John Jaso drove in four runs and Blake Beavan pitched into the seventh inning to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 6-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night.

Beavan (6-6) pitched 6 2/3 innings, allowing four hits, one walk and a run. Over his last two starts, Beavan has thrown 14 2/3 innings, struck out 11, walked one and has a 1.29 ERA. He is 3-0 since being recalled from Triple-A Tacoma July 17.

Kansas City starter Jeremy Guthrie (0-2) remained winless with Kansas City and is 3-11 on the season between Colorado and the Royals. He threw 5 2/3 innings Friday night, allowing six runs and 11 hits. He struck out four and walked none.

Mike Carp, who is 5-for-8 in the last two games against Kansas City, hit his fifth homer in the sixth inning to put Seattle up 6-1. Brendan Ryan singled two batters later to knock out Guthrie.

— Associated Press —