By Herald wire services Friday, August 8, 2008 - Added 6m ago Raul Ibanez lined a pitch from Dan Wheeler inside the right-field foul pole, Seattle’s first game-ending home run in its lost season, and the Mariners beat the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays, 2-1, last night in Seattle. Ibanez’ fourth career walkoff home run prompted a wild, on-field celebration by the team with the AL’s worst record. On-deck batter Adrian Beltre threw his batting helmet into the air the moment the ball left the bat of Ibanez, who has 16 RBI in his last five games. Tampa Bay began a season-long, 10-game road trip by losing for just the second time in nine games, trimming its division lead to 2 _½ games over the idle Red Sox [team stats] and 5 _½ over the Yankees. The Rays dropped to 23-29 on the road, where 29 of its final 48 games will be played....
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