White Sox lose seventh in a row

SEATTLE -- Kenji Johjima hit a tiebreaking RBI single during Seattle’s four-run sixth and the Mariners rallied to beat Chicago, 7-5, Saturday night, handing the White Sox their season-high seventh consecutive loss.

Jeff Weaver (5-10) yielded four runs and five hits in 7 2/3 innings for the Mariners, who moved to within two games of the West Division-leading Angels. Seattle also kept its half-game lead over the New York Yankees in the wild-card race.

Chicago led, 3-0, early but committed two errors and Ehren Wassermann threw a wild pitch in the sixth. Jim Thome homered twice.

Raul Ibanez’s run-scoring single in the fourth cut it to 3-1 and Seattle pushed across two more runs in the fifth to tie it.

Jose Guillen came up with runners on second and third and two outs and hit a two-hopper toward third baseman Josh Fields. On the second hop, Fields had to duck to avoid being hit as the ball spun into left field. Jose Lopez and Yuniesky Betancourt score to make it 3-3.

Johjima’s run-scoring single in the sixth put Seattle in front. Richie Sexson scored on an error by center fielder Jerry Owens, Jose Vidro singled in a run and Ichiro Suzuki scored on Wassermann’s wild pitch.