Hochevar ices Mariners in freezing temperatures

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - With the temperature hovering in the 30s, a steady rain and wind howling up to 24 miles per hour, Luke Hochevar felt right at home.

He held the Seattle Mariners to one hit for seven innings as the Kansas City Royals held on to win 6-5 Friday night.

Royals manager Ned Yost said his hands "were freezing" while making a pitching change in the Mariners' three-run ninth.

Ichiro Suzuki led off the game with a double, the only hit Hochevar would allow. Suzuki advanced to third on a Milton Bradley ground out and scored on Jack Cust's fielder's choice grounder.

Hochevar (2-1) retired 16 in a row after walking Luis Rodriguez with two out in the second before exiting after seven innings and 100 pitches.

Jeff Francoeur led the Royals offense with three hits, including a homer, and three RBIs. He homered in the third after Billy Butler, who also had three hits, doubled.

Mariners left-hander Erik Bedard (0-3), who missed all of last season after having his third shoulder surgery in as many years and has not won since June 7, 2009, took the loss.

He gave up five runs and seven hits in 4 2/3 innings. He walked three and struck out six.

Matt Treanor led off the fourth with a home run, giving the Royals a 4-1 lead. Bedard has given up six home runs in 13 2/3 innings in three starts.

"There's a lot of fight in these guys," Mariners manager Eric Wedge said. "We've still got to do a much better job with our at-bats. We're in a stretch right now, with our hitting, where it seems like every time we hit a ball hard, it's at somebody, or if we hit a ground ball it's at somebody. We're not finding too many holes right now. But, we can't put our heads down. We have to fight through it. We can't get caught up in what happened last year or what happened yesterday. We have to focus on today."