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Yoenis Cespedes hit a go-ahead homer in the eighth inning to move Oakland a win closer to the club's first playoff berth in six years, and the Athletics beat the Mariners 5-2 on Sunday to stay right on the heels of Texas in the AL West race.

Zack Greinke had a season-high 13 strikeouts in five innings, and the Angels got home runs from Torii Hunter and Erick Aybar on Tuesday night in a 5-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners.

Kevin Millwood pitched six stingy innings to win for the first time in 5 1/2 weeks and the Seattle Mariners beat the staggering Red Sox 2-1 on Wednesday night, handing Boston its eighth defeat in nine games.

Dustin Ackley hit a three-run homer, Hisashi Iwakuma was hard to hit and the Seattle Mariners beat the stumbling Minnesota Twins 5-2 on Tuesday night.

Robert Andino homered in the ninth off Seattle reliever Charlie Furbush to give the Baltimore Orioles a 5-4 win over the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night after starter Wei-Yin Chen flirted with a perfect game for more than six innings.

Aaron Cook threw a two-hitter in the finest performance of his career, Will Middlebrooks, Cody Ross and Daniel Nava all hit solo homers in the fifth inning, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 5-0 on Friday night.

Felix Hernandez pitched seven impressive innings and hit a two-run double to lead the Mariners to a 5-1 win over the Padres on Saturday night.

Starting pitcher Clayton Richard settled down after a rough start and drove in three runs to lift the San Diego Padres to a 9-5 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night.

Mike Carp hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning, lifting the Mariners to a 5-3 victory over the Angels on Monday night.

Ian Kinsler hit two home runs off Mariners ace Felix Hernandez and the Texas Rangers won their 10th straight game with a 5-1 victory over Seattle on Saturday night.

Derek Holland was perfect through five innings and finished with a five-hitter as the Texas Rangers rolled 5-0 over the Seattle Mariners on Thursday night.

Michael Pineda allowed three hits over seven innings to help the Mariners break a six-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Twins on day night.

Milton Bradley drove in a pair of runs and went 3-for-3 with two singles and a double, leading the Mariners to a 5-2 win over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday.

Athletics 5, Mariners 3

Mitch Moreland raced home from first base with the winning run after a wild pitch and a throwing error on a strikeout with two outs in the ninth inning, lifting the AL West champion Rangers over the last-place Mariners 6-5.

Justin Smoak homered and had three hits, David Pauley pitched six effective innings, and the Seattle Mariners edged the AL West champion Texas Rangers 7-5 on Monday night.