Brad Bergesen took a three-hitter into the eighth inning, Luke Scott homered and scored twice, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Mariners 5-2 on Wednesday night.

BALTIMORE — Cliff Lee allowed one run in 7 1-3 innings to earn his first win with Seattle, and the Mariners beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-1 on Tuesday night in a matchup of last-place teams. Ryan Langerhans homered for the Mariners, who have won two straight following an eight-game skid. Seattle is 4-0 against Baltimore and 9-19 against everyone else. Lee (1-1) allowed eight hits, struck out two and walked none. After the left-hander gave up two consecutive singles in the eighth, Brandon League got Miguel Tejada to hit into a double play. League also pitched the ninth to earn his first save. Lee, the 2008 AL Cy Young Award winner, was making his third start with the Mariners since coming off the disabled list after an abdominal strain.

SEATTLE – When Alonzo Powell met the media before Sunday’s game against Los Angeles, the Seattle Mariners’ new hitting coach said he wanted his hitters to keep it simple. He had just driven up from Tacoma, after he received the news that Alan Cockrell had been relieved of his duties, so it didn’t give Powell much time to work with the team. On Day 1 he simply wanted to encourage Seattle hitters to go out, have fun and enjoy their at-bats. Well, with Seattle riding an eight-game losing streak, it was a pair of players Powell worked with at Class AAA Tacoma who did just that, providing the spark that carried the Mariners past the Angels, 8-1, in front of an announced crowd of 28,668 on Mother’s Day.

Albert Belle was one of the most anti-social players imaginable. He could divide a clubhouse and turn a great job into a nightmare for the people charged with supervising him or playing alongside him. He also could hit like few others of his era. Belle’s 1995 season was epic. His second half in 1998, with the Chicago White Sox far from a playoff race, was one of the most impressive displays of hitting, day in and day out, I have seen. There was no mystery to why teams put up with his behavioral issues.