SEATTLE, May 25 (UPI) -- Yuniesky Betancourt and Richie Sexson keyed a 6-run Seattle rally with 2-run doubles, boosting the Mariners to a 7-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.
Sexson also drove in a run in the first inning of Wednesday's game as the Mariners won for the sixth time in seven games. Seattle starter Jarrod Washburn (3-5), despite giving up a pair of 2-run home runs, took the victory.
Baltimore starter Kris Benson (6-4) lasted just two innings and was charged with all the Seattle runs. Sexson put the Mariners ahead in the first with a single that drove in Jose Lopez but it was the second that did in the Orioles.
Seattle increased its lead with Betancourt's one-out double that drove in Kenji Johjima and Jeremy Reed and scored himself on an Ichiro Suzuki ground-rule double that left runners on second and third. Sexson followed with a double that made the score 6-0 and scored on a Carl Everett single.
Baltimore's runs came in the third and fifth innings, with Melvin More hitting his eight home run of the year in the third and Javy Lopez getting his third homer of the season in the fifth.
