Mariners Sweep Red Sox with 2-1 Win in 11 Innings

Ichiro Suzuki scored the winning run as Seattle won three straight against Boston. (AP Images)

Jose Lopez drove in Ichiro Suzuki with a double in the 11th inning that eluded a leaping, twisting Manny Ramirez at the leftfield wall, and the surging Seattle Mariners beat the Boston Red Sox, 2-1, at Safeco Field on Wednesday.

Suzuki drew a one-out walk off former Mariners starter Joel Pineiro (1-1), and Lopez then hit a 1-and-0 pitch off the wall. The ball bounded past centerfielder Coco Crisp, who was backing up Ramirez, allowing Suzuki to score easily. The Mariners mobbed Lopez near second base to celebrate their fifth consecutive win.

Jason Davis (2-0) pitched two scoreless innings for Seattle, which tied its season high of nine games over .500. The Mariners paid a solid +180 on the moneyline (meaning a winning wager of $100 would net a $180 profit).

Boston was swept in a series of at least three games for the first time this season.

Daisuke Matsuzaka allowed one run and three hits in eight innings for Boston. He walked one and struck out eight, including Jamie Burke with a runner on second to end the eighth. Matsuzaka has allowed six runs in five starts this month.

Boston tied it in the seventh off Sean Green. Pinch-hitter J.D. Drew singled leading off, advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Julio Lugo and accompanying throwing error by Green. He scored an unearned run on Crisp's deep fly ball on which Suzuki made a running, basket catch on the warning track in right-centerfield.

In other early American League action:

Baltimore 4, New York Yankees 0: Roger Clemens will get another opportunity to earn his 350th win. His run of consecutive starts with a strikeout, however, is history. The 44-year-old Clemens was denied the landmark victory by the Orioles, who used a four-run sixth inning and an overpowering pitching performance by Erik Bedard to win at home as +132 underdogs.

Clemens (1-3) was trying to become the eighth pitcher with 350 career wins. He blanked Baltimore through five innings, but his bid fell apart under a barrage of hits in the sixth, including a three-run homer by Aubrey Huff.

Clemens' run of 200 consecutive starts with at least one strikeout also ended. It was the third-longest run by an active major leaguer, behind Pedro Martinez (293) and Javier Vasquez (237). In his fourth start since joining the Yankees on June 9, the righthander allowed four runs, seven hits and three walks in six innings. He has a 5.32 ERA.

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