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MLB: Seattle 7, Detroit 3

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Published: June 12, 2011 at 4:25 PM

DETROIT, June 12 (UPI) -- Miguel Olivo cracked a pair of homers and Felix Hernandez won his seventh game Sunday, boosting Seattle to a 7-3 victory over Detroit.

Olivo's solo shot in the fifth narrowed the Mariners' deficit to 2-1, and his two-run clout in the eighth gave Seattle a 5-2 advantage.

Justin Smoak also hit a two-run blast and added an RBI single during a go-ahead, three-run fifth for the M's, who split a four-game series with the Tigers.

Hernandez (7-5) surrendered three runs on nine hits over eight innings, surviving five walks while raising his American League-leading strikeout total to 103 by fanning six Tigers.

Detroit starter Rick Porcello (6-4) was tagged for three runs on six hits in a seven-inning effort.

Alex Avila drove in two runs with a first-inning single in the Tigers' loss.

Topics: Felix Hernandez, Justin Smoak, Miguel Olivo
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