Doug Fister

MLB: Seattle 3, Oakland 1

Seattle -- Doug Fister and three relievers combined to shut Oakland down on seven hits Monday and the Seattle Mariners topped the A's 3-1.

Fister (4-8) got a win for interim Manager Daren Brown in his first game as skipper after replacing the fired Don Wakamatsu.

Fister went six innings, yielding all seven A's hits. But the right-hander issued only one walk and struck out five to notch his first win since May 14 and lead the Mariners to victory in the first of a three-game series at Safeco Field.

He was aided by a triple play -- the 10th in Seattle franchise history -- in the fourth on an around-the-horn play started by third baseman Jose Lopez.

MLB: Seattle 4, Oakland 2

Seattle, Oct. 2 -- Doug Fister allowed a run over seven innings to end a three-start losing streak Thursday and boost the Seattle Mariners to a 4-2 win over Oakland.

The Mariners won their third in a row.

Fister (3-4) got off to a good start in his rookie season before running into problems during the last two weeks. He broke out of the slump, however, by limiting the Athletics to five hits and striking out four.

Adrian Beltre hit a solo homer in the second inning and, after Oakland tied it in the fourth, Seattle regained the lead with a three-run fifth.

Mike Sweeney delivered a two-run single in the key inning and Beltre added an RBI base hit.

David Aardsma allowed a homer to Jack Cust in the ninth, but still collected his 37th save.

MLB: Seattle 2, Los Angeles Angels 1

Seattle, Sept. 2: Doug Fister went a strong 7 1/3 innings Tuesday and the Seattle Mariners beat the Los Angeles Angels 2-1 after being shut out in their previous two games.

Fister (2-1) held the Halos to one run on five hits. Doug Aardsma pitched the ninth for his 32nd save.

Ichiro Suzuki went 2-for-4 after missing eight games with a strained calf muscle.

Mike Sweeney drove in Seattle's first run with a single in the opening inning.

The Angels tied the scored in the second on an RBI double by Maicer Izturis but Jose Lopez broke the tie in the seventh with an RBI double to right that scored Franklin Gutierrez from first base.

Darren Oliver (4-1) took the loss in relief of Ervin Santana, who gave up a run on five hits over six innings.

MLB: Kansas City 8, Seattle 4

Seattle, Aug. 28: Brayan Pena hit the first of four Kansas City home runs Thursday that powered the Royals past Seattle 8-4.

Kansas City needs one more victory to become the last team in the American League to reach 50 wins. Seattle had a three-game winning streak halted.

Pena hit a two-run homer in the first, Yuniesky Betancourt added a solo shot in the fifth and Kansas City then got two-run blasts from Alberto Callaspo in the sixth and David DeJesus in the seventh.

Kyle Davies (5-9) benefited from the homers to get a win after having lost eight of his previous 10 decisions. Davies gave up two runs on five hits over six innings.

MLB: Chicago White Sox 3, Seattle 1

Seattle, Aug. 12: Alexei Ramirez smacked a three-run homer in the ninth inning Tuesday and the Chicago White Sox beat Seattle 3-1.

Mariners' pitchers held the White Sox to just two hits through eight innings but A.J. Pierzynski drew a one-out walk from Seattle reliever David Aardsma (3-4) and Carlos Quentin followed with a single. Ramirez stroked his 13th home run of the season to put the White Sox ahead and Bobby Jenks pitched a scoreless ninth to get his 23rd save.

John Danks (10-8) went eight innings, allowing one run on seven hits with one walk and eight strikeouts for the White Sox, who won for just the second time in six games.