SEATTLE — Stunned looks in the dugout. Cold silence in the clubhouse. Shrugged shoulders all around.

Not all game-ending moments go the way of the Rays these days. It only seems like it.

Raul Ibanez lined a hanging pitch from Dan Wheeler (2-5) like a laser inside the right-field foul pole, Seattle's first game-ending home run in its lost season, and the Mariners beat AL East-leading Tampa Bay 2-1 last night.

"Raul hit that ball so hard, it didn't have time to go foul," Seattle manager Jim Riggleman said.

Ibanez didn't have time to comprehend what he'd just done.

"You really don't realize until you are going around the bases what's going on," Ibanez said.

The Rays dropped to 23-29 on the road, where 29 of their final 48 games will be played. The Rays are 45-17 at home, the home-road disparity the biggest in the major leagues. Their division lead was trimmed to 2 1/2 games over idle Boston and 5 1/2 over the New York Yankees.

J.J. Putz (5-4) escaped a first-and-third, one-out situation in the ninth and Felix Hernandez allowed just four hits and one run in eight innings for Seattle, which won for just the fourth time in 57 games when trailing after seven innings.

YANKEES 3, RANGERS 0

Mike Mussina (15-7) gave up eight hits and struck out six in seven innings, and Derek Jeter had three hits and drove in two runs, including a solo homer in the first, as the Yankees salvaged a four-game split at Texas.

TIGERS 8, WHITE SOX 3

Miguel Cabrera and Curtis Granderson homered and Ryan Raburn made a nice catch to shut off a late Chicago rally, helping visiting Detroit snap a six-game skid. Zach Miner (6-4) allowed seven hits and two runs — one earned — in six innings. Fernando Rodney got the final four outs to get his second save.

BLUE JAYS 6, ATHLETICS 4

A.J. Burnett won his fourth straight start and host Toronto extended Oakland's losing streak to 10 games. Joe Inglett drove in the go-ahead run when he was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, helping Toronto finish a four-game sweep. Burnett (14-9) allowed four runs in six innings.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

METS 5, PADRES 3

David Wright hit a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth inning off Heath Bell (6-5) after the New York bullpen blew another late lead for Johan Santana, lifting the host Mets over San Diego. Santana, just 9-7 in his first season with the Mets, left with a 3-1 lead in the eighth. It was the sixth time in 24 starts this season that the bullpen cost him a potential win.

MARLINS 3, PHILLIES 0

Chris Volstad (3-2) gave up three hits and walked four in six innings and Kevin Gregg finished for his 25th save in 31 chances helping visiting Florida take two of three from the NL East leaders.

BRAVES 6, DIAMONDBACKS 4

Mark Kotsay homered and Charlie Morton (3-5) threw seven shutout innings to help visiting Atlanta win for the fourth time in 13 games. The Diamondbacks, who have lost two straight, saw their lead in the NL West slip to 1 1/2 games.

DODGERS 4, CARDINALS 1

Clayton Kershaw (2-3) allowed three singles and four walks, while matching his season best with seven strikeouts in seven innings and Manny Ramirez homered for the fourth time in six games with the Dodgers, who averted a three-game sweep at St. Louis.

NATIONALS SWEEP DOUBLEHEADER

Lastings Milledge homered twice in the opener and finished the day with five hits and five RBIs to help Washington sweep a doubleheader from host Colorado by identical 6-3 scores.

ASTROS 7, REDS 4

Hunter Pence hit a three-run homer and Roy Oswalt (9-8) improved to 21-1 against host Cincinnati as Houston sent the Reds to their third straight loss.