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SAN DIEGO (AP) - Raul Ibanez tamed Petco Park with one well-timed swing. Ibanez homered leading off the 11th inning, his fourth hit, to give the Seattle Mariners a 6-5 victory over the NL West-leading San Diego Padres on Friday night.
The opposite-field shot to left-center at the spacious downtown ballpark was Ibanez's first homer since April 19, a span of 159 at-bats.
"I knew I hit it pretty well but I hadn't hit one in a while, so I wasn't sure," said Ibanez, who drove a 2-1 pitch from sidearmer Cla Meredith an estimated 387 feet. It was Ibanez's second of the season.
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