Seattle ? Jeff Nelson couldn’t hold himself back after the Seattle Mariners let the trade deadline pass without doing anything major.

“It’s very disappointing,” the outspoken reliever said Thursday after the Mariners completed a three-game sweep over the Detroit Tigers with a 4-0 victory. “The guys in this clubhouse are very disappointed.

“It’s difficult year after year here to watch this team never make moves to better themselves,” he said. “It’s a shame the front office didn’t take that extra step to maybe get further in the playoffs.”

The Mariners have been to the AL championship series in 1995, 2000 and 2001 but never have made it to the World Series.

Nelson, an offseason resident of the Seattle area, is eligible to become a free agent at the end of the season.

“I’ve never seen an impact player come to this team nor have they ever seemed to go out and try to get one,” Nelson said. “The fans deserve a winner, the guys in this clubhouse expect a winner and it’s frustrating when you don’t get it.”

The Mariners are projected to draw more than 3 million fans to Safeco Field for the fourth year. They’ve led the majors in attendance at 3.5 million fans for the past two seasons.

“This is not a small market,” Nelson said. “You see Oakland doing it, and they have a much smaller market than the Mariners. It’s frustrating for everybody in here, and it should be frustrating for the people who pay for the tickets and these outrageous prices for these concession stands.”

General manager Pat Gillick and manager Bob Melvin said the team tried to make a move.

Detroit's Alex Sanchez reacts angrily after striking out in the seventh inning against Seattle. Mariners pitcher Joel Pineiro mastered the Tigers in a 4-0 victory Thursday in Seattle.

“I don’t believe that,” Nelson said. “It’s always the same story every year. This is the best facility in baseball. The fans are awesome here. They support their team unbelievably.”

In Thursday’s game, Joel Pineiro won his eighth consecutive decision, and Mike Cameron homered for the Mariners.

Seattle pitched its major league-leading 13th shutout of the season, The Tigers were blanked for the 12th time, also the most in the majors.

Pineiro (13-5) is 8-0 in nine starts since a June 11 loss to Montreal and stretched his scoreless innings streak to 20 innings, retiring his last 10 batters. He allowed two hits in seven innings, tied a season high with six walks and struck out six.

Wilfredo Ledezma (3-5) made his fifth career start and lost his third in a row. He gave up four runs, six hits and six walks in four-plus innings.

Detroit, a major league-worst 28-78, went 1-8 against the Mariners this year, losing the last seven games. In the series, Seattle outscored the Tigers 28-8 in the series and outhit them 34-16.

The Tigers were limited to three singles without Dmitri Young, who was given the day off. Young leads Detroit’s offense with a career-high 22 homers and 59 RBIs.

“You look at our offense without him, and it certainly hurts us,” manager Alan Trammell said.

Twins 10, Orioles 9 (10)

Minneapolis — Minnesota scored the tying run from second on what appeared to be a game-ending strikeout, then won in the bottom of the 10th.

Minnesota trailed 9-8 with runners at first and second and two out in the ninth when Michael Restovich struck out. But catcher Brook Fordyce couldn’t handle the pitch, which rolled to the backstop.

Restovich hesitated before running to first base, and Fordyce had time to throw him out, but the throw bounced in front of first baseman Jeff Conine, who couldn’t handle it. Restovich reached base and Doug Mientkiewicz, who began the play at second, raced in with the tying run. Cristian Guzman led off the 10th with a single off Travis Driskill (3-4) and advanced to second when center fielder Luis Matos bobbled the ball for an error. Shannon Stewart walked, and Luis Rivas moved both runners with a bunt. Jones hit a high chopper that bounced into right field.

LaTroy Hawkins (9-3) pitched two shutout innings for the victory.

Rangers 7, Red Sox 3 (11)

Arlington, Texas — Alex Rodriguez hit his 10th career grand slam with two outs in the 11th off Todd Jones (2-1). Texas took a 3-2 lead into the ninth, but Trot Nixon led off with his 20th homer against closer Francisco Cordero. Erasmo Ramirez (2-0) pitched the 11th for the victory. Shane Spencer drove in three runs as Texas won for the fourth time in five games.

Athletics 3, Indians 1

Oakland, Calif. — Rookie Rich Harden (2-0) struck out nine in seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and four walks in his home debut. Miguel Tejada had a two-run single and Eric Chavez homered for the A’s, who won for the eighth time in 11 games. Chad Bradford lost the shutout on Milton Bradley’s RBI double in the eighth, but Keith Foulke pitched the ninth for his 28th save. Jake Westbrook (4-6) allowed three runs, four hits and four walks in 4 2/3 innings.

Devil Rays 7, Blue Jays 6

Toronto — Damian Rolls homered and had three RBIs as Tampa Bay completed a three-game sweep. Rolls went 3-for-4 for the Devil Rays, who went 14-12 in July for their first winning month since June 2000 (15-11). Jorge Sosa (4-8) gave up two runs, three hits and five walks in 51/3 innings. Loser Mark Hendrickson (6-8) allowed five runs and nine hits in 41/3 innings.

Yankees 2, Angels 1 (10)

Anaheim, Calif. — Nick Johnson’s two-out, two-run single drove in the go-ahead run as New York completed its first three-game sweep of Anaheim in eight years.

Bernie Williams and Hideki Matsui drew one-out walks off Troy Percival (0-3) before Jorge Posada hit a fly to left. Johnson then lined a 2-1 fastball to left-center which drove in Williams.

Armando Benitez (1-1) pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings for the victory.