Ichiro hits 199th single in M’s win

SEATTLE — Rookie Greg Dobbs’ three-run pinch-hit double started Seattle’s five-run seventh inning, leading the Mariners to a 6-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Friday night.

The loss cut the A’s lead in the A.L. West to one game over Anaheim.

Ichiro Suzuki broke the major league single-season record with his 199th single in the seventh. He bettered the mark of 198 set by Lloyd Waner of Pittsburgh in 1927.

Ichiro went 2 for 4, giving him 235 hits this season — 22 shy of the major league single-season record set by George Sisler of the St. Louis Browns in 1920. The Mariners have 15 games left.

Edgar Martinez got his 1,000th career RBI as a designated hitter, a record for RBIs at the position. Martinez, 41, is retiring at the end of the season.

Ron Villone (6-5) threw two scoreless innings for the win, and J.J. Putz pitched the ninth for his eighth save.

Oakland starter Barry Zito left the game with a 3-1 lead after six innings, but the A’s bullpen, betrayed by two errors by their league-leading defense, couldn’t hold the Mariners.

Chad Bradford (5-6) allowed the Mariners to load the bases when he committed a fielding error on Jolbert Cabrera’s grounder and Miguel Olivo and Jose Lopez singled.

Batting for Willie Bloomquist, Dobbs doubled to center off Ricardo Rincon to drive in three runs and put Seattle ahead 4-3. The hit came on a 3-2 count in his seventh major league game and his 20th major league at-bat.

Dobbs, called up from Triple-A Tacoma on Sept. 6, hit a pinch-hit homer in his major league debut Sept. 8.

Randy Winn singled in a run off Rincon and Martinez added a sacrifice fly off Justin Duchscherer to complete the Mariners’ scoring in the seventh.

Two of the five Seattle runs were unearned as the A’s made two errors. Third baseman Eric Chavez made a throwing error on Winn’s single in the inning, allowing Ichiro to go to third. Ichiro then scored on Martinez’s sacrifice fly.