Red Sox 7, Mariners 6, 10 innings



Red Sox 7, Mariners 6, 10 innings
BOSTON (AP) -- Kevin Millar hit a game-winning double off the glove of leaping center fielder Mike Cameron with two outs in the 10th inning, sending the Boston Red Sox over the Seattle Mariners 7-6 Saturday.
Boston won its third in a row and sent the AL West-leading Mariners to their season-high fourth straight loss.
After Seattle tied it on Cameron's RBI single with two outs in the ninth, Boston bounced back.
Damian Jackson singled with one out against Kazuhiro Sasaki (1-2), then Arthur Rhodes relieved and retired David Ortiz on a popup.
Millar followed with a deep fly to left-center and Cameron almost made yet another sensational catch. The Gold Glover jumped in front of the Green Monster, but the ball popped out of his mitt and bounced off the wall as Cameron banged into it.
Jackson scored easily as the Red Sox celebrated. Boston began the day tied with Oakland for the wild-card lead.
Mike Timlin (5-4) pitched one hitless inning for the win.
The Mariners fell to 1-4 on a road trip that ends Monday at Fenway Park. The AL West leaders have their longest losing streak since a six-game skid last Sept. 9-14.
Seattle rallied in the ninth to tie it at 6. With two outs, Mark McLemore hit a long drive that got over right fielder Trot Nixon's head as he battled the sun, and the ball landed on the warning track for a double.
Cameron followed with an RBI single off Byung-Hyun Kim, who has blown three of 13 save chances since being traded from Arizona to Boston.
Ortiz hit a tying home run in the seventh and Jason Varitek added an RBI single later in the inning as Boston took a 6-5 lead.
Mark McLemore had three hits and drove in three runs for Seattle. John Olerud had three hits and scored twice.
The Mariners took a 5-4 lead in the fourth on sacrifice flies by Ben Davis and McLemore.
Seattle starter Freddy Garcia struggled with his control over five innings, allowing four runs and six hits with six walks. Last Sunday, he held the Red Sox to four hits and one run over 7 2-3 innings in a 3-1 win.
After Boston took a 1-0 lead in the first on Todd Walker's RBI double, Seattle came back with three runs in the second off John Burkett. John Mabry hit an RBI double and McLemore had a two-run single.
Nixon and Bill Mueller hit consecutive homers in the bottom of the second, making it 3-all.
The Red Sox moved ahead 4-3 in the third when McLemore made a wild throw while trying to turn a double play.
Seattle manager Bob Melvin was ejected by home plate umpire Jim Wolf in the fourth. Melvin was arguing balls and strikes from the dugout when Wolf looked over and tossed him.
Notes: It was the 11th time Boston has hit consecutive homers this season. ... Manny Ramirez was part of a strange pickoff play in the third. Running on a 3-2 pitch to Ortiz with no outs -- on what was ball four -- Ramirez slid into second. When he got up to retrieve his helmet that flew off, he was tagged out by McLemore, the shortstop. ... Mariners RF Ichiro Suzuki was out of the starting lineup for a day of rest. He grounded out as a pinch-hitter in the ninth and stayed in the game. ... Both teams were issued warnings by Wolf after Burkett's pitch sailed behind Randy Winn in the fifth. Garcia threw one over the head of Ramirez in the previous inning. ... The Mariners have committed errors in a season-high four straight games.