SEATTLE, July 18 -- Edgar Martinez stroked a tie-breaking two- run double with two out in the bottom of the eighth inning Monday, lifting the Seattle Mariners to a 7-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. The Mariners snapped a five-game losing streak and dropped the Orioles 2 1-2 games behind the first-place New York Yankees in the Eastern Division. Mark Eichhor, 5-3, retired the first two batters of the eighth inning and got Ken Griffey Jr. to ground to second, but Mark McLemore booted the ball. Griffey stole second and Jay Buhner walked before Martinez hit a shot down the left-field line, snapping a 5-5 tie. Bill Risley, 7-6, who worked a hitless eighth inning, was the winner. Bobby Ayala pitched the ninth for his 14th save. Felix Fermin matched a career high with four hits for the Mariners. Griffey had three hits, scored twice, drove in two runs and threw out a runner at third. The Mariners tied the game in the bottom of the sixth on consecutive run-scoring doubles by Eric Anthony and Griffey. The Orioles had taken a 5-3 lead in the fifth inning on a two-run homer by Rafael Palmeiro, capping a four-run rally. Palmeiro connected off Mariners starter George Glinatsis, who was making his major-league debut. A run-scoring double by Brady Anderson and a sacrifice fly by Leo Gomez tied the game at set the stage for Palmeiro's 19th homer of the season. Glinatsis, whose contract was purchased from Double-A Jacksonville earlier in the day, allowed five runs and four hits over 4 2-3 innings.
He struck out one and walked six. Griffey gave the Mariners a 1-0 lead with an RBI single in the first inning. The Orioles tied it on Anderson's double-play grounder in the third but a two-run single by Tino Martinez in the bottom of the frame gave Seattle a 3-1 lead. Baltimore starter Mike Oquist lasted 3 1-3 innings, allowing three runs and seven hits.
