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White Sox can't finish off sweep
SEATTLE - Raul Ibanez's long home run was the spark the Seattle Mariners needed.
Ibanez hit a two-run drive to right that traveled an estimated 443 feet and the Mariners beat the Chicago White Sox 6-3 Sunday to snap a five-game losing streak.
“When you hit one that far it puts some life in a ballclub,” Seattle closer J.J. Putz said.
Jose Lopez and Ichiro Suzuki each went 3-for-4 for the Mariners, who finished with 13 hits. It was Seattle's most hits since it collected 10 in a 7-3 win over Texas last Monday. The Mariners went 2-5 on their seven-game homestand.
Seattle got to Gavin Floyd (3-2), who has been one of the toughest pitchers to hit so far this season, for five runs and nine hits over 3 2-3 innings.
Floyd entered with a major league
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