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CHICAGO -- Alexei Ramirez drove in the go-ahead run with a two-out infield single in the eighth inning Friday night and the Chicago White Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 7-4 for their ninth straight win. Gordon Beckham homered twice and Adam Dunn also connected off Felix Hernandez as Chicago took a 4-0 lead. The White Sox then scored three times in the eighth, helped by a Mariners misplay. Paul Konerko led off with a fly and the ball glanced off centre fielder Michael Saunders glove and then hit him for a two-base error. With two outs and runners at the corners, Ramirez hit a slow grounder to shortstop Brendan Ryan and beat the throw as pinch-runner Brent Lillibridge scored. Alejandro De Aza added a two-run single. Addison Reed pitched the ninth for his seventh save in as many chances. Jesse Crain (1-0) got the win. Shawn Kelly (0-2) took the loss. Held to a puny single and two walks through the first six innings, the Mariners rallied with two runs each in the seventh and eighth innings to wipe out a 4-0 deficit. Chicago starter Jake Peavy didnt allow a hit through four innings before Justin Smoaks pop in front of the plate for a single leading off the fifth went for a single. Dustin Ackley opened the seventh with a double down the left-field line and Kyle Seager followed with a two-run homer. Seager had an RBI single off Matt Thornton in the eighth to bring the Mariners within 4-3 and Smoak delivered a game-tying single off Crain. Beckham hit a two-run shot in the first. He and Dunn had back-to-back homers in the fifth. Peavy gave up three hits, two runs, walked three and struck out four in 6 1-3 innings. Beckhams sixth homer was a liner down the left-field line that scored De Aza, whod been hit by a pitch leading off the first. After Beckham connected with two outs in the fifth, Dunn sent one down the line in right for his 17th home run of the season. Hernandez gave up five hits and four runs in five innings with four walks and six strikeouts. When Smoak hit the high pop in front of the plate in the fifth, Chicago catcher Pierzynski stepped out to make the catch with Peavy coming off the mound. The ball dropped just out of Pierzynskis reach without him touching it. NOTES: Seattles Ichiro Suzuki returned to the leadoff spot for the first time this season after batting third in 52 games. ... Chicago LHP John Danks, on the DL with a left shoulder strain, threw 20 pitches on the side and said he felt fine and was making progress. Danks will have another side session Sunday. ... A crowd of 19,168 was announced with a gametime temperature of 57 degrees. ... Thorntons appearance was his 425th in relief for the White Sox, setting a franchise record that hed shared with Bobby Thigpen. NFL Jerseys China . For Italy, it was a bit of a reprieve. Beginning its bid for a third straight major title, the Spanish rallied to earn a 1-1 draw Sunday against Italy, which entered this years European Championship amid another match-fixing scandal. Cheap Jerseys China . Lewis is entering the last season of a $118 million, six-year contract and could be a candidate for the NBAs amnesty clause, meaning he may not end up playing for the Hornets if New Orleans chooses to cut him loose in order to clear space under the salary cap. http://studyworx.org/china.html . Wladimir Balentien doubled in Adrian Beltre for Seattle in the top of the 11th, but in the bottom half Michael Young singled off Brandon Morrow (0-2), stole second, and Josh Hamilton walked. Andruw Jones flied out, but Blalock then doubled to center field, easily driving in both runners. BAYAMON, Puerto Rico -- The Los Angeles Galaxy and the Puerto Rico Islanders played to a 0-0 draw in a CONCACAF Champions League match Wednesday. The tie left the Galaxy in the lead in Group 5 (2-0-1) play over Isidro Metapan. The Major League Soccer team will face El Salvadors Isidro Metapan (1-1), which is second, in its final group game on Oct. 25. The Galaxy were without marquee strikers David Beckham and Robbie Keane, neither of whom made the trip to Puerto Rico. Neither star played last month when the Galaxy beat the Islanders, of the North American Soccer League, 4-0 in their Aug. 29 CONCACAF match in California. Beckham has been sidelined nearly three weeks with a sprained ankle. The Galaxy and Islanders both had chances in the wwaning minutes, but couldnt find the back of the net.dddddddddddd "We didnt do a good job with the chances we created," Galaxy coach Bruce Arena said. "But a point on the road is still good." Puerto Rico kept Galaxy goalkeeper Brian Perk busy down the stretch. "Their goalkeeper was busier. I think the clearer chances were for the Islanders tonight," Puerto Rico coach Adrian Whitbread said. "That says a lot against a team like the Galaxy." Arena said the Galaxy failed to capitalize on late chances spurred by the entry of Landon Donovan and Vitor Pereira off the bench midway through the second half. "We were sloppy with our chances. We werent clinical in the box," he said. ' ' '