Weaver silences Mariners

SEATTLE (AP) - Jered Weaver kept the Seattle Mariners silent - just like everyone else has lately.

Weaver kept Seattle hitless into the seventh inning, and Ryan Budde's first career home run was part of the Angels' early attack against Felix Hernandez in an 8-0 victory on Friday night that ended a seven-game losing streak.

Using fastballs early and changeups later, Weaver (4-1) held the first 22 Mariners hitless.

"He made me look a little foolish," Mariners callup Michael Saunders said of an early strikeout, one of seven by Weaver.

With two outs in the seventh, 40-year-old Ken Griffey Jr. sent an 0-1 fastball bouncing through the infield past first baseman Kendry Morales. Weaver allowed one other hit in his 7 1/3 innings.

Juan Rivera and Howie Kendrick also homered off Hernandez (2-3) in a four-run fourth for the Angels. Hernandez lasted just 3 1/3 innings.

"The ballgame was over pretty quick ... especially the way the offense is going," Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu said.

Friday was the first time in Mariners history the team played a game in which each side had a losing streak of at least six games. It was only the sixth time in the major leagues since 1977 that two teams with losing streaks of at least six games met.