Adrian Beltre and Richie Sexson hit consecutive home runs, Jarrod Washburn won for the first time in seven starts and the Seattle Mariners extended their winning streak to five by beating the Minnesota Twins 7-2 on Tuesday night. Jose Vidro finished 3-for-5 and the wild card-leading Mariners pounded out 18 hits. Every Mariners starter except Kenji Johjima had a hit by the sixth. Johjima got on the board with a single in the seventh. Seattle came into the game trailing Los Angeles by two games in the AL West. The Angels were hosting the New York Yankees on Tuesday night.

Washburn (9-10) snapped a three-game losing streak and won for the first time since July 4. The lefty yielded two runs and five hits through six innings and made up for his team stranding at least one runner in each of the first seven innings and managing just three runs.

Minnesota's only offense came in the sixth on a two-run single with the bases loaded by Michael Cuddyer.

Seattle hit four home runs off Matt Garza on Monday night and wasted little time before hitting some more.

The Mariners opened up a 2-0 lead in the second inning on Beltre and Sexson's back-to-back home runs. It was Beltre's 20th homer and Sexson's 21st and the second time Seattle has gone back-to-back this season.

The two solo blasts were the only runs the Mariners could muster through the first five innings despite 10 hits. Twins starter Scott Baker (6-6) pitched around a pair of leadoff singles in the third and coaxed a double play from Johjima with the bases loaded to end the fifth.

Vidro's two-out double in the sixth scored Ichiro Suzuki from first base to make it 3-0.

Baker allowed three runs and 14 hits in 6 2-3 innings. He entered Tuesday allowing one run or fewer in three of his last four starts.

Minnesota (62-63) entered Tuesday with the American League's worst batting average in August (.252) and has managed only 54 runs and six homers, both last in the majors.

The inept offense is the main reason the Twins have failed to gain significant ground on division-leading Cleveland despite entering Tuesday with a 3.70 team ERA during August.

Seattle (71-52) is now a season-high 19 games over .500 and 17-6 since losing seven straight from July 20-26. The Mariners have hit 28 home runs in August.

Jose Guillen, Sexson and Johjima each had two hits and Suzuki had three for Seattle.

Casilla and Cuddyer had two hits each for Minnesota.

Notes: The Mariners dugout got a laugh in the second inning at the expense of Jose Lopez. Lopez doubled to right-center field and face-planted into the dirt as he slid into second base. ... Justin Morneau's homerless streak has now reached a career worst 100 at-bats. He singled off the right-field wall in the eighth ... Mariners reliever Brandon Morrow pitched two innings and extended his scoreless innings streak to 15 2-3. ... The Twins have scored 18 runs their last 10 home games. ... Johjima and Beltre hit the Mariners' only other back-to-back homers this season on June 25 against Boston.