SEATTLE (AP) – Daisuke Matsuzaka wiggled out of trouble thanks to his defense and fastball, and Manny Ramirez showed there’s still some speed left in his legs as the Boston Red Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 4-3 Saturday night.

Matsuzaka escaped jams in the third and fourth innings, inducing rally-killing double plays, and helped the Red Sox snap a nine-game losing streak to the Mariners in Seattle.

Continuing his trend during the last month of losses followed by wins, Matsuzaka (13-8) pitched seven innings, matched his season-high with 10 strikeouts and allowed just a pair of solo home runs.

Eric Gagne pitched the eighth in his second outing with the Red Sox and gave up a two-out single to Ben Broussard, who then stole second. Kenji Johjima followed with a line-drive RBI single off the wall in left field.

Jose Lopez dumped a double into left field, advancing pinch-runner Willie Bloomquist to third and putting the go-ahead run at second. But Gagne got Yuniesky Betancourt to ground back to the mound, and Jonathan Papelbon escaped a jam in the ninth for his 25th save in 27 chances.

Matsuzaka was in position to win, thanks to the fleet feet of Ramirez. With two outs in the fourth, David Ortiz at second and Ramirez at first, Boston’s Jason Varitek lined a double into the left field corner.

Ortiz easily lumbered home, followed closely by a hustling Ramirez, who was running on the play. Ramirez barely avoided animated third base coach DeMarlo Hale waiving him home and scored ahead of the relay throw from Betancourt.

Boston battered Seattle starter Jarrod Washburn in the sixth. Kevin Youkilis doubled to start the inning. Ortiz then hit a liner to right that Jose Guillen charged but caught on a hop. Youkilis paused to see if the ball was caught, then broke for third. Guillen’s throw sailed over Adrian Beltre and into the seats, allowing Youkilis to score. Ramirez then followed with a double, driving in Ortiz.

Washburn (8-8) pitched 6 1-3 innings, giving up four runs and eight hits.

Beltre gave Seattle a 1-0 lead in the second, jumping on a high fastball from Matsuzaka and driving the pitch 410-feet to right-center for his 17th homer of the season. Betancourt also homered in the seventh, driving Matsuzaka’s first pitch of the inning into the Red Sox bullpen.

But the Mariners missed chances in the third, fourth and sixth innings, allowing Dice-K to escape each time with runners in scoring position.

In the third, Seattle had the bases loaded with one out and Guillen at the plate. Matsuzaka struck him out on three pitches, then got struggling Raul Ibanez to fly out to left.

An inning later, Broussard’s double and Johjima’s infield single put runners at the corners with one out. Jose Lopez was jammed, hitting a weak grounder to short that Julio Lugo and Dustin Pedroia were able to swiftly turn for an inning-ending double play.

The first two batters also reached base for Seattle in the sixth, but Matsuzaka used an infield pop up and two strikeouts to end the inning.

Notes: Barry Bonds’ record tying home run was greeted by a mix of boos and applause by fans when shown on the Safeco Field video screen in the middle of the third inning, about 15 minutes after he had homered. … Guillen struck out four times against Matsuzaka and has struck out in six of his last eight official at-bats in the first two games against Boston.