Emil Brown homered and Greg Smith allowed four hits over six innings for his first win since June as the Oakland Athletics beat the Seattle Mariners 2-0 on Thursday night.

Carlos Gonzalez added an RBI single in the top of the ninth.

Rookie reliever Brad Ziegler allowed a single by Jose Lopez, a double by former Athletic Tug Hulett and walked Jeff Clement to load the bases with one out in the bottom of the inning. But Ziegler got No. 9 hitter Yuniesky Betancourt to chop into a game-ending double play for his fourth save.

Oakland won for the seventh time in 32 games since the All-Star break.

Smith (6-12), one of the 10 rookies on Oakland’s current roster, is 1-0 with 12 scoreless innings in two starts against the Mariners. He had six consecutive losses from June 30.

Ichiro Suzuki had three hits and converted reliever Ryan Rowland-Smith (2-2) allowed four hits in seven innings for the Mariners (46-81), who lost their seventh straight game and are an AL-worst 35 games under .500.