SEATTLE – Carlos Guillen had two doubles and three RBIs in a 10-run fifth inning, leading Gil Meche to his first win in four starts as the Seattle Mariners routed the sloppy Baltimore Orioles 13-1 Saturday.
Seattle scored all 10 runs with two outs, and five of the runs came after third baseman Tony Batista’s fielding error. The 10-run inning was a run shy of the Mariners’ record, last done in 1984.
Rey Sanchez also had three RBIs and Randy Winn had three hits for the Mariners, who scored three runs in the ninth on Friday night to come back and beat Baltimore 3-2.
The Mariners moved ahead of Boston by a half game in the wild-card race. The Athletics played Tampa Bay on Saturday night.
White Sox 5, Tigers 2
DETROIT – Frank Thomas and Carlos Lee homered as the Chicago White Sox handed the Detroit Tigers their 100th loss of the season with a 5-2 victory.
The Tigers (34-100) join the 1962 Mets as the only teams in the modern era to lose 100 games before September.
Mike Maroth (6-19) took the loss and is one defeat from becoming the first pitcher since Oakland’s Brian Kingman in 1980 to lose 20 games in a season.
Maroth, who is expected to start again Thursday against Cleveland or Friday in Toronto, allowed five runs on eight hits and two walks in 6 1-3 innings.
Blue Jays 9, Indians 3
CLEVELAND – Frank Catalanotto hit a three-run homer and Cory Lidle got his first win in more than a month as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Cleveland Indians 9-3.
Catalanotto hit the second pitch thrown by reliever Rafael Betancourt into the Blue Jays’ bullpen in right field for his 11th homer to cap a four-run sixth inning and give Toronto a 5-1 lead.
Lidle (12-11), in his second start since missing three weeks with a strained left groin, got his first win since July 25. He allowed two runs and five hits over 6 1-3 innings to improve to 3-0 with a 1.54 career ERA at Jacobs Field.
The right-hander walked one, struck out two and induced the Indians to hit into three double plays as he improved to 4-8 over 14 starts since June 1 after beginning the season 8
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