SEATTLE -- Wade Miley pitched his first career shutout and Kyle Seager and Seth Smith hit home runs as the Mariners clinched their fifth straight series victory with a 6-0 win over the Royals on Saturday at Safeco Field.
The Mariners have won eight of their past 10 games and sit a half-game back of Texas in the American League West race at 13-10, while the Royals have lost five straight for the first time since May 1-5, 2014, in falling to 12-11.
Miley evened his record at 2-2 with by far his best start for the Mariners, allowing five hits with no walks and four strikeouts and lowering his ERA to 5.