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Sunday, Jun. 11 4:05pm ET
Mariners' Sele baffles Giants for 7th win | |||||
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Alex Rodriguez made himself at home in his first visit to San Francisco's new ballpark. Rodriguez doubled twice, singled and drove in three runs Sunday, leading the Seattle Mariners over the Giants 9-2. "It's a beautiful place," he said of Pacific Bell Park. "It's nice to play here. It has a real personality." Rodriguez finished the three-game series 6-of-11 (.545) and was on base in 10 of 15 plate appearances. Tom Lampkin hit a tiebreaking, bases-loaded triple in the seventh inning that broke a 2-2 lead. Rodriguez drew a two-out walk to begin the burst as the Mariners won a series from the Giants for the first time ever. "It shows patience is a great virtue and it worked out for us today," said Rodriguez. Aaron Sele (7-2) won his fifth straight decision and has not lost since May 5, a span of eight starts. He gave up two runs on six hits and two walks. "It was just a matter of keeping the game close," said Sele. "This team can score runs." Livan Hernandez (4-6) lost for the first time since May 14, six starts ago. He allowed five runs on nine hits and a career-high seven walks. With two outs in the seventh, Rodriguez and Jay Buhner walked around a single by John Olerud. Lampkin, who grounded into a double play with the bases loaded in the third, then drove a 1-2 offering from Hernandez halfway up the right-field wall. The ball caromed back toward the infield before Armando Rios could track it down, allowing Lampkin, a former Giant, to reach third. "After grounding into the double play, that's as good a feeling as you can have with a hit, even though I didn't hit it that good," said Lampkin. "Somebody upstairs was looking out for me." Hernandez agreed that Lampkin's triple wasn't well hit. "He didn't hit it that good," Hernandez said. "It looked like a flyball but it hit the wall. It was a triple. That's baseball." Rodriguez gave the Mariners a 1-0 lead in the first with a one-out double to score Mark McLemore. Barry Bonds hit a sacrifice fly in the first as Marvin Benard scored for the Giants. McLemore had a one-out double in the third and scored when Rodriguez doubled. Rodriguez, who singled in a run in the eighth, reached base in seven straight plate appearances -- he reached safely all five at bats Saturday _ before striking out in the fifth "He's the best I've seen on a daily basis out there at shortstop," said Baker. "He's one of the best around, period." Jeff Kent drove home Benard with a sacrifice fly in the third for his league-leading 58th RBI. McLemore added a run-scoring single in the eighth and a sacrifice fly in the ninth. Edgar Martinez had a pinch-hit sacrifice fly for his AL-leading 64th RBI. It was also just the second pinch-hit RBI of the season for the Mariners. Game notesRHP Brett Tomko was sent back to Seattle to be examined by team doctors for soreness in his shoulder. ... Mariners' pinch-hitters are batting .111 (4-for-36) and are hitless in their last 15 at-bats with two walks and a sacrifice fly dating to May 27. ... Seattle won just its second of 11 interleague series played in NL parks. ... The Giants have 12 blown saves, putting them on pace for 35. The record is 31, set by the 1998 Cardinals. ... Hernandez has not won a road game since last Aug. 21 in Milwaukee, a span of nine starts. ... Giants OF Marvin Benard has reached base safely in 14 of his last 15 starts. ... Every Mariners starter reached base for the second consecutive game. | ALSO SEE Baseball Scoreboard Seattle Clubhouse San Francisco Clubhouse RECAPS Cincinnati 7 Cleveland 5
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