Seattle’s Joel Pineiro throws a three-hitter.
By The Associated Press

SEATTLE – Joel Pineiro pitched a career-best three-hitter to win his seventh straight decision, leading the Seattle Mariners over the Texas Rangers 4-0 Saturday.

Pineiro (12-5) struck out seven and walked two in his third career shutout and second this season. He beat Minnesota 6-0 with a four-hitter on May 30.

Ichiro Suzuki hit an RBI single and Bret Boone had a sacrifice fly for the AL West-leading Mariners, who lead the majors with 12 shutouts.

Surprisingly, the powerful Rangers have been blanked nine times, second-most in the majors. The three hits were a season low for Texas.

Colby Lewis (4-6) was recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma earlier in the day to start for the Rangers. He allowed three runs on eight hits in 5 2-3 innings.

Mark McLemore and Randy Winn each had three hits for Seattle. Willie Bloomquist had two hits and scored twice.

Mike Cameron drove home McLemore with the game’s first run in the fourth inning on an RBI groundout.

Orioles 7, Blue Jays 2

TORONTO – Pat Hentgen beat his former team, and Jeff Conine and Melvin Mora homered as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-2 on Saturday.

Former Blue Jays third baseman Tony Batista went 3-for-4 with two runs scored.

Hentgen (3-5) won his second straight start, allowing two runs and five hits, while striking out five and walking two in six innings.

Tigers 5, Royals 1

DETROIT – Jeremy Bonderman took a three-hit shutout into the ninth inning and Ramon Santiago hit a two-run triple as the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 5-1 Saturday night. The Tigers improved to 13-36 at home, winning for the second time in three games overall following a six-game losing streak.

The AL Central-leading Royals have dropped four of six.

Indians 9, Twins 2

CLEVELAND – Rookie Jody Gerut hit a grand slam to highlight Cleveland’s eight-run second inning Saturday night, powering the Indians to a 9-2 win over the Minnesota Twins.

Billy Traber (5-5) made the huge, early lead stand up by holding the Twins to one earned run and six hits in 6 1-3 innings.

The rookie left-hander is 5-1 in six starts at home this season.

The Indians improved to just 2-8 since the All-Star break, and slowed down the Twins, who had finally crawled back to .500 by winning seven of nine in the second half.

Athletics 8, Angels 1

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Rich Harden earned his first major league win and Billy McMillon hit a leadoff homer as the Oakland Athletics beat the Anaheim Angels 8-1 Saturday.

McMillon, Miguel Tejada and Scott Hatteberg had three hits apiece for Oakland. Eric Chavez added a two-run double.

Harden (1-0) allowed a run and seven hits, struck out three and walked one in seven innings.

He gave up one run and four hits over seven innings at Kansas City in his big league debut last Monday.

Devil Rays 10, White Sox 6

CHICAGO – Rocco Baldelli homered and drove in four runs as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays beat the White Sox 10-6 Saturday night, snapping Chicago’s eight-game winning streak.

Aubrey Huff went 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs for the Devil Rays, who won for just the 15th time in 49 road games.

Tampa Bay finished with 15 hits, including a season-high seven doubles.