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Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E  Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 10 1  Rangers 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 7 0

Rodriguez's home run tied him for the 8th-highest number of homers hit in a single season in AL history. Babe Ruth accomplished the feat in 1920 and 1928. Mickey Mantle hit 54 in 1961.

Rodriguez also leads the Majors with 132 RBIs.

As for Lewis (2-2), he allowed six hits in seven strong innings. His first blemish came with two outs in the seventh inning, when former Rangers outfielder Ruben Sierra deposited a pitch over the wall in left field to cut the Texas lead to 3-1.

Lewis was replaced by Danny Kolb after walking Mike Cameron to lead off the eighth inning. Cameron scored to cut the Rangers' lead to 3-2 on a double by Ichiro Suzuki.

Suzuki advanced to third on a wild pitch, and scored on a single by Edgar Martinez to tie the game at 3.

In the top of the ninth, Francisco Cordero took the mound, and Bret Boone led off with a double. One out later, Carlos Guillen smashed a double off the wall in left field, but Rangers left fielder Todd Hollandsworth faked the catch. Boone, who lost the ball, could only advance to third base. He was eventually caught in a rundown on a two-strike botched squeeze play to end the inning.

Greene led off the ninth inning with his home run off Arthur Rhodes to win the game.

Mariners starter Freddy Garcia struck out the first two batters he faced, but he walked Alex Rodriguez. The free pass proved to be a costly one.

A-Rod stole second base, and Rafael Palmeiro drove him home with a single to right field to put the Rangers up, 1-0.

Garcia recovered to strike out Ivan Rodriguez to end the inning and started the second with consecutive strikeouts of Carl Everett and Todd Hollandsworth, respectively. But for the second inning in a row, the third batter stung the Mariners again. This time it was rookie third baseman Hank Blalock. He smashed a 1-1 pitch into the seats in right field for his second home run of the season, as Texas extended its lead to 2-0.

Garcia retired the next six batters in order, and 11 of the Rangers' next 12 hitters, before surrendering the home run to A-Rod with one out in the sixth that give Texas a three-run cushion.

Garcia struck the next two hitters to end the inning and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. He was relieved by Rhodes to start the eighth.

Jesse Sanchez covers the Texas Rangers for MLB.com. He can be contacted via email at jsanchez@texasrangers.com..This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.