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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Seattle 1, Texas 0
When: 9:10 PM ET, Saturday, September 22, 2012
Where: Safeco Field, Seattle, Washington
Temperature: 67°
Umpires: Home - Doug Eddings, 1B - Kerwin Danley, 2B - Paul Nauert, 3B - Dana DeMuth
Attendance: 17671


Mariners 1, Rangers 0: Blake Beavan tossed seven strong innings and Michael Saunders belted a solo homer in the second as host Seattle evened its season series with Texas at nine wins apiece.

Justin Smoak continued his torrid streak with a pair of hits to improve to 15-for-31 over his last eight games. Kyle Seager added two hits of his own for the Mariners, who won their second straight after a four-game skid.

The setback kept the Rangers four games ahead of Oakland in the American League West. The Athletics dropped a 10-9 decision in 14 innings to the New York Yankees on Saturday.

Saunders accounted for all of the scoring by depositing a curveball from Matt Harrison (17-10) into the first row in right-center field in the second inning. The blast was Saunders' 17th homer - and third in eight games.

The modest offense proved to be enough for Beavan (10-10) and company. Beavan snapped a two-game slide despite yielding eight hits and reliever Josh Kinney worked out of a bases-loaded jam by retiring all three batters he faced. Tom Wilhelmsen worked a clean ninth inning to secure his 29th save.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Texas' Adrian Beltre went 1-for-4 in his return to the lineup after missing the series opener due to pain his stomach. Beltre admitted that tests revealed he has scar tissue from a previous surgery which presses against his intestines. ... Harrison suffered the hard-luck loss and fell to 4-1 versus Seattle this season and 10-2 in his career. He permitted one run on seven hits in eight innings. ... The Rangers lost consecutive games for the first time since a three-game skid on Aug. 13-15.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Texas   Seattle
Matt Harrison Player Blake Beavan
Loss W/L Win
8.0 IP 7.0
6 Strikeouts 2
7 Hits 8
1.12 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Texas   Seattle
Mitch Moreland Player Justin Smoak
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
3 TB 3
.667 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Texas 8 0 11 .258 15 4 0 1 0 0
Seattle 7 1 11 .250 16 6 1 4 0 0