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Red Sox hold on to beat Mariners, 9-7

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With the victory, the Red Sox remained seven games behind the New York Yankees in the AL East.

Derek Lowe (8-9) gave up four runs and nine hits in five innings and won for just the second time in six starts. He gave up four runs on nine hits, but two of them were lost in the sun by fielders.

Keith Foulke, who pitched two innings the previous night, got three outs for his 15th save in 20 chances. But the Red Sox had to sweat this one out.

Ichiro Suzuki led off the ninth with his fourth hit and stole second — his career-high fourth, tying a Mariners record. Foulke walked Randy Winn to put runners on first and second with no outs, but then struck out Bret Boone, Edgar Martinez and Bucky Jacobsen to end it.

Willie Bloomquist and Edgar Martinez each had two RBIs for Seattle, which had a season-high 18 hits but tied a club record with 16 left on base.

Ortiz hit his 26th homer, a three-run shot off Joel Pineiro (5-11), and Ramirez followed with his 27th — a 430-foot solo shot to center — in the fourth to give the Red Sox an 8-1 lead.

Trot Nixon hit a two-run single, and Mark Bellhorn and David McCarty each singled in runs in the fourth as Boston equaled its biggest inning of the season.

In his shortest start of the season, Pineiro lasted 3-and-2/3 innings. He gave up eight runs on seven hits and four walks.

Ortiz also had a sacrifice fly in the eighth, and leads the league with 87 RBIs.

The Mariners crept within two runs in the eighth on Martinez's RBI single and Scott Spiezio's fielder's choice, but Jolbert Cabrera flied out against Alan Embree with the bases loaded.

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