OAKLAND, Calif., April 18 (UPI) -- John Olerud and Ichiro Suzuki each drove in three runs Wednesday night as the Seattle Mariners completed a perfect 10-game road trip with a 7-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics.
Seattle became just the sixth team in major league history to sweep a road trip of 10 games or more and the first since the 1992 Atlanta Braves. The Mariners have won 15 straight away
from Safeco Field, dating back to last season, and are 10-0 on the road. They need seven victories to tie the major league mark for consecutive road wins to start the season, set by the 1984 Detroit Tigers.
Olerud smacked a two-run homer in the top of the first inning and drove in a run with a groundout in the fifth to give Seattle a 3-2 lead.
Oakland tied it in the bottom half on an RBI single by Miguel Tejada, but Jeff Cirillo's two-out single off starter Tim Hudson in the sixth put the Mariners in front for good, 4-3. They loaded the bases in the eighth against Mike Holtz before Suzuki emptied them with a double to the left-center field gap on a 1-2 pitch.
Jamie Moyer (2-1) gave up three runs and six hits over five innings for the win, and three relievers protected the lead until Kazuhiro Sasaki got the last two outs for his fourth save.
Oakland has lost three straight and already trails first-place Seattle by 4 1/2 games in the American League West.
