Mariners finally beat A’s

SEATTLE – Ichiro Suzuki had five hits and scored the winning run, and the Seattle Mariners snapped a 15-game losing streak against Oakland with a 10-9 victory in 10 innings Monday night that kept the Athletics’ magic number at two for clinching the AL West title.

Willie Bloomquist lined an RBI single with two outs in the 10th to give the Mariners a comeback win after they rallied from a 9-3 deficit. They scored three times in the ninth against closer Huston Street to tie it.

On the cusp of their first division title since 2003, the A’s have lost three straight.

Their magic number remained at two because the Los Angeles Angels beat Texas 8-3. Oakland leads the second-place Angels by five games with six to play.

Suzuki opened the 10th with his fifth hit, a season high. He advanced to second when a pickoff attempt by Kiko Calero (3-2) ricocheted off his left shoulder blade and into an out-of-play camera well.

Adrian Beltre lined out to center and pinch-hitter Rene Rivera struck out. Calero then intentionally walked Raul Ibanez to get to Bloomquist, who entered as a pinch-runner for Richie Sexson in the ninth.

Seattle finished with a season-high 21 hits — seven for extra bases. J.J. Putz (4-1) pitched two scoreless innings for the win.

Street gave up three runs in the ninth for his 10th blown save in 46 chances. The Mariners got four consecutive hits to start the inning, cutting the score to 9-7 and loading the bases with none out.

Street then struck out Ben Broussard before Jose Lopez hit a sacrifice fly. Greg Dobbs’ RBI single tied it at 9.

Ibanez homered and drove in four runs for the Mariners, including a run-scoring single in the ninth that gave him 121 RBIs. Ibanez and Sexson had four hits apiece. Sexson hit his 33rd homer, off starter Esteban Loaiza in the second.

The A’s broke a 3-3 tie with two runs in the fourth off Cesar Jimenez and added four more against fellow rookie Travis Chick in the fifth.