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M”s suffer 3rd straight loss

Home runs were part of the undoing of Seattle starting pitcher Ryan Franklin again Monday. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
Jim Cour Associated Press
Home runs were part of the undoing of Seattle starting pitcher Ryan Franklin again Monday. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

SEATTLE – Jarrod Washburn pitched four-hit ball into the eighth inning and the Los Angeles Angels got two-run homers from Steve Finley and Garret Anderson in a 5-0 win over the Seattle Mariners Monday night.

Making his sixth start of the season, Washburn (2-0) walked three and struck out five in 72/3 innings to lower his ERA to 2.72. He has allowed only one run in his last two starts, spanning 151/3 innings.

After four no-decisions, Washburn has won his last two starts.

The left-hander came out after walking Ichiro Suzuki and giving up a ground-rule double to Randy Winn. Brendan Donnelly retired Adrian Beltre to end the inning, then finished the four-hitter.

The Safeco Field crowd of 24,184 didn’t have much to cheer about as the Mariners lost their third in a row, but they chanted “Ichiro! Ichiro!” in the seventh after the four-time Gold Glove winner climbed the right-field wall and robbed Anderson of another home run.

The fans gave Suzuki a standing ovation after the inning, and Seattle pitcher Julio Mateo gave him a high-five in the dugout.

The Mariners are 4-8 at Safeco this season after losing 99 games overall in 2004.

Finley, mired in a 4-for-38 slump and 0-for-14 coming into the game, gave the Angels a 2-0 lead in the fourth with his fifth homer of the season. It came off Ryan Franklin (1-4) after Anderson walked.

Anderson made it 4-0 in the fifth when he sent a 408-foot shot to right after Franklin hit Orlando Cabrera. Juan Rivera added an RBI single for the Angels in the inning.

Franklin lost his fourth straight start. In five innings, he allowed five runs, five hits and five walks. Franklin, who gave up 33 homers last season when he had a 4-16 record, has given up six this season.

The Mariners are 1-7 against left-handed starters, tying them with Cleveland for the worst record in the majors.

The Mariners have been outhomered 28-16 this season and were shut out for the second time. It was the Angels’ third shutout win.

Washburn is 8-7 against the Mariners lifetime while Franklin is 5-6 against the Angels.