Guthrie terrific in Baltimore Orioles' 3-1 victory SEATTLE, WA (wesm) - (AP) Jeremy Guthrie retired 26 of the final 28 batters he faced in his first career complete game, allowing just four hits in the Baltimore Orioles' 3-1 win over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday night.

Guthrie (8-8) overcame a rocky start to win for the sixth time in his last seven decisions, tossing the Orioles' third complete game this season. His previous career best was 8 1-3 innings against Boston last year.

Guthrie allowed one-out doubles to Jeremy Reed and Raul Ibanez in the first and walked Adrian Beltre before settling into a groove. He set down 22 of the next 23 batters after Beltre reached, taking advantage of Seattle's impatience at the plate.

Guthrie's only hiccup during the impressive stretch was an infield single by Jose Vidro in the fourth that easily could have been ruled an error on second baseman Brian Roberts.

Guthrie didn't help himself in the eighth. With two outs, Ichiro Suzuki laid down a perfect bunt to the third-base side of home plate. Guthrie rushed the throw and whipped the ball into the seats down the first-base line, moving Suzuki to second.

But Guthrie regrouped, getting Reed to fly out to end the inning.

Guthrie threw 24 pitches in the first inning including 14 balls then tossed just 81 over the next eight innings. Jay Payton finished the game with a leaping catch of Jose Lopez's drive against the left-field wall.

Lopez went 0-for-4, ending his 19-game hitting streak.

Aubrey Huff extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a pair of singles, including a two-out base hit in the seventh that scored Adam Jones and gave Guthrie a little cushion. Jones, traded from Seattle to Baltimore in the Erik Bedard deal, had three hits and scored twice.

Melvin Mora had an RBI double in the first inning and Ramon Hernandez singled in a run in the fourth for the Orioles, who have won five of six.

Felix Hernandez (7-7) was fortunate to last five innings for Seattle, giving up just two runs. He allowed at least one runner to reach second in four of his five innings and went to a three-ball count on eight of the 25 batters he faced. Hernandez also escaped a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the fifth, striking out Mora and coaxing Luke Scott into an inning-ending groundout.

Hernandez allowed eight hits, losing for just the second time since May 26.

Notes:@ Bedard is expected to throw on the field Sunday for the first time since going on the disabled list July 10 with a tight left shoulder. ... Seattle called up LHP Jake Woods from Triple-A Tacoma to take the roster spot of Arthur Rhodes, who was traded to Florida on Thursday. Woods pitched the ninth inning for Seattle.
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