BOSTON — Christian Bergman rebounded from a miserable start with seven shutout innings and the Seattle Mariners halted Boston’s season-high six-game winning streak with a 5-0 victory over the Red Sox on Sunday.
Robinson Cano hit a two-run homer and Guillermo Heredia a solo shot for the Mariners, who averted a three-game sweep with just their second win in nine games. Seattle was shut out the first two games.
Bergman (2-2) allowed four hits, walked two and struck out two. He got a lot of help from his infielders, who turned a double play in each of the first four innings.
Three relievers completed the combined five-hitter, with closer Edwin Diaz getting the final three outs despite two errors by infielders.
Bergman was tagged for 14 hits and 10 runs over four innings in his previous start.
Boston’s Rick Porcello (3-6) gave up 11 hits, but just two runs in 6 1/3 innings.
Seattle finished one off its club record for most double plays turned in a game.
After being shut out for the first 21 innings of the series, the Mariners moved ahead 1-0 in the fourth when Kyle Seager raced home from third after Porcello bounced a pitch that went over catcher Sandy Leon’s right shoulder and onto the screen. Seager had doubled leading off and advanced to third on Danny Valencia’s single.
Heredia homered over the Green Monster in the eighth, and Cano sent his into the center-field bleachers an inning later.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Mariners: RHP Hisashi Iwakuma, on the disabled list with right shoulder inflammation, threw another bullpen session Sunday because he wasn’t happy with one a day earlier.
ROSTER MOVES
Seattle sent Saturday’s losing pitcher, RHP Rob Whalen, to Triple-A Tacoma and brought up RHP Ryne Harper from the same club.
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