M's let one slip away

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Willy Aybar homered leading off the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the baseball-best Tampa Bay Rays a 3-2 victory over the last-place Seattle Mariners on Saturday.

The Rays wiped out a 2-0 deficit in the eighth inning, then won it with Aybar's drive to right-center on a 3-2 pitch from Jesus Colome (0-1).

Seattle starter Jason Vargas limited the Rays to fifth-inning singles by Evan Longoria and Carlos Pena before B.J. Upton and Dioner Navarro singled to begin the eighth.

Mike Sweeney homered for the third straight game, and Ichiro Suzuki had two more hits for Seattle.