The Rangers beat Chicago's John Danks on Sunday and Seattle's Felix Hernandez on Monday. Though left-hander Erik Bedard didn't get the loss Tuesday, it marked the third straight game started by an elite pitcher that the Rangers have won.

"You can say whatever you want about the Texas Rangers offense," said Marlon Byrd, who was 2-for-5 and drove in the go-ahead run in the 10th, "but to beat these kinds of pitchers, you have to have everybody step up. You have to have good at-bats. You have to play good defense. You have to get great pitching. We have been doing that."

A big part of the credit for extending the streak has to go to right-hander Vicente Padilla. After struggling with his velocity in three of his previous four outings, Padilla came out firing 94 mph fastballs against the aggressive Mariners. He was perfect in his first trip through the lineup and held a no-hitter until there were two outs in the fifth.

Padilla allowed just one hit -- a single by Wladimir Balentien -- in eight innings. He became the first Ranger to go at least eight innings and allow only one hit since Rick Helling did it against Milwaukee in 1997. He became the first Ranger since Chris Young (May 9, 2005 vs. Detroit) to go at least eight innings with no earned runs allowed and receive a no-decision.

RANGERS 7, MARINERS 2 (10 innings): After going 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position during the first nine innings, Texas strung together four consecutive two-out singles in the 10th inning to take a lead, then got a grand slam from C Jarrod Saltalamacchia to complete a two-game sweep of Seattle. It was the first sweep of any kind for the Rangers at Safeco Field. It also moved Texas to 14-12 and within a half-game of Seattle in the AL West. The Rangers are 3-1 within the division; they begin a two-game series at Oakland on Wednesday.