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MLB: Seattle 8, Baltimore 2

SEATTLE, April 19 (UPI) -- Casey Kotchman stroked a two-run home run during a seven-run third inning Monday and the Seattle Mariners beat Baltimore 8-2.

Seattle starter Doug Fister (2-1) took a no-hitter into the seventh before Nick Markakis singled to break it up.

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Brandon League pitched a 1-2-3 eighth and Shawn Kelley allowed a solo ninth-inning home run by Baltimore's Ty Wigginton.

Kotchman drove in a run with a double in the bottom of the seventh and Jack Wilson was 3-for-4 with two doubles and a run scored for the Mariners, who won for the fifth time in their last six games.

Luke Scott drove in a run for the Orioles, who are 2-12 to start the season.

Baltimore starter Brad Bergesen (0-2) gave up seven runs on six hits and three walks in 2 2/3 innings.

The Orioles committed two errors.

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