Kawasaki hit lifts Mariners

Good job: Seattle manager Eric Wedge (left) and shortstop Munenori Kawasaki celebrate after the Mariners' 8-6 win over the Angels on Monday. Kawsaki hit a three-run double in the fifth inning. AP

ANAHEIM, California — Munenori Kawasaki had a bases-clearing double in the fifth inning and John Jaso had three hits, leading the Seattle Mariners to an 8-6 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night.

Mariners manager Eric Wedge credited the win to reliever Tom Wilhelmsen.

Wilhelmsen retired Albert Pujols and Mark Trumbo with the tying runs on second and third in the eighth inning.

"When you're facing those two hitters in that situation, you can't ask for anything more," Wedge said. "He did a great job of making them work and then he had to finish it off in the ninth. It was a great performance by Tom."

The Angels had cut the Mariners' 8-4 lead to two runs and Pujols coming up with one out in the eighth. Wedge replaced Shawn Kelley with Wilhelmsen.

Pujols hit a comebacker to the mound and John Hester got caught in a rundown between third and home and was tagged out. Hester kept the rundown going long enough to allow Pujols to reach second.

Wilhelmsen then struck out Trumbo, the cleanup hitter. Wilhelmsmen pitched a scoreless ninth for his first career save.

Kyle Seager homered and Seattle had 10 hits overall.

Mariners starter Jason Vargas (7-4) gave up four runs and nine hits in 5? innings. He struck out a season-best eight.

Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki finished 0-for-5.

Athletics 12, Rangers 1

In Oakland, rookie Jarrod Parker held Texas hitless until the eighth inning and Brandon Inge drove in four runs in the Athletics' eight-run second inning.

Twins 10, Royals 7

In Kansas City, Justin Morneau and Josh Willingham each hit two-run homers, Trevor Plouffe also went deep and Minnesota held off the Royals.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Cardinals 5, Mets 4

In New York, Allen Craig hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning and St. Louis found a bit of missing pop, stopping its season-worst losing streak at five.

Giants 3, Cubs 2

In San Francisco, Ryan Vogelsong won his fourth straight decision, Buster Posey scored the go-ahead run on a double-play grounder in the seventh inning and the Giants beat Chicago for a four-game sweep.

Dodgers 4, Phillies 3

In Philadelphia, Elian Herrera hit a tiebreaking RBI single off Jonathan Papelbon in the ninth.

Rockies 4, Diamondbacks 0

In Phoenix, Colorado rookie Christian Friedrich pitched four-hit ball for seven innings in the best outing of his young career and the Rockies won for the seventh time in eight games.

SECAUCUS NEW JERSEY — Carlos Correa was all smiles when he heard his name announced, knowing he had made hometown history at the baseball draft.

The Houston Astros selected the 17-year-old slugging shortstop with the No. 1 pick Monday night, making him the first player from Puerto Rico to lead off the draft.

"This means a lot," Correa said from the draft site at MLB Network studios. "We've got a lot of good players there."

Correa, however, is the only one to be drafted first from an island that has produced its share of baseball royalty: Roberto Clemente, Ivan Rodriguez, Carlos Beltran, Carlos Delgado, Juan Gonzalez and Bernie Williams.

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