MLB: San Diego 9, Seattle 7

Gaudin (3-6) gave up two runs on four hits over seven innings before turning the game over to three relievers, including Heath Bell who gave up a run en route to his 20th save.

Adrian Gonzalez had a two-run homer for the Padres and David Eckstein went 3-for-5 with two RBI.

Ken Griffey Jr. hit the 5,000th home run in Mariners history and Russell Banyan also added a two-run homer.

San Diego scored all nine of their runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings. Seattle scored four runs in the eighth and another in the ninth.

Gonzalez put the visiting Padres ahead 2-0 with his 24th home run of the season in the fourth. The Padres added two more in the fifth on Eckstein's two-run single.

San Diego then posted five runs in the sixth. Tony Gwynn brought in one run on a sacrifice fly and Kevin Kouzmanoff walked with the bases loaded. Everth Cabrera, Eckstein, Scott Hairston followed with run-scoring singles.

After Griffey's sixth-inning home run made it 9-2, the Mariners exploded for four runs in the eighth with Branyan's two-run homer being the big blow.

Seattle added a run off Bell in the ninth on a pinch-hit RBI single by Mike Sweeney. Bell was able to get Griffey and Franklin Gutierrez to end the game.

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