SEATTLE (AP) — Richie Palacios hit a two-run single in the sixth inning, Victor Mesa Jr. homered and the Tampa Bay Rays’ bullpen held on for a 3-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday night. The AL East leading Rays (70-46) have won six of seven and are the first AL team to reach 70 wins. The Mariners have dropped four of their last five and trail the final AL wild-card spot by 3 1/2 games. Palacios hit the two-out, two-run single in the sixth off Michael Rucker (0-2) to put the Rays up 3-1. Up nextRays LHP Ian Seymour (8-3, 4.27 ERA) was set to face Mariners RHP Emerson Hancock (6-6, 3.33) on Sunday.