SEATTLE — Ichiro Suzuki had five hits and scored the winning run, and the Seattle Mariners snapped a 15-game losing streak against Oakland with a 10-9 victory in 10 innings Monday night that kept the Athletics’ magic number at 2 for clinching the AL West title.

SAN FRANCISCO — Conor Jackson hit a three-run homer and Eric Byrnes also connected against San Francisco ace Jason Schmidt, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks past the Giants 7-1 on Monday night.

ALAMEDA — For a team whose offensive coordinator was running a bed and breakfast a year ago, it’s only fitting that one of its starting offensive linemen majored in hotel administration at Cornell.

SANTA CLARA — The San Francisco 49ers got good news about running back Frank Gore and confirmed bad news about tight end Vernon Davis on Monday.

NEW ORLEANS — The Superdome got a new roof after Hurricane Katrina. The New Orleans Saints did their best to blow it off again.

ST. LOUIS — Women athletes watching their waistlines could be more susceptible to leg pain and stress fractures, according to a small study.

Brother Robert J. Wickman saw some pretty good football teams when he was principal for four years at De La Salle in Concord in the mid ’90s.

NOTES AND QUOTES for a Tuesday in the Napa Valley:

The North Bay Athletic Association compulsory gymnastics team participated in the annual American Pride Invitational meet at Aerials Gymnastics in Vacaville last weekend.

After over 15 years of meetings and suits, finally litigation has ended with a historic agreement to please San Joaquin River users, sportsmen and Central Valley farmers. The Bureau of Reclamation, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Friant Water Users Authority all signed off. Restoring this historic river will be one of the largest river restoration projects in the nation’s history.

WELLSVILLE, Colo. — Technically speaking, there is no such place as Rincon, Colo.

WASHINGTON — Mary A. Bomar, President Bush’s nominee to head the National Park Service, appeared headed for a quick confirmation as senators praised the British native Thursday for her professionalism and history with the agency.