New York ? At last, Randy Johnson and the New York Yankees are beginning to string some wins together.

Johnson pitched eight gritty innings, Tony Womack hit a go-ahead single and New York beat the Seattle Mariners 4-3 Monday night for its first three-game winning streak of the season.

“That is significant,” manager Joe Torre said. “It’s all based on pitching.”

Tino Martinez homered in his third consecutive game for the $200 million Yankees (14-19), who were coming off consecutive shutouts of Oakland. It was the longest New York had gone into a season without winning three straight since 1925, when it took 97 games.

Ichiro Suzuki went 2-for-4 with an RBI single and a strikeout against Johnson, his first regular-season at-bats against the Big Unit.

After missing his previous scheduled start because of a stiff groin, Johnson (3-2) gave up seven hits and two walks against Seattle, striking out seven in his 249th win.

Even though the Big Unit was already over 100 pitches, Torre wanted to stay with Johnson in the eighth.

“Any time Randy Johnson pitches, you feel you’ve got to win,” Torre said. “I just thought he deserved the opportunity to win or lose the game himself.”

On his 119th pitch, the 6-foot-10 left-hander struck out slumping Bret Boone with two on to end the eighth.

“He buries that slider, it’s tough. It’s the best pitch he threw me all night,” Boone said. “It’s a tough pitch to lay off. Earlier in the at-bat, he gave me a pitch to hit and I missed it.”

New York Yankees pitcher Randy Johnson delivers a pitch against the Seattle Mariners. Johnson allowed just three runs and struck out seven, beating the Mariners, 4-3, Monday at Yankee Stadium in New York.

Mariano Rivera worked a perfect ninth for his fourth save in six chances, giving the Yankees three wins in a row for the first time since their historic collapse in last year’s AL championship series, when they took a 3-0 lead against Boston only to lose the next four.

“We’re starting to put a few things together,” Womack said. “I think it’s a key for us, not giving those guys a jump and playing from behind all the time. That’s what the pitching is doing for us.”

Orioles 3, Twins 0

Baltimore — Daniel Cabrera outpitched Carlos Silva, Miguel Tejada homered and drove in two runs, and the Baltimore Orioles ended the Minnesota Twins’ four-game winning streak with a 3-0 victory Monday night.

Cabrera (2-2) allowed three hits, had a career-high 11 strikeouts and walked two in eight innings. He permitted only two runners past first base and had at least one strikeout in every inning but the fourth.

D-Rays 4, White Sox 2

St. Petersburg, Fla. — Chris Singleton had two hits and drove in two runs to help the Devil Rays end the White Sox’s eight-game winning streak.

The Devil Rays snapped a three-game losing streak, winning for just the fourth time in their last 15 games.

Red Sox 13, Mariners 5

Boston — Trot Nixon drove in four runs, and Kevin Millar hit his first homer of the season to power the Red Sox.

Oakland’s fielding may have been worse than its pitching. Nine of Boston’s runs were unearned — all five in the fourth inning and four in a seven-run seventh.

Tim Wakefield (4-1) got his 118th win with the Red Sox, moving into sole possession of fifth place in team history, one ahead of Pedro Martinez and Smokey Joe Wood.

Indians 3, Angels 0

Anaheim, Calif. — Kevin Millwood allowed one hit over eight innings for his first American League victory, and Coco Crisp and Ronnie Belliard hit solo homers Monday night in the Cleveland Indians’ victory over the Los Angeles Angels.

Tigers 2, Rangers 0

Arlington, Texas — Nate Robertson pitched eight strong innings and Craig Monroe hit an RBI triple with two outs in the ninth to give the Tigers the victory.

The Tigers got their only runs off AL saves leader Francisco Cordero (0-1), who took over after Chris Young threw eight innings.

Robertson (1-3) won for the first time in 12 starts since Aug. 30, 2004.

While he had lost five straight decisions since then, he had given up just two earned runs over 122/3 innings his previous two starts.

After Hank Blalock led off the Rangers ninth with a single off Jamie Walker, Ugueth Urbina came on for his first save in three chances to complete the Tigers’ first shutout of the season and third straight win.