SEATTLE — Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 630th career home run to help the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 2-1 Saturday night.

Griffey opened the fourth inning with a line shot over the right-field wall, his 19th this season. It came off a 3-1 pitch from Tommy Hunter (9-6). Griffey has three home runs in his past four games.

Griffey returned to Seattle this season on a one-year free agent deal after playing nine years in Cincinnati. Neither Griffey nor the club has made a commitment to next season. Griffey has indicated that he would be interested in playing one more season.

Ichiro Suzuki had three hits to raise his batting average to .352 and give him 224 hits.

Ryan Rowland-Smith (5-4) worked through trouble to earn the victory. He went 6 2/3 innings, allowing one run and six hits. He walked two and struck out four.

Miguel Batista, working the ninth in place of closer David Aardsma, earned his first save in five opportunities. His only other save as a Mariner was April 2, 2008, against Texas.

The Mariners scored another run in the fifth, but had potential for more. Josh Wilson opened with a double into the left-field corner. Suzuki followed with his third single. He is second in the American League behind Minnesota's Joe Mauer (.366) in hitting.

Franklin Gutierrez singled to left, scoring Wilson. Jose Lopez flied out to left with Suzuki tagging and taking third. Gutierrez stole second, opening first for Griffey to be intentionally walked. Adrian Beltre struck out and Kenji Johjima flied to center.

Texas scored in the seventh. Chris Davis doubled to open the inning. Andruw Jones walked and Elvis Andrus hit a ground-rule double that bounced into the right-field seats.

With runners on second and third and no outs, Rowland-Smith struck out Taylor Teagarden and induced Julio Borbon to fly out to shallow center.

Shawn Kelley then took over for Rowland-Smith. He walked Ian Kinsler to load the bases. Michael Young then launched a drive into the right-center gap but Gutierrez brought it down on the warning track after a long run.

Notes: Suzuki leads the majors with 73 multiple-hit games, 19 with at least three hits. … Lopez extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a seventh-inning double. … The Rangers will counter with RHP Scott Feldman (17-6, 3.90) against Felix Hernandez. "It'll be good for him," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "It'll be a heck of a challenge going against King Felix. But there have been challenges for him all year. I expect him to meet that one."