Johnson Keeps Record Intact By Whiffing 11 Sox Mariners Solve Chicago’s Mastery At Kingdome; Raines Ties Record

Unbeaten Randy Johnson struck out 11 in seven innings Friday and the Seattle Mariners ended a three-game losing streak with a 6-4 victory over the Chicago White Sox.

Edgar Martinez and Tino Martinez homered for the Mariners. Rookie Ray Durham had four hits and drove in three runs for Chicago, which had won three in a row.

Tim Raines of the White Sox tied an American League record with his 32nd consecutive stolen base. He matched the mark shared by Willie Wilson and Julio Cruz; Vince Coleman holds the major league mark with 50.

Johnson (3-0) allowed an RBI single to Durham after a double by Mike Devereaux in the second inning. It was only the third earned run scored against Johnson in four starts this season.

Johnson struck out two-time A.L. MVP Frank Thomas twice and walked him once. Durham had three of the five hits off Johnson.

Durham got his fourth hit, a two-run single, as the White Sox scored three times in the eighth off Bobby Ayala. Bill Risley pitched the ninth for his first save.

The Mariners, who lost nine of 10 games against the White Sox last season, ended an eight-game Chicago winning streak in the Kingdome dating back to May 11, 1993.

Seattle scored three unearned runs against Wilson Alvarez (1-2) in the first after shortstop Craig Grebeck’s throwing error on Rich Amaral’s leadoff grounder. Ken Griffey Jr. singled home Amaral, and Edgar Martinez hit his fourth homer of the season.

In the third, Jay Buhner gave the Mariners a 4-1 lead with a run-scoring single. Edgar Martinez added an RBI double in the fifth, and Tino Martinez homered off Isidro Marquez in the sixth.

For the 31-year-old Johnson, it was the 51st time he’s struck out 10 or more. He walked two.

Notes

Johnson’s ERA went from 0.95 to 1.04. He made 114 pitches, 73 of them strikes… . Ozzie Guillen of the White Sox was ejected by plate umpire Drew Coble in the second for yelling from the dugout about balls and strikes. Guillen wasn’t in the lineup… . Buhner was thrown out twice. He was cut down at the plate trying to score from first on Edgar Martinez’s double in the fifth, and caught at second when he tried to stretch a single in the seventh… . Chris Bosio, the Mariners’ No. 2 starter, will miss Sunday’s turn against Chicago because of a tender right knee. He has had six career knee operations. He will be replaced by Dave Fleming.