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Jackson's homer helps Felix to ninth victory

Willie Bloomquist singled off Alex Colome with no outs in the fourth to drive home Seth Smith to give the Mariners a 1-0 lead, while snapping a string of 16 consecutive scoreless innings by the Mariners offense.

Felix Hernandez had accrued 21 consecutive scoreless innings against the Rays -- over his last three starts -- when Kevin Kiermaier tripled with one out in the sixth. Kiermaier then scored on a wild pitch to snap Hernandez's streak and tie the score at 1.

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Smith comes up big The ninth inning hasn't been kind this season to closer Fernando Rodney (6.