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MLB: Boston 11, Seattle 8

SEATTLE, July 10 (UPI) -- The Boston Red Sox banged out 16 hits, including five home runs, in their 11-8 road win over the Seattle Mariners Tuesday.

Dustin Pedroia and Mike Napoli connected for two-run homers and Jackie Bradley, David Ortiz and Shane Victorino added solo shots for the Sox, who snapped a three-game losing streak.

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Bradley's homer in the fifth broke a 7-7 tie. Boston added three more runs in the eighth to hold the Mariners at bay.

Craig Breslow (3-2) picked up the win as one of five Boston relievers who took over after starter Allen Webster exited after 2 1/3 innings.

Ortiz went 4-for-5 and increased his career hit total as a designated hitter to 1,688. He tied Harold Baines for the most hits by a DH in Major League history.

Blake Bevan (0-2) was hung with the loss for Seattle. Brad Miller drove in four runs for the Mariners had won five of their previous seven games.

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