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- Updated: May 11, 2016
SEATTLE — Franklin Gutierrez and Dae-Ho Lee provided the offensive punch with a pair of home runs on Tuesday at Safeco Field as surging Seattle topped Tampa Bay, 6-4, despite a trio of long balls by the Rays.
Mariners lefty Wade Miley (3-2, 4.91 ERA) picked up his third straight win while allowing just four hits over six-plus innings, but three of those hits were solo homers as first baseman Steve Pearce ripped a pair and right fielder Steven Souza Jr. added another for the Rays.
Drew Smyly surrendered a season-high 10 hits and six runs in five frames for the Rays as he fell to 1-4 with a 3.63 ERA. Lee’s three-run blast in the fourth gave Seattle a 6-2 lead, and the Mariners hung on to win for the 18th time in their past 25 games and maintain a 1 1/ 2-game lead over Texas in the American League West at 20-13.
Steve Cishek earned the four-out save for Seattle, coming on in the eighth to retire Souza on a sliding catch down the right-field line by Nelson Cruz to strand two runners. The Rays fell into fourth place in the AL East at 15-16.
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