Mariners Get by Rangers

A groundball single, a bunt and a bloop single produced another “little ball” victory for the Seattle Mariners.

Dan Wilson’s RBI single with one out in the 10th inning lifted the Mariners to a 3-2 victory Saturday night over the Texas Rangers.

Randy Winn greeted reliever Ugueth Urbina (0-4) with a single just inside the foul line, eluding the glove of first baseman Rafael Palmeiro to open the 10th.

Winn went to second on Jeff Cirillo’s sacrifice bunt and raced home on Wilson’s bloop single over the head of second baseman Michael Young.

Wilson wasn’t looking to crush the ball; he was simply trying to advance Winn.

“I’m trying to drive in the run and get the ball to the outfield any way I can,” Wilson said. “It wasn’t pretty but it did the job.”

That’s the kind of game Manager Bob Melvin favors, and it helped the Mariners to a 55-31 record, best in the majors.

“Everyone contributed tonight,” Melvin said. “Our guys give themselves up to produce runs. We didn’t knock anyone over with our bats but we got just enough.”

Rookie Rafael Soriano (1-0) pitched a scoreless ninth for his first major league victory.

Shigetoshi Hasegawa got three outs for his third save, retiring Alex Rodriguez, Palmeiro and Juan Gonzalez in order.

Mariner starter Jamie Moyer gave up two runs and nine hits over 6 2/3 innings the day before he finds out whether he’ll get his first All-Star selection.

“When you feel like I did tonight, you don’t want to come out,” said Moyer, the staff leader with 11 victories.