It was the longest big league game since the St. Louis Cardinals won 7-6 in 20 innings at Florida on April 27, 2003. It also matched the longest game in Rangers history, but Seattle has twice played 20-inning games.

Soriano hit his 10th home run to left off Jamie Moyer (6-3) after Hank Blalock led off the 18th with a single.

Brian Shouse (1-0) got two outs for his first win in 106 career games, a major league record for most appearances without a victory.

The Rangers overcame a 5-1 deficit and tied the game at 7 on Mark Teixeira's RBI single in the ninth. Their six-game winning streak is the longest in the majors, and the longest this season for the AL West leaders.

The game lasted 5 hours, 47 minutes - 43 minutes longer than the first two games of the series combined.

Moyer, who had been scheduled to start Friday against San Diego, took over in the 15th. His first relief appearance after 251 straight starts since June 27, 1996, came after J.J. Putz pitched four innings. It was Moyer's first loss in relief since April 1990, with Texas.

The Rangers tied the game in the ninth when Brad Fullmer hit a one-out double off closer Eddie Guardado and scored on Mark Teixeira's single. Teixeira was later thrown out trying to score winning run.

Second baseman Jolbert Cabrera backhanded a grounder by Gary Matthews Jr., who beat the throw to first while Teixeira kept running from second.

Pat Borders, the 41-year-old catcher, caught the throw from John Olerud away from the plate, then made a full turn to apply the tag on the sliding Teixeira.

Both teams used eight pitchers. There were 129 official at-bats in the game, including nine each by Seattle second baseman Jolbert Cabrera (one hit) and Blalock (three hits).

Rod Barajas hit two solo homers for the Rangers, and Matthews had four of Texas' season-high 23 hits.

Moyer escaped a bases-loaded jam in the 15th, starting an inning-ending double play on Blalock's comebacker.

Seattle also got a runner to third with one out in the 15th, but Randy Winn struck out against Ron Mahay, who pitched three innings.

Mariners starter Joel Pineiro left in the seventh with a 7-5 lead but was denied his third straight win. He was 0-7 in nine starts before beating Montreal and Pittsburgh.

The Mariners took a 4-0 lead with two outs in the second, when Borders drew a bases-loaded walk from Joaquin Benoit and Ichiro Suzuki followed with a triple to right-center.

Edgar Martinez homered in the third for a 5-1 lead. Olerud had a sacrifice fly in the fifth, and Rich Aurilia an RBI single in the seventh.

The only extra-base hits allowed by Pineiro came with two outs in the sixth when Barajas homered and No. 9 hitter Jason Conti doubled. Michael Young followed with his second RBI single to get the Rangers to 6-5.

Barajas led off the eighth with his 12th homer, and one out later, Young hit a deep fly ball to center that Hiram Bocachica caught at the wall with a leap.

With two on in the second, Bocachica sprinted to the wall and was in an awkward position when he jumped for Blalock's drive. The ball deflected off the heel of his glove, bounced off his chest and he caught it with his bare hand while coming down.

That came right after Young's RBI single, his 100th hit, for the first Texas run.