Now Mariners fans have even more reason to celebrate.
Following up a game-one victory in Boston, the Mariners (42-38) secured a series win after a ninth inning blooper off the bat of Chris Woodward landed just shy of the first baseman's glove, scoring the winning run.
Closer David Aardsma finished off the Red Sox, and the Mariners won 3-2 today in Boston.
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Seattle got a strong start from Garrett Olson, who pitched 6.1 innings with two earned runs, four hits, four walks and five strikeouts. Roy Corcoran made a rare appearance in relief and got out all five batters he faced.
Russelll Branyan drove in two of Seattle's runs with a double in the third, in which he was called out going for three, and a sacrifice fly in the third.
The win put an end to the Red Sox' streak of seven-straight series wins. It also puts Seattle at 5-3 on the most difficult road trip of the season with one game to go.
Seattle goes for the sweep at 10:35 a.m. tomorrow in Boston.
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