Mariners Power Past Streaking Brewers

Paul Sorrento drove in six runs with a grand slam and a double, and Ken Griffey Jr., Russ Davis, Rob Ducey and Edgar Martinez also homered Saturday night to lead the Seattle Mariners in a 14-4 rout of Milwaukee, which ended the Brewers’ nine-game winning streak.

“Junior and Sorrento had big nights offensively,” Seattle Manager Lou Piniella said. “And the rest of these guys all pitched in also. Hopefully this will get us started.”

The victory ended the Brewers’ longest winning streak since 1987 as well as Seattle’s four-game losing streak.

Steve Woodard (1-1), a rookie right-hander, lost control after a 12-strikeout major league debut Monday that tied an American League record set in 1915. In two innings, Woodard gave up six runs on seven hits, including a two-run double to Sorrento in the first and a two-run homer to Griffey in the second.

“I just didn’t have it today,” said Woodard, who pitched eight innings of one-hit ball Monday to beat his idol, Roger Clemens, and the Toronto Blue Jays, 1-0. “You’ve seen my high and how you’ve seen my low. Hopefully there’s a medium out there.”

Jeff Fassero (10-6) gave up two runs on nine hits and struck out seven in six innings.

Griffey’s 33rd homer gave him 100 runs batted in for the fifth time in his career, the earliest he reached that mark.