All smiles for Seager-led Mariners

TORONTO (AP) - Smiling wide after his first major league win, Erasmo Ramirez was on a mission to track down a memento from his milestone moment.

Kyle Seager homered and came within a triple of the cycle, Ramirez pitched seven sharp innings and the Seattle Mariners beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Tuesday night.

"Erasmo pitched a fantastic ballgame," Mariners manager Eric Wedge said. "He did a great job with his fastball, mixed in his changeup as the game wore on and had a good breaking ball."

Starting for the first time since June 30, Ramirez (1-2) allowed two runs and six hits, setting down nine straight at one stretch. He walked one and struck out six.

"I was so happy with the last out, the 27th," Ramirez said. "I was waiting for that since I got here."

Ramirez, however, was still waiting for one more thing: an important keepsake.

"I went looking for the lineup," he said. "I don't know where it is, but I'm going to find it."

Four relievers combined to work the eighth and Tom Wilhelmsen closed it for his 25th save in 28 chances as Seattle snapped a three-game losing streak.

Seager went 3 for 5. He had an RBI single in the first, doubled and scored in the third and homered in the fifth, his 18th.

"He's had big hits at big times for us," Wedge said of Seager, who leads the team with 81 RBIs.

The victory was Seattle's 68th, one more than they had last season. The Mariners finished with 14 hits, five for extra bases.

"We swung the bats really well," Wedge said. "I would like to have seen us put a few more tallies up there, but that doesn't take away from the way we swung the bats. We had a lot of hits and a lot of hard outs."