Seattle Mariners win fourth straight with 6-1 victory over Miami Marlins

SEATTLE -- Ariel Miranda threw seven shutout innings, Robinson Cano and Nelson Cruz hit first-inning homers, and the Seattle Mariners cruised to a 6-1 win over the Miami Marlins on Monday.

Seattle earned its fourth victory in a row after a 2-8 start to the season.

A Christian Yelich fourth-inning single was Miami's only damage until the third time through the order, and his solo homer in the ninth inning accounted for the lone Marlins' run of the night.

Miranda (1-1) tossed 97 pitches, striking out five while walking none and allowing just four hits. It tied Miranda's longest start as a Mariner and was the third time -- and longest -- he exited without allowing a run. Mariners starters have now gone at least seven innings and allowed one run or fewer in three of their past four games.

For the first time this season, Cano and Cruz hit back-to-back homers. Jarrod Dyson walked to lead off the game, and Cano hit a 441-foot laser beam into the center-field seats. Cruz followed with a shot that landed not 30 feet away to give the Mariners an early 3-0 lead.

Leonys Martin went the opposite way with a single to lead off the fourth. He stole second, got to third on an error and scored on Jarrod Dyson's double. Cano then got his third RBI with a double off the wall in left-center.

Former Mariners star Ichiro Suzuki grounded out in all three trips to the plate but made a leaping grab at the wall in left field in the eighth that drew a roar from the crowd.

Marlins starter Tom Koehler (0-1) lasted just four innings, allowing five runs on seven hits and walking three. He did pitch around some damage, striking out the side in the homer-riddled first inning and left the bases loaded in the third.

Taylor Motter added a home run into the left field bleachers to finish Seattle's scoring in the fifth.

NOTES: Marlins OF Ichiro Suzuki hadn't played a game at Safeco Field since he visited with the Yankees on June 12, 2014. He collected more than 2,500 of his 3,031 major league hits with the Mariners. ... The last time the Marlins visited Safeco Field, it was as the home team and they played by NL rules because of a U2 concert in Miami. ... Mariners LHP James Paxton was named American League player of the week for pitching 15 scoreless innings between two starts and striking out 17. His current 21 consecutive scoreless innings are the longest active such streak in baseball. ... Marlins 3B Martin Prado made his first start of the season after straining his hamstring in the World Baseball Classic. He went 1-for-3. Miami designated 1B Tyler Moore for assignment to clear a space for Prado to come off the disabled list.