SEATTLE -AP- Hisashi Iwakuma pitched a career-high 8 2/3 innings, and Kyle Seager and Robinson Cano homered to lift the Seattle Mariners to a 6-2 win over the Oakland Athletics on Saturday night.Iwakuma fanned five of the first six batters he retired en route to eight strikeouts overall. The right-hander allowed five hits and faced the minimum in all but three innings. 
In his last three starts, Iwakuma is 3-0 with a 0.42 ERA (3 earned runs in 21 2/3 innings), 25 strikeouts and no walks.Brandon Moss' two-out, two-run home run off Iwakuma in the ninth snapped his 20-inning scoreless streak.Seager's fifth-inning home run -- a two-run shot -- was his 15th of the season, and 13th at Safeco Field. His 42 RBIs in 47 home games leads the American League.Cano's ninth-inning, three-run home run was his seventh of the season, and gave the Mariners a 6-0 lead.Oakland starter Jesse Chavez allowed three runs on a career-high 10 hits. He walked two and struck out six in 5 2/3 innings.Dustin Ackley gave the Mariners a 1-0 lead in the second with a single that scored Corey Hart from second. Hart came within feet of hitting a home run, but the ball caromed off the top of the wall in left-center field, and the Seattle designated hitter settled for a double.A's left fielder Yoenis Cespedes threw out Willie Bloomquist trying to score from second in the eighth. It was Cespedes' major league-leading 11th outfield assist this year, and his 30th since 2012.
In his last three starts, Iwakuma is 3-0 with a 0.42 ERA (3 earned runs in 21 2/3 innings), 25 strikeouts and no walks.Brandon Moss' two-out, two-run home run off Iwakuma in the ninth snapped his 20-inning scoreless streak.Seager's fifth-inning home run -- a two-run shot -- was his 15th of the season, and 13th at Safeco Field. His 42 RBIs in 47 home games leads the American League.Cano's ninth-inning, three-run home run was his seventh of the season, and gave the Mariners a 6-0 lead.Oakland starter Jesse Chavez allowed three runs on a career-high 10 hits. He walked two and struck out six in 5 2/3 innings.Dustin Ackley gave the Mariners a 1-0 lead in the second with a single that scored Corey Hart from second. Hart came within feet of hitting a home run, but the ball caromed off the top of the wall in left-center field, and the Seattle designated hitter settled for a double.A's left fielder Yoenis Cespedes threw out Willie Bloomquist trying to score from second in the eighth. It was Cespedes' major league-leading 11th outfield assist this year, and his 30th since 2012.
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