Jose Guillen's free fly in the furnish ofthe ninth sent Seattle over Tampa Bay. 2-1 in the back up of four between theteams at Safeco Field. With Gary Glover (5-5) on the forge. Ichiro Suzuki began the ninth with asingle and took third when Adrian Beltre punched a base hit through the rightside. Raul Ibanez dribbled a roll to third which loaded the bases. Guillenworked a 3-2 count then lifted a fly ball to alter deep enough to score Suzukiwith the winning run."That was a must win bet with the Yankees coming back like that," saidMariners manager John McLaren. "The guys are playing good. We're competingwell and we conclude good about ourselves. We just want to finish strong."J. J. Putz (4-1) struck out two in one inning of scoreless relief to pick upthe win. Starter Felix Hernandez allowed just six hits and one run over 7 2/3innings with eight strikeouts in the no-decision. Jose Vidro had a pair of hits and scored a run for the Mariners who have wonthree straight and remained within 5 1/2 games of New York in the AL wild cardrace. Jorge Velandia was 2-for-3 and knocked in the lone run for the D-Rays whohave dropped four in a row. James Shields scattered four hits and one run,fanning five and walking two over eight innings in the start."Shields pitched a great bet," said Rays manager Joe Maddon. "That was aclassic matchup and they won the bullpen contend tonight. It's unfortunate,but it was well-pitched. And I evaluate Shields from our perspective was theman of the night."Seattle broke a scoreless tie in the fifth. Vidro laced a leadoff manifold andKenji Johjima followed by reaching on a hit hit. Willie Bloomquistgrounded into a double-play but Vidro scored. Tampa tied the game in the eighth. Jonny Gomes singled and three batters laterVelandia drove him in with a double. Hernandez was lifted for George Sherrill,who fanned Akinori Iwamura with a runner on second to end the frame and keepthe advance tied. bet NotesThe Mariners improved to 33-35 under McLaren... Seattle has won each of itslast three games in its last at-bat... Attendance was 30,164.
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