacrifice fly in the seventh, giving him two RBI. Jose Bautista had two hits and one RBI, while Kevin Millar and Adam Lind had one RBI each for the Blue Jays, who won the final three contests in the four-game series. The winner was Brian Wolfe (2-2). Shawn Camp earned his first save. Seattle scored its runs on solo homers from...

Ichiro Suzuki singled in Ryan Langerhans from second with one away in the 14th inning Thursday, giving Seattle a 4-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Chicago had a three-run lead heading into the seventh, but Adrian Beltre hit a solo homer in that inning and the Mariners tied it in the ninth on home runs by Jose Lopez and Bill Hall. Seattle was down to its final out when Hall hit his blast, his eighth of the season. Chicago put two runners on with two out in the 12th, but failed to take...

Jack Wilson's two-run single highlighted a four-run second inning Friday that started Seattle on its way to a 6-3 decision over Oakland. The Mariners won their fourth straight. Oakland closed to within 4-3 going into the eighth, but Kenji Johjima had a sacrifice fly in that inning and Jose Lopez added an insurance homer in the ninth. Ryan Rowland-Smith (3-2), who got the win in his 10th start of the year, gave up three runs on four hits in eight innings. Mark Lowe came on in the ninth for...

Franklin Gutierrez and Bill Hall hit two-run homers in the first inning Thursday, starting the Seattle Mariners on their way to a 7-4 win over Oakland. Ichiro Suzuki opened the game with a single off Brett Tomko (3-3) and Gutierrez followed with his 15th home run of the year. After Tomko retired the next two batters, he gave up a double to Adrian Beltre and a homer to Hall. Ian Snell (6-10) survived five innings to get the win, his fourth in as many starts. He gave up two runs on seven hits...

Kansas City's Zack Greinke tossed a one-hitter in his sixth complete game of the season Sunday and the Royals beat the Seattle Mariners 3-0. Greinke,13-8 with a 2.32 ERA, tops in the American League, allowed only a second-inning single by Kenji Johjima. The Royals got all their runs in the fifth inning. Miguel Olivo singled in a run to start the scoring. David DeJesus singled in another run and scored the third on a wild-pitch. Loser Ryan Rowland-Smith (2-2) worked eight innings, giving up...

Clete Thomas hit an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth Thursday, boosting Detroit to a 7-6 win over Seattle. His second hit came shortly after a sacrifice fly by Brandon Inge created a 6-6 tie with one out in the bottom of the ninth. Inge also hit a solo homer. One of three hits by Ryan Raburn was a solo homer. Alex Avila drove in two runs, Aubrey Huff one, while Miguel Cabrera added two hits for the Tigers, who trailed by four runs twice and have won four of six. The winner was Bobby...

Kenji Johjima stroked a two-run home run and Russell Branyan had a solo shot Monday in the Seattle Mariners' 6-4 win over the Chicago White Sox. Ken Griffey Jr. and Ichiro Suzuki each drove in two runs for the Mariners, who won for the fifth time in their last seven games. Lucas French went 5 1/3 innings, allowing four runs on three hits with six walks and five strikeouts but did not figure in the decision. Sean White (3-2) got the win despite blowing a lead, pitching 1 2/3 innings and...

Adam Kennedy had four hits and two RBI Monday, boosting the Oakland Athletics to a 6-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Travis Buck added a solo homer and scored three runs, and Jack Hannahan added an RBI for Oakland. Brett Anderson (2-4) gave up a run on six hits and two walks with four strikeouts in six innings. Kevin Cameron pitched the final three innings and gave up just two hits to earn his first career save. Ichiro Suzuki was 4-for-4 and extended his hitting streak to 19 games for...

Ichiro Suzuki hit home runs in consecutive innings Friday, helping bring Seattle from behind to a 5-4 win over Boston. The Mariners ended a three-game losing streak and extended Boston's current skid to three. Boston took a 4-0 lead through four innings before Suzuki hit a solo shot in the fifth. He then hit a two-run homer to finish off a four-run sixth and put Seattle in front to stay. The big inning came against Boston starter Jon Lester (2-4). Russell Branyan and Kenji Johjima singled...

Jose Lopez looped an RBI single to center field in the 15th inning Sunday, giving the Seattle Mariners an 8-7 win over the Oakland Athletics. Seattle's Franklin Gutierrez got a leadoff single off Dana Eveland (1-2), who then committed an error on Yuniesky Betancourt's sacrifice bunt, putting runners on first and third. After Ichiro Suzuki was walked, Lopez singled in the game-winner. The Mariners used seven relievers, with Jason Vargas (1-0) getting the win. Eveland, who is normally a...