Seattle Rides Another Strong Pitching Effort

Mariners bats also come alive in 8-1 win
By Jamie Buss,  Newser Staff
Posted Apr 18, 2008 12:54 AM CDT
Seattle Rides Another Strong Pitching Effort
Oakland Athletics' Lenny DiNardo works against the Seattle Mariners in the first inning of their baseball game last night in Oakland, Calif.    (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Seattle's starters took it to Oakland again. This time, it was Carlos Silva. Silva followed Felix Hernandez's complete game a day before with his own gem, leading the Mariners to their sixth straight win in the series with an 8-1 victory over the Athletics last night. They won their third straight overall and sent the A's to their first three-game losing streak of the season.

Jose Vidro hit a two-run single in Seattle's five-run third against Lenny DiNardo (1-1), Yuniesky Betancourt singled in a run that inning and Kenji Johjima drew a bases-loaded walk as the Mariners batted around. Raul Ibanez produced his second consecutive three-hit game and also had an RBI and scored a run. Jose Lopez added a two-run single in the eighth for his third hit. (More MLB stories.)

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