Miami ? Aaron Sele was winded after racing home from second base in the seventh inning. It may have been the only time he exerted himself all night.

Sele needed only 77 pitches to get through seven innings, allowing five hits, and Randy Winn celebrated his 31st birthday with his first homer of the year to help the Seattle Mariners beat the struggling Florida Marlins 8-0 on Thursday night.

“I was tired, but it wasn’t the baserunning,” Sele said. “Ninety-seven percent humidity. I think the warmest weather we’ve seen in Seattle this year has been 58 degrees. The temperature was nice, but you sweat through four T-shirts. It just sucks the energy right out of you.”

If this is how Sele pitches without energy, the Marlins would hate to see him otherwise.

Thanks in part to four double plays turned by the Mariners, no Florida baserunner advanced past first base in the game; team officials said that hadn’t happened since a 1-0 loss at Atlanta on Sept. 19, 2003.

“We got waxed,” Marlins manager Jack McKeon said. “Their guy did a good job of keeping us off-balance. We couldn’t get anything going against him.”

Seattle's Richie Sexson follows through on his bases-loaded double off Florida's Josh Beckett in the seventh inning. The Mariners beat the Marlins, 8-0, Thursday night in Miami.

Sele (5-5) won for the third time in his last four starts, and is clearly in his best groove of the season. He was 2-4 with a 6.31 ERA on May 10; in his five starts since, he’s 3-1 with a 1.57 ERA.

“The worm’s turned for him,” Mariners manager Mike Hargrove said. “Baseball’s a game of cycles, and position players have cycles they go through individually also. Right now, he’s got a good string going.”

Winn had two RBIs, as did Richie Sexson and Raul Ibanez – both of whom knocked in their runs in Seattle’s six-run seventh inning that knocked out Marlins starter Josh Beckett, who lost at home for the first time in six decisions this season.

Beckett (7-4), who’d allowed just one earned run entering the seventh, was tagged for six earned in what was his final inning. He allowed 10 hits, eight runs and seven earned runs – tying career highs in each of those categories – and his ERA rose from 2.58 to 3.13.

It was Florida’s sixth loss by eight runs or more this season, and the 12th defeat in the last 15 games for the last-place Marlins (29-28).

“We lost the game because of me,” Beckett said, “not because of anything else.”

Seattle opened the scoring in the fourth, when Sexson’s sharp single got past a diving Florida shortstop Alex Gonzalez and into center field – where it skipped away from Juan Pierre and kept rolling, allowing Winn to score from first for a 1-0 lead.

Winn, who was drafted in the third round by the Marlins 10 years ago, hit a leadoff homer in the sixth – just the third allowed by Beckett this season and the first for Winn in his last 276 at-bats. It helped set the tone for Seattle’s win, one that clinched the Mariners’ fourth straight series win.

“We always thought we could turn this around and start winning some ballgames,” Winn said. “We never got down.

“Now we’re playing some good baseball.”

In the seventh, the Mariners did all their scoring with two outs, including Winn’s single that brought Sele home.

Ichiro Suzuki also had a run-scoring single, Sexson had a bases-loaded double and Ibanez had a big hit later in the inning to increase Seattle’s margin.

Padres 3, Indians 2

San Diego – Adam Eaton played stopper again for San Diego, pitching seven strong innings and driving in a run as the Padres beat Cleveland to snap their four-game losing streak.

The Padres won despite getting just three hits, including Brian Giles’ solo homer with two outs in the sixth.

Eaton (9-1) won his career-best eighth straight decision and kept the Padres from being swept. They won for just the second time in eight games in June after going 22-6 in May, a club record for victories in a month.

Nationals 4, Athletics 3

Washington – Livan Hernandez pitched eight strong innings to win his eighth straight decision, and Nick Johnson hit a three-run double to lead Washington to its season-best seventh victory in a row. Chad Cordero got three outs for his 17th save in 19 chances. It was the Nationals’ 14th one-run victory, tied for most in the NL.

Washington did all its scoring in the third inning, batting around against starter Joe Blanton (1-6), who went six innings.

Phillies 10, Rangers 8

Philadelphia – Pat Burrell homered twice and drove in four runs to help Philadelphia complete a three-game sweep.

Todd Pratt homered and had four RBIs, and Jim Thome also connected for the Phillies, who held on for their 12th win in 14 games.

Mark Teixeira hit a pair of homers and five RBIs.

Vicente Padilla (3-5) allowed four runs and four hits in five innings to win his second straight start. Billy Wagner earned his 17th save in 19 chances.

Pedro Astacio (2-7) gave up five runs and seven hits in four innings.

Reds 14, Devil Rays 5

Cincinnati – Luke Hudson won his season debut with six solid innings on a steamy night, and Cincinnati completed a three-game sweep of baseball’s worst road team.

Casey Fossum (2-4) walked a season-high six in only four innings, needing 102 pitches to get that far. By the time he left trailing 5-1, the tone was set.

Hudson (1-0), sidelined since spring training by a sore shoulder, was activated before the game and gave up three hits, including two-run homers by Carl Crawford and Jorge Cantu.

D’backs 4, Twins 3

Phoenix – Jose Cruz Jr. homered to start a three-run fourth inning, and Arizona beat Minnesota.

Javier Vazquez pitched six solid innings for the Diamondbacks, who won for just the second time in their last nine games. Vazquez (6-4) allowed three runs and three hits.

Justin Morneau and Jacque Jones homered for the Twins, whose three-game winning streak was snapped.

Javier Lopez got the first two outs in the ninth and was replaced by Brian Bruney, who allowed a walk and a hit before striking out pinch-hitter Matt LeCroy for his sixth save.

One night after being shut out on three hits by Johan Santana, the Diamondbacks opened an early 4-0 lead against Kyle Lohse (5-4).

Craig Counsell led off the first with a stand-up triple to the gap in right-center field and scored on Alex Cintron’s grounder to short.