Beltre's 2 homers lead Mariners past Rangers 7-5

Seattle Mariners Adrian Beltre follows through on a solo home run in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Monday, July 28, 2008. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

ARLINGTON, Texas—Adrian Beltre homered twice, including the go-ahead shot in the eighth inning, to lead the Seattle Mariners past the short-handed Texas Rangers 7-5 Monday night.

Rangers All-Star shortstop Michael Young could miss up to a week with a small fracture on his right ring finger, which he apparently suffered diving back to first base on a pickoff attempt in the first inning. He is expected to be out of the lineup five to seven days.

Texas was already without third baseman Hank Blalock, who was scratched before the game with an upset stomach.

Beltre, reportedly one of a handful of Mariners players who could be traded at the deadline Thursday, drove a 1-2 pitch over the center-field fence with one out in the eighth off Frank Francisco (2-3).

Ichiro Suzuki added a sacrifice fly in the ninth.

Sean Green (3-3) earned the win in relief of Felix Hernandez by picking up the final out in the seventh.

The Rangers had runners on second and third with one out in the eighth, but failed to score. Catcher Kenji Johjima picked Ramon Vazquez off third, and Arthur Rhodes struck out Josh Hamilton to end the threat.

Brandon Morrow pitched the ninth for his 10th save in 12 chances.

Raul Ibanez and rookie Bryan LaHair hit solo homers for the Mariners, who have won two in a row after snapping a seven-game losing streak.

The Rangers tied the game at 5 in the seventh on David Murphy's RBI single.

Hernandez allowed six hits and four runs over six innings. He struck out six and walked four.

Texas starter Scott Feldman allowed five runs and eight hits in six innings. He struck out four and walked one.

Beltre got the Mariners going with a three-run homer off Feldman. Beltre has two multi-homer games this season and 18 in his career.

Young hit an RBI single, and Murphy added a run-scoring groundout to cut Seattle's lead to 3-2 in the first. While running the bases, Young was shaking his hand, then he fielded a grounder in the top half of the second before leaving the game.

LaHair's first big league homer gave Seattle a 4-2 lead in the second.

The Rangers got within 4-3 in the third on Milton Bradley's RBI grounder. They tied the game at 4 on Ian Kinsler's RBI double in the fourth.

Ibanez, another Mariner reportedly on the trade block, hit a solo blast in the sixth to put Seattle ahead 5-4.

Notes:@ Suzuki moved within one hit of 3,000 for his professional career. He had 1,278 hits playing in Japan and 1,721 with the Mariners. Suzuki was 1-for-4. ... Mariners second baseman Jose Lopez extended his hitting streak to 15 games with two hits. ... Hamilton was 1-for-5 and is 8-for-39 since the All-Star break. ... The game-time temperature was 101 degrees.