SEATTLE, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Everett Teaford notched a win in his first major league start and Alex Gordon drove in both Kansas City runs Sunday in the Royals' 2-1 win over Seattle.
Teaford (1-0), a rookie with 23 relief appearances this year, pitched five shutout innings, scattering three hits while walking only one and fanning five.
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Blake Wood tossed two shutout relief innings and Joakim Soria racked up his 28th save for the Royals, who split a four-game series against the Mariners.
Gordon drove in runs with doubles in the third and seventh innings.
Seattle's Anthony Vasquez (1-3) absorbed the loss, surrendering just the two runs on seven hits over six innings.
Ichiro Suzuki's RBI double in the eighth provided the Mariners' only tally.
