Tigers tame Mariners, 3-2

SEATTLE — Rick Porcello held the Seattle Mariners to one run and four hits while pitching into the seventh inning, and the Detroit Tigers held on for a 3-2 victory Wednesday. Porcello (1-2) ran into trouble in the seventh, yielding his first walk of the game to Luis Rodriguez along with two wild pitches. Ryan Perry came in and struck out Jack Wilson to end the inning, and Joaquin Benoit worked a routine eighth. Jose Valverde took over in the ninth and yielded a leadoff home run to Adam Kennedy, the first he had allowed in eight appearances. Michael Saunders hit a one-out double moments later, before Valverde struck out pinch-hitter Milton Bradley and Carlos Peguero for his fifth save. Ryan Raburn hit a 408-foot homer to center field in the first inning off Erik Bedard (0-4), and Miguel Cabrera and Brennan Boesch also drove in runs for the Tigers. Detroit has won six of its last nine games after a slow start to the season, while the Mariners lost for the sixth time in eight games. After Raburn gave the Tigers an early lead, Cabrera drove in Austin Jackson in the third with a two-out single to make it 2-0. It was Cabrera’s 19th RBI in 27 games against the Tigers. The Mariners got one back in the third on Ichiro Suzuki’s two-out single to right. The Tigers added another two-out single in the fifth by Boesch, this time driving in Raburn and making it 3-1. Boesch is hitting .405 with nine RBIs in 12 road games. Eric Bedard went just five innings, throwing 95 pitches, for his fourth straight loss. He walked five, two of which would score.