Mariners Extend Win Streak

Alex Rodriguez, Ken Griffey Jr. and Edgar Martinez hit consecutive home runs on four pitches in the third inning--and Paul Sorrento also homered--to power the Seattle Mariners to a 9-2 victory over Oakland, extending their club-record winning streak to 10 games.

The Mariners remained one game behind first-place Texas in the AL West and half a game behind Baltimore in the wild-card race.

Seattle’s four homers in the third tied a team record, and with five home runs and a triple, the Mariners set a major-league record with 583 extra-base hits in a season. They eclipsed the mark of 580 set by the 1936 New York Yankees.

Rodriguez hit his 36th homer against Dave Telgheder (3-7) and Griffey followed with his 47th. Two pitches later, Martinez hit his 26th as the Mariners equaled the club mark set in 1983, also against Oakland.