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Blog Entry: HOUSTON -- Robinson Cano had wondered what would happen if rookie James Jones started getting on base consistently for the Seattle Mariners.  Jose Reyes Jersey  . His suspicions were confirmed Tuesday night. Cano and Kyle Seager had three RBIs apiece, Jones added two more and a seven-run sixth inning propelled the Mariners to score a season high in a 13-2 win over the Houston Astros, giving Seattle its second straight game scoring in double digits. Cano drove in two runs to give Seattle the lead in the first and hit the first of the five doubles in the sixth inning that tied a franchise mark and pushed the lead to 10-1. Jones three hits included a triple. The rookie, who hits in front of Cano, has seven hits in the first two games of this series. The Mariners won the opener 10-4. "I was telling Howard (Johnson), the hitting coach: Weve been winning games and hes not getting on base," Cano said. "Watch how many runs were going to score when he starts getting on base. And look what happened the last two days." Manager Lloyd McClendon has been impressed with the Jones progress. "Hes getting a lot of big hits for us, hes hitting left-handers, hes running the bases well," McClendon said. "Ive been very pleased. He continues to get better every day." Hisashi Iwakuma (6-4) went six innings, giving up a run on seven hits while striking out seven as the Mariners improved to eight games over .500 for the first time since the end of the 2009 season. Seager doubled and hit a solo homer in the ninth as the Mariners also set a season-high with 18 hits. Jarred Cosart (8-6) tied a season-high by allowing six runs on nine hits with four walks in 5 2-3 innings to end a four-game winning streak. "A lot of pitches up in the zone," manager Bo Porter said. "When he was on the streak that he was on, he was really finishing his breaking ball and inducing weak contact, but today, there were just a lot of pitches up in the zone." Darin Downs relieved Cosart and allowed five consecutive hits, with four doubles. All of the Mariners runs in the sixth came with two outs to mark the first time theyve had six straight run-scoring hits with two outs in an inning in franchise history, according to STATS. Its also the first time theyve scored at least 10 runs in consecutive games since June 19-20, 2012. Jose Altuve had two hits for his MLB-leading 36th multihit game and Matt Dominguez drove in a run for Houston. Jones singled in his first two at-bats to give him a hit in six straight plate appearances. He had an RBI in the second and his second one in the seventh made it 11-1. Domingo Santana, Houstons eighth-rated prospect by Baseball America, went 0 for 4 in his major league debut after being called up from Triple-A Oklahoma City on Monday. Santana reached on an error in the seventh inning and scored on a ground-rule double by fellow rookie Kike Hernandez. Santana is the last of the players from the 2011 trade with the Phillies for Hunter Pence to reach the majors, joining Cosart, Jon Singleton and Josh Zeid. Cano hit a two-run double with two outs in the sixth inning to chase Cosart and push the lead to 5-1. Downs came in and was greeted with three straight doubles: by Seager, Logan Morrison and Mike Zunino to score three more. Michael Saunders followed with a run-scoring single before Dustin Ackley doubled off the left field wall to extend the lead to 10-1. Endy Chavez drew a leadoff walk before consecutive singles by Jones and Cano made it 1-0 in the first. Jones scored on a groundout by Seager to make it 2-0. Altuve and Presley singled in the first for Houston before Dominguez cut the lead to 2-1 with his two-out single to centre field. Ackley snapped an 0-for-21 skid with a single with one out in the second and scored on a single by Jones to make it 3-1. Ackley tied a season-high with three hits. Hernandez, who was called up from Oklahoma City on Tuesday, made his major league debut when he entered the game at second base in the seventh inning and finished with two hits. NOTES: The series wraps up Wednesday when Seattles Chris Young opposes Brad Peacock. ... The Astros on Tuesday signed OF Derek Fisher, who was the 37th overall pick in the draft. ... Houston placed CF Dexter Fowler on the disabled list retroactive to June 27 with a back strain. He is hitting .270 with six homers and 24 RBIs.  Jason Motte Rockies Jersey  . Top-seeded Djokovic, who is making only his second appearance this year after reaching the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, was a 6-3, 6-3 winner over 54th-ranked Istomin of Uzbekistan. "It wasnt as easy as the scoreline indicates," said Djokovic, who has won in Dubai on four occasions.  Gerardo Parra Jersey  .500. The Jets have now won nine of their last 11, and five of their last six road games. With the win they moved to within two points of Vancouver in the west, the Canucks holding down the eighth spot. Vancouver lost in Boston, while the other big game saw Dallas win in Phoenix.Rory McIlroy felt he endured a tough week at The Open after starting the week with the misfortune of being handicapped by the draw but ended with a total of 17 birdies and a total of four-under-par. The four-time major winners final round featured six birdies and two bogeys at the difficult 11th and 12th holes to sign off a sometimes frustrating week with a flourish.McIlroy, who never recovered from having to play in the most miserable weather conditions during his second round, was on course to be the lowest score of the day which would set him up for a second top-10 finish at a major this year after the Masters at Augusta in April. Leaderboard The 145th Open It was a tough week, McIlroy told Sky Sports. I think Friday for our side of the draw especially and then Saturday was a tough day.I didnt take advantage of the easier start on the front nine and when I reflect on this week thats where, Im not going to say lost me the tournament, but didnt afford me the opportunity to get anywhere near the leaders. WATCH: Rory snaps his club Rory McIlroy snaps club in anger during third round of The Open I felt I played ok. Its going to be in the region of a top five or a top 10 and with the conditions Ive faced this week I felt like I handled them pretty well.I sort of forgot about the Claret Jug and just tried to focus on finishing as high as I could. McIlroy taps hands with spectators as he walks between holes during the final round The Northern Irishman now turns his attentions to the final major the year, the US PGA Championship at Baltusrol in less than a fortnights time, an earlier start than usual because of the Rio Olympics.  Jorge De La Rosa Rockies Jersey . I leave with my head held high and go on to Baltusrol, said McIlroy, who is a two-time winner of the PGA, in 2012 at Kiawah Island and at Valhalla in 2014.Im playing well, Im driving the ball great, Im happy with where my games at, especially with the PGA coming up. Best of the Open Zone Dustin Johnson features in the best from The Open Zone at Royal Troon All I can do is keep plugging away. I feel like its definitely heading in the right direction.The PGAs are usually if you can drive the ball well, youll do well, and Ive had success in that tournament before, so Im really happy with that. Ill go there feeling pretty good about myself.Watch The Ryder Cup from Hazeltine live on Sky Sports - your proud new home of The Open Also See: Royal Troon leaderboard Spieth eyes Ryder Cup revenge Monty says goodbye to Troon WATCH: Rory snaps his club Five of the best 63s Golf live on Sky Sports  Cheap NFL Jerseys   Cheap NFL Jerseys China   Cheap Jerseys From China   Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic   Wholesale Jerseys China   Cheap NFL Jerseys China   NFL Cheap Jerseys  ' ' '