Mariners snap Yankees’ streak

Ichiro Suzuki hit a two-run double that was misplayed by center fielder Melky Cabrera, and Chris Woodward added two RBIs as the Mariners handed Sabathia (7-5) his second loss in 11 starts.

Gutierrez had three hits and Branyan launched his 20th homer in the ninth inning, a two-run drive off righthander Alfredo Aceves that made it 8-4. It ended a frustrating string for Branyan, who struck out seven straight times in two nights - all against lefties - before drawing a walk from Sabathia in the sixth.

Miguel Batista (5-2) pitched two hitless innings to win in relief of ill starter Jason Vargas, who lasted four innings with flu symptoms.

Mark Lowe worked two scoreless innings before David Aardsma finished.

Hideki Matsui homered and drove in three runs for New York, and Robinson Cano had three hits.

The first pitch was delayed 36 minutes due to threatening storms, though they never brought rain. Sabathia entered 6-1 with a 2.82 ERA in his previous 10 outings, but he struggled right from the start.

Seattle began the second with three well-struck hits off Sabathia, including Gutierrez’s leadoff homer. Woodward, subbing for injured third baseman Adrian Beltre, had a sacrifice fly.

Nick Swisher and Matsui hit sacrifice flies in the bottom half, cutting it to 3-2. Suzuki dropped Matsui’s waist-high liner toward the right-field line, the third error this season for a player who has won eight consecutive Gold Gloves since arriving from Japan.

Astros 7, Padres 2 - Talk about adding a late-inning buzz to a ballgame. Houston won in San Diego, but only after waiting out a 52-minute delay in the top of the ninth inning caused when a swarm of bees took over part of left field at Petco Park.

Geoff Blum hit a three-run homer and finished with four RBIs. The Astros won three of four against the Padres.

A beekeeper was called to the downtown ballpark and sprayed a chair and a ballgirl’s jacket that had attracted the bees. Padres president Tom Garfinkel said a few thousand bees attached themselves to a queen bee.

After Joe Thatcher’s first pitch to Miguel Tejada with two outs in the ninth, San Diego’s Kyle Blanks began walking in from left field. Second base umpire Mike Reilly walked toward left to see what was going on.

Angels 5, Orioles 2 - Bobby Abreu hit two home runs and John Lackey (3-3) pitched eight solid innings for host Los Angeles.

The multihomer game was the 14th of Abreu’s career, his first as an Angel. Both his shots to right field came off Baltimore starter Jeremy Guthrie (6-8), who gave up nine hits in seven innings.

Mets 9, Pirates 8 - Ryan Church singled in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning, and visiting New York beat Pittsburgh after overcoming a five-run deficit and then wasting a ninth-inning lead.

Adam LaRoche hit a tying two-run homer in the ninth against Francisco Rodriguez before the Mets rebounded to win the makeup of a June 3 rainout.

White Sox 4, Royals 1 - Mark Buehrle (8-2) was dominant into the ninth inning, allowing six hits and a run, and surging Chicago won in Kansas for its sixth victory in a row.

Now 20-8 lifetime against KC, Buehrle started the ninth with a four-hit shutout but failed to get his first complete game since May 2, 2008, when Alberto Callaspo doubled and scored on David DeJesus’s one-out double.

Braves 5, Phillies 2 - Matt Diaz drove in the go-ahead run with an eighth-inning double and Atlanta beat Philadelphia to complete its first home sweep of the Phillies in four years.

Reds 3, Diamondbacks 2 - Joey Votto singled with the bases loaded and two outs in the 10th inning, and host Cincinnati ended an afternoon of wasted chances by beating Arizona.

Cardinals 5, Giants 2 - Todd Wellemeyer (7-7) rebounded from his shortest start of the season with a solid 7 1/3 innings and host St. Louis beat San Francisco.

Cubs 9, Brewers 5 - Derrek Lee hit a grand slam and a three-run homer for a career-high seven RBIs, and Chicago opened an 11-game homestand by beating Milwaukee.