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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) \u2014 Yandy Diaz had a career-high five hits to lead the Tampa Bay Rays to a 9-4 win over the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night, completing a three-game series sweep.<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay Rays 9, Seattle Mariners 4: Box Score<\/a><\/p>\n

The Rays (70-69) matched a season high by winning their sixth straight game. Tampa Bay added the Seattle sweep to its three wins over the Washington Nationals for its first consecutive series sweeps since opening 2023 with four straight.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

With the win, Tampa Bay moved within 2\u00bd games of the last American League wild-card spot.<\/p>\n

Diaz had four singles and a double for the 11th five-hit game in franchise history. The Rays had a season-high 19 hits and six players had multi-hit games.<\/p>\n

Adrian Houser (8-4) allowed four runs in seven innings and finished with eight strikeouts and a walk.<\/p>\n

Seattle (73-67) has lost five of six and 14 of 20.<\/p>\n

Mariners right-hander George Kirby (8-7) lasted just two innings, the shortest start of his career. He allowed a season-high eight runs, seven earned, on 10 hits, with one strikeout and a hit batter. Five of the first six Rays batters reached in the first inning, producing four runs.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay sent nine batters to the plate in the second and scored four more runs on five hits and a passed ball to chase Kirby.<\/p>\n

Cal Raleigh drove in his 109th run with a single, and Julio Rodriguez hit his 28th home run, a three-run shot in the sixth, for Seattle.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Key moment<\/p>\n

After retiring leadoff hitter Chandler Simpson, Kirby gave up five straight hits as Tampa Bay built a 4-0 lead in the first.<\/p>\n

Key stat<\/p>\n

Diaz went 5 for 5 with a double and four singles, the Rays\u2019 first five-hit game since Tommy Pham in 2020.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Seattle\u2019s Logan Gilbert (4-6, 3.73 ERA) will face Atlanta\u2019s Chris Sale (5-4, 2.45) in a series opener Friday.<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay\u2019s Ryan Pepiot (10-10, 3.70) will face Cleveland\u2019s Gavin Williams (9-5, 3.26) Thursday.<\/p>\n

Seattle Mariners news and analysis<\/p>\n

\u2022 Drayer: Struggling Seattle Mariners acknowledge \u2018the ball is in our court\u2019<\/a>
\u2022 Mariners add one reliever, lose another through waivers<\/a>
\u2022\u00a0Cal Raleigh hits 51st homer, closes in on more records<\/a>
\u2022\u00a0With Lou Piniella watching, Mariners manager Dan Wilson gets ejected<\/a>
\u2022\u00a0It\u2019s time the scuffling Seattle Mariners shake up their batting order<\/a><\/p>\n

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