SEATTLE (AP) -- James Paxton stretched his scoreless streak to a career-best 20 innings, and the Seattle Mariners defeated the Boston Red Sox 5-0 Sunday.Paxton (2-2) allowed five hits in eight innings, struck out two and walked two, and Carson Smith pitched a perfect ninth.Miller snagged a hard hit groundball at shortstop from Dustin Pedroia to strand Blake Swihart at third base in the third inning. Swihart hit an inning-ending grounder with runners at second and third in the seventh inning. 
Brad Miller homered for the third time in two games, and Kyle Seager added a two-run drive in the eighth.Steven Wright (1-1), starting in place of injured Justin Masterson, gave up three runs - two earned - and five hits in five innings.Consecutive singles from Seager and Logan Morrison put runners on the corners with no outs in the second inning. Seager scored from third on a passed ball off Swihart's mask that went to the backstop, and Mike Zunino hit a two-out RBI single beyond the outstretched glove of Pedroia at shortstop.Miller homered just inside the right field foul pole in the fifth for a 3-0 lead, his fourth home run in five games.After Nelson Cruz walked in the eighth, Seager homered on the first pitch from Craig Breslow.
Brad Miller homered for the third time in two games, and Kyle Seager added a two-run drive in the eighth.Steven Wright (1-1), starting in place of injured Justin Masterson, gave up three runs - two earned - and five hits in five innings.Consecutive singles from Seager and Logan Morrison put runners on the corners with no outs in the second inning. Seager scored from third on a passed ball off Swihart's mask that went to the backstop, and Mike Zunino hit a two-out RBI single beyond the outstretched glove of Pedroia at shortstop.Miller homered just inside the right field foul pole in the fifth for a 3-0 lead, his fourth home run in five games.After Nelson Cruz walked in the eighth, Seager homered on the first pitch from Craig Breslow.
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