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Franklin (4-15), who hadn't won in 17 starts since June 5, tied a career best by allowing just two hits. He walked two and struck out four while throwing his second career shutout and fourth complete game.

Franklin retired 18 batters in a row before walking Vladimir Guerrero with two out in the ninth.

The Angels fell 51/2 games behind Boston in the American League wild-card race. The Red Sox beat Tampa Bay 8-6. Anaheim began the day two games behind Oakland in the AL West. The Athletics hosted Texas on Wednesday night.

Lackey (12-12) pitched 7 2-3 innings, allowing one run on five hits and two walks. He struck out a career-high 10.

Seattle's run came on Raul Ibanez's RBI single off Francisco Rodriguez with two outs in the eighth.

Ichiro Suzuki started the rally with a single off Lackey's right hip to move within 24 hits of tying the major league single-season record set by Hall of Famer George Sisler in 1920 for the St. Louis Cardinals. Suzuki went 1-for-4 and has 233 hits with 17 games remaining.

Suzuki was forced at second when second baseman Adam Kennedy made a splendid defensive play to stop Randy Winn's groundball from going into the outfield.

Edgar Martinez's single to right sent Winn to third. Rodriguez then replaced Lackey and allowed Ibanez's single on a 1-0 pitch.

In the third, Darin Erstad of the Angels hit his first triple of the season, but was stranded when Guerrero grounded out to end the inning.

Winn, who had a pinch-hit, two-run homer in the seventh in Seattle's 3-2 victory over Anaheim on Tuesday night, singled in his first two at-bats.

Notes: Franklin's 11 straight losses were the second-most in team history. Mike Parrot lost 16 in a row in 1980. ... Franklin's previous shutout was 6-0 over Oakland on July 23, 2003. ... Ibanez started at 1B for the Mariners for only the second time this season. The Mariners' regular LF, he also started at 1B on Sunday.