James Paxton’s status is back on hold in terms of rejoining the Mariners’ rotation. Paxton was scratched from his scheduled Tuesday start after reporting some forearm soreness prior to Monday’s series opener against the Angels. A trip to the disabled list now looms as a possibility.

Kyle Seager doubled twice and drove in four runs as the Seattle Mariners won for the eighth time in nine games, beating the Oakland Athletics 8-4 on Sunday.

Hisashi Iwakuma leads the majors in victories since May 20, and if that seems an arbitrary date, so be it.

Yonder Alonso hit a tiebreaking two-run single in the sixth inning off rookie Joe Wieland and the Oakland Athletics beat Seattle 6-3 on Friday night to end the Mariners’ six-game winning streak.

The Mariners have their mantra.

There was little to separate Felix Hernandez and Detroit’s Justin Verlander over the first seven innings Tuesday at Safeco Field.

You really do have to stick around with these Mariners.

SEATTLE — Hisashi Iwakuma dazzled Detroit for seven innings Monday with an array of movement and control before the Mariners turned up the heat with Arquimedes Caminero and Edwin Diaz. It was a potent mix, and it produced a 3-0 victory over the Tigers in the opener to a three-game series at Safeco Field.

Before Monday’s game, the Seattle Mariners held a moment of silence for former Mariners reliever Rob Ramsay, who died last week. He was 42.

James Paxton took a four-hitter into ninth inning before he was forced from the game after being hit on the left arm by a line drive, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-1 on Sunday.