WASHINGTON -AP- Anthony Rendon hit a three-run homer for his eighth of the season, Tanner Roark allowed a run over seven innings and the Washington Nationals defeated the Seattle Mariners 5-1 on Wednesday night.Rendon has three homers and eight RBI in the Nationals' two victories to open this three-game series.Roark (4-2) completed seven innings for the first time in seven starts and held the Mariners to 1 for 7 with runners in scoring position.Mariners rookie Sam Gaviglio (0-1) allowed all five runs -- one earned -- over six innings as the Mariners lost their fifth straight. 
Seattle's Robinson Cano went 3 for 4, including an RBI single and a double that center fielder Michael Taylor's glove prevented from being a home run.Rendon had gone 12 games without an RBI before the series. But after driving in five runs Tuesday, he drove in three more to help Washington grab a 4-1 lead in the bottom of the first.Trea Turner reached on shortstop Jean Segura's throwing error and scored on Ryan Zimmerman's sacrifice fly. Daniel Murphy doubled and Rendon's two-out shot cleared the fence in left-center by a few feet.Cano's near-home run was pulled back from a similar spot in front of the visitors bullpen in the top of the third. Taylor couldn't secure the ball while crashing into the wall, but Roark stranded Cano at second.Roark allowed eight hits and two walks while striking out eight. He finished with clean innings in the fifth and seventh, striking out his last two batters.
Seattle's Robinson Cano went 3 for 4, including an RBI single and a double that center fielder Michael Taylor's glove prevented from being a home run.Rendon had gone 12 games without an RBI before the series. But after driving in five runs Tuesday, he drove in three more to help Washington grab a 4-1 lead in the bottom of the first.Trea Turner reached on shortstop Jean Segura's throwing error and scored on Ryan Zimmerman's sacrifice fly. Daniel Murphy doubled and Rendon's two-out shot cleared the fence in left-center by a few feet.Cano's near-home run was pulled back from a similar spot in front of the visitors bullpen in the top of the third. Taylor couldn't secure the ball while crashing into the wall, but Roark stranded Cano at second.Roark allowed eight hits and two walks while striking out eight. He finished with clean innings in the fifth and seventh, striking out his last two batters.
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