Ken Griffey Jr. awakened the slumping Mariners with a game-winning, pinch-hit single to cap Seattle’s three-run rally off A.L. saves leader Kevin Gregg in the ninth with a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday.

SEATTLE — Brett Cecil pitched into the seventh inning and Kevin Gregg hung on for the save Wednesday night as the Toronto Blue Jays beat Seattle 3-2, sending the Mariners to their fifth straight loss.

OAKLAND, Calif. — Kurt Suzuki’s RBI single with two outs in the 10th inning lifted the Oakland Athletics to a 6-5 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night.

OAKLAND, Calif. – By most accounts, Ryan Rowland-Smith was pitching for his rotational life Monday against the Oakland A’s. If so, his demise came quickly. Rowland-Smith lasted just 22/3 incendiary innings as the A’s blasted the Mariners, 8-4, at the Oakland Coliseum.

OAKLAND, Calif.—By most accounts, Ryan Rowland-Smith was pitching for his rotational life Monday against the Oakland A's.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.– In the aftermath of yet another one-run loss, Mike Sweeney shrugged off suggestions his lower back was too sore to play and insisted he was available when needed. But the taped-up medicinal patch on Sweeney’s back, visible as he pulled off his Mariners jersey in preparation for a post-game shower, was a clear indicator his manager may have been less than comfortable using him to pinch hit. The question of Sweeney’s availability arose in the aftermath of this 2-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday when manager Don Wakamatsu allowed .200-hitting utility infielder Josh Wilson to bat with one on and one out in the ninth. Wilson popped out to first base. The rest was explained by the team’s woefully short bench as Seattle’s only healthy catcher, Josh Bard, called up from Triple-A earlier in the day, popped out foul to the opposing catcher to end the game.

Willy Aybar homered leading off the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the baseball-best Tampa Bay Rays a 3-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday.