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Joe Saunders tossed another one of his Safeco Field gems, the amazing Raul Ibanez  ripped two more into the seats, and the Mariners, setting a franchise record for consecutive games with a home run, raced to a 6-0 lead Friday night and thrashed the Los Angeles Angels 8-3. The Mariners (41-52) snapped a three-game losing

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Erasmo Ramirez, who made his first start of the season for the Mariners Thursday and allowed seven earned runs in 4.1 innings, was optioned to the short-A Everett AquaSox to keep him on regular schedule through the All-Star break, one of four moves made Friday on the pitching staff.

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Daniel Nava ripped a hanging curve from Seattle closer Tom Wilhelmsen into center field with two outs in the 10th that scored Ryan Lavarnway and lifted the Boston Red Sox, who staged another big comeback, to an 8-7 victory over the Mariners at Safeco Field Thursday. The Mariners lost their third consecutive game and fell to 40-52, 14.0 games behind Oakland in the AL West.

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David Ortiz smacked his 19th home run, Felix Doubront pitched seven effective innings, and Boston, after taking a 5-0 lead, poured it on with a four runs in the sixth inning en route to a 11-4 shellacking of the Mariners Wednesday night at Safeco Field. Seattle, which scratched out five hits through seven innings before

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Every pitcher gets shelled sooner or later. For Hisashi Iwakuma, his rude comeuppance came in the third inning Tuesday night at Safeco Field. Coasting with a 5-1 lead, the first-time All-Star surrendered a pair of two-run homers and five runs overall as the Red Sox stormed back to take a 6-5 lead and eventually beat

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