Hernandez OK after scare

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Felix Hernandez said it was "scary," and the rest of the Seattle Mariners agreed.

Turns out it was a false alarm.

Hernandez took a line drive off his right forearm during the Rangers' six-run fourth inning Saturday, and Texas used a patchwork lineup to beat the Mariners 7-3 one day after it clinched the AL West title.

The Rangers had already scored four times in the fourth when Hernandez (14-14) was struck by Michael Young's one-out liner. The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner fell to the ground as the ball caromed toward third base for a single.

Hernandez was attended to by a team trainer, and was soon walking to the dugout, grimacing in pain and done for the day. X-rays were negative.

"Nothing's broke," Hernandez said. "I was trying to catch (the ball). I've been hit before, but not in my arm. It hurt!"

They were hitting pretty good pitches. They were finding a lot of holes. Then they found me."

Hernandez was charged with seven runs, five earned, and 12 hits in his shortest outing since he pitched 3 1-3 innings in an 8-0 loss to the Los Angeles Angels on May 7, 2010. He went 0-3 with a 7.71 ERA in his final three starts of the season.

Mariners manager Eric Wedge was relieved when he heard the right-hander avoided a more serious injury.

"We dodged a bullet there," Wedge said.

MLB Roundup

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Ian Kennedy pitched six innings to earn his NL-best 21st win and the Arizona Diamondbacks routed the San Francisco Giants 15-2 on Saturday night at Phoenix, eliminating the defending World Series champions from the postseason picture.

Nationals 4, Braves 1: Chien-Ming Wang earned the win and drove in a run to help Washington stall visiting Atlanta's wild-card run.

Atlanta sits two games ahead of St. Louis for the NL wild card with four games left.

Cardinals 2, Cubs 1: St. Louis kept its faint wild-card hopes alive when Carlos Marmol forced home the tying run with a bases-loaded walk to Ryan Theriot in the ninth and followed with a game-ending wild pitch, lifting the Cardinals past visiting Chicago.

Padres 3, Dodgers 0: Aaron Harang threw eight sharp innings to lead San Diego past visiting Los Angeles.

Brewers 6, Marlins 4: Corey Hart's two-run double in the seventh lifted Milwaukee past visiting Florida.

Pirates 4, Reds 3: Rookie Josh Harrison had four hits and Pittsburgh beat visiting Cincinnati.

Mets 2-6, Phillies 1-3: Hunter Pence dropped a deep fly ball for an error that led to five unearned runs, and host New York completed a doubleheader sweep, handing NL East champion Philadelphia its eighth straight defeat.

In the opener, New York's R.A. Dickey took a no-hit bid into the seventh.

Rockies 4, Astros 2, 13 inn.: Chris Nelson walked with the bases loaded for the go-ahead run in the 13th and Colorado won at Houston.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Yankees 9, Red Sox 1: Rookie Jesus Montero had four RBIs, leading New York past visiting Boston.

Tampa Bay's win over Toronto closed the Rays to within 1 1/2 games of Boston in the wild-card race.

The Yankees clinched home field advantage throughout the AL playoffs when Detroit lost to Baltimore.

Rays 6, Blue Jays 2: At St. Petersburg, Fla., Johnny Damon hit a three-run homer and Tampa Bay beat Toronto.

Angels 4, Athletics 2: At Anaheim, Calif., Torii Hunter homered and drove in three runs in a victory over Oakland that kept Los Angeles' flickering wildcard hopes alive.

The Angels are 2 1/2 games behind Boston and one behind Tampa Bay for the wild card with four games remaining.

Indians 8-7, Twins 2-6: Shelley Duncan drove in three runs in each half of a doubleheader, and host Cleveland swept Minnesota.

Orioles 6, Tigers 5: Justin Verlander lost his streak of 12 consecutive winning starts, and visiting Baltimore beat Detroit when Matt Angle executed a tiebreaking squeeze bunt in the ninth.

White Sox 6, Royals 3: Alex Rios and Brent Morel homered to lead host Chicago past Kansas City.