SEATTLE — Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 625th homer, a two-run drive off Vin Mazzaro, and the Seattle Mariners opened a key 10-game homestand with a 3-1 win over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night.
Jose Lopez hit a solo homer in the third, his career-high 18th, then was plunked on the hip by a fastball from Mazzaro to open the fifth. With the count 1-1, Mazzaro tried to sneak a fastball past the aging slugger.
Griffey, instead, made Mazzaro his 403rd home run victim in his 21st season, hitting a 384-foot shot into the right-center field seats for his 14th homer of the season and his second in two games.
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