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Article: Beltre, Mariners beat Orioles 3-2
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- June 4, 2009
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Franklin Gutierrez tripled with one out in the bottom of the ninth before Adrian Beltre singled him home, sending the Seattle Mariners to a 3-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night.
Gutierrez's drive banged off the top of the wall in left-center just beyond the reach of leaping center fielder Adam Jones. Jim Johnson (2-3) then intentionally walked both Ichiro Suzuki, who had earlier extended his hitting streak to 27 games, and Russell Branyan to load the bases for Beltre.
Johnson fell behind 3-1 on 96 mph fastballs before the crowd of 18,650 stood and roared. On a third 3-2 pitch, Beltre lined a single into left field out of the reach of drawn-in shortstop ...