Jack Hannahan

MLB: Seattle 3, NY Yankees 2

Seattle, Sept. 19: Ichiro Suzuki hit a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning Friday, giving Seattle a 3-2 victory over the New York Yankees.

New York took a 2-1 lead into the ninth inning and Mariano Rivera came on in a bid to pick up his 41st save.

Rivera (3-3) seemed to have the game wrapped up when he struck out Jack Hannahan and Mike Carp to open the ninth.

In the span of just two pitches, however, Seattle came from behind. Mike Sweeney hit Rivera's first offering to center for a double and Suzuki then smashed the first pitch over the wall in right.

MLB: Texas 7, Seattle 1

Arlington, Texas July 30: Rookie Derek Holland retired the first 14 Seattle batters Thursday and took a one-hitter into the ninth inning, carrying Texas to a 7-1 win over the Mariners.

Holland (4-6), making his 10th career start, came within one out of recording his first shutout and first complete game.

He allowed a lead-off walk in the ninth and gave up a two-out single to Franklin Gutierrez before being replaced by Warner Madrigal.

Jose Lopez singled in a run before Madrigal could get Chris Shelton on a fly ball to right to end the game.

MLB: Seattle 4, Toronto 3

Seattle, July 29: Ichiro Suzuki blooped a two-out single into center field in the bottom of the ninth Tuesday, scoring the winning run in Seattle's 4-3 victory over Toronto.

Suzuki, who went 3-for-4, made contact with a 0-2 curve ball off Scott Downs (1-3) with the bases loaded to score Jack Hannahan from third.

The win snapped a four-game Seattle losing streak and gave David Aardsma (3-3) the victory after pitching a scoreless ninth.

Seattle led 3-1 after seven innings. Suzuki scored in the first on a base hit by Mike Sweeney. Seattle added two in the sixth on an RBI double by Chris Shelton and a running-scoring single by Hannahan.

The Blue Jays scored twice in the eighth to tie it on RBI doubles by Aaron Hill and Alex Rios.

MLB: Seattle 2, Detroit 1

Detroit, July 22: A two-run homer by Russell Branyan in the eighth inning Wednesday, one of just two hits for Seattle in the entire game, boosted the Mariners past Detroit 2-1.

Seattle won for the fourth time in five contests despite being shut down by Armando Galarraga for 7 1/3 innings.

Galarraga walked four, but the only hit he gave up was a fifth-inning single by Ryan Langerhans.

Jack Hannahan drew a walk to lead off the Seattle eighth and moved to second on a ground out by Ronny Cedeno. Bobby Seay (1-2) was called on to replace Galarraga and he got Ichiro Suzuki to hit a grounder to shortstop, on which Hannahan was thrown out at third.

Needing one more out to escape the inning, Seay served up a home run ball to Branyan on a 1-0 pitch.

MLB: Detroit 9, Seattle 7

Detroit, July 21: Magglio Ordonez hit a grand slam homer in Detroit's five-run first inning Tuesday and the Tigers went on to a 9-7 win over the Seattle Mariners.

Placido Polanco had a homer and two RBI, and Ryan Raburn also drove in two runs for the Tigers. Miguel Cabrera added three hits with a solo home run.

Rick Porcello (9-6) got the win despite giving up five runs and nine hits in five innings. Fernando Rodney earned his 20th save.

Jack Hannahan had two home runs, Ryan Langerhans a two-run homer, and Wladimir Balentien a homer and two RBI for the Mariners.

Garrett Olson (3-4) was charged with the defeat after allowing seven runs and five hits in 1 1/3 innings.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

MLB: San Francisco 5, Oakland 2

San Francisco, June 14: Bengie Molina hit a two-run homer and the San Francisco Giants used a three-run seventh Saturday to beat Oakland 5-2 in an inter-league contest.

Giants' starter Randy Johnson (6-5) went seven innings to get his 301st major league victory, giving up two runs on four hits with one walk and three strikeouts.

Brian Wilson pitched a scoreless ninth to get his 17th save.

Molina's homer staked the Giants to a two-run lead in the first. Juan Uribe drove in the go-ahead run with an RBI single in the seventh for the Giants, who have won eight of their last 11 games.

Josh Outman (4-1) took the loss, going six-plus innings and allowing four runs on five hits for the A's, who have lost four of their last five games.