Ichiro Suzuki, left, is all smiles following Monday's 3-2 Mariners road triumph. (Frank Gunn/Canadian Press)

Miguel Cairo drove in the decisive run with a squeeze bunt as the visiting Seattle Mariners beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 in 10 innings at the Rogers Centre on Monday night.

Raul Ibanez drew a leadoff walk from Blue Jays reliever Jason Frasor in the top of the 10th inning and he was replaced by pinch-runner Willie Bloomquist, who promptly stole second base.

Frasor struck out Adrian Beltre and issued an intentional walk to Jose Lopez to set up a force play, but he walked Wladimir Balentien to load the bases.

Wolfe took the mound and surrendered Cairo's squeeze bunt that scored Bloomquist with the go-ahead run.

"That was not an easy pitch to bunt," Mariners manager John McLaren said. "He [Cairo] is a gamer and, when he plays, good things happen." "Good play on their part," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said.

But Blue Jays refused to fold in the bottom of the 10th inning as Vernon Wells reached base on a sinking liner that Balentien misplayed, moved to second on a wild pitch from closer J.J. Putz and took third on a single from Rod Barajas.

Brad Wilkerson walked to load the bases for Lyle Overbay, but he grounded meekly into a 3-2-3 double play.

"That has been a tough spot all year for us, it really has — guy on third base, less than two outs — especially in some of the extra-inning ballgames we have played," Gibbons said. "It is not for a lack of effort, it is just not happening."

Marco Scutaro walked to reload the bases for Eckstein, who flied out to centre field for the final out.

"I got a pitch to hit and didn't execute my swing," he said. "If we're going to get where we want to be, we have got to win these games.

"You never say it is too late, but we need to start winning."

"These games cannot slip away," Overbay said. "Everybody is, like, it is early, it is early, but I don't buy that.

"There is tomorrow, but it is not going to be tomorrow everyday."

Mariners fire hitting coach

R.A. Dickey (1-1) pitched two innings to earn the win in relief for the Mariners (23-41), who axed hitting coach Jeff Pentland and replaced him with Lee Elia prior to batting practice.

The Mariners, losers in 14 of their last 19 games, informed the players of the switch during a 30-minute, closed-door meeting.

"It was not a brow beating," Dickey said. "I don't want to sound corny, but it was kind of a share your heart meeting."

"We talked about several situations and everything that is going on," McLaren said. "I just emphasized to them that we need to get back to where we feel good about themselves and enjoy ourselves."

Seattle starter Jarrod Washburn, winless since May 5, pitched well, permitting just one run on five hits and three walks with four strikeouts in six innings.

Putz was credited with his seventh save.

"It was a big win for us," McLaren said.

Frasor suffered the loss for Toronto, which fell to 10-15 in one-run games. "It cannot get any more frustrating," Overbay said. "There is no excuses, we're just not getting it done."

Overbay and Wells drove in the runs for Toronto Blue Jays (33-33), losers in seven of nine games.

"I like our team," Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi said. "These guys play hard and we have had our heart ripped out and stepped on a few times and for them to continue getting off the mat, I think, is a testament to them.

"[But] I do think we're at a point … where it is becoming moving day. We cannot keep wallowing two-steps forward, two-steps back.

"We have got to start making some progress. I know we're capable of doing it, but we don't want to get to a point where we're looking at July and saying, 'We have dug a hole for ourselves.'"

Vidro homers off Litsch

Ichiro Suzuki singled to left to open the contest and Jose Vidro delivered him with a two-run jolt to right, his fourth homer this season on the fourth pitch from Toronto starter Jesse Litsch.

Litsch blanked the Mariners after that, scattering 10 hits with one walk and four strikeouts in six innings.

It remained 1-0 until Kevin Mench walked with two out in the fourth inning and rounded the bases on Overbay's run-scoring double to right.

Toronto tied it 2-2 off three relievers in the seventh inning when Eckstein walked and Rios singled off Mark Lowe to bring up pinch-hitter John McDonald, who moved them into scoring position with a sacrifice bunt off Arthur Rhodes.

Rhodes was replaced by former Blue Jays reliever Miguel Batista, who struck out Scott Rolen.

But Wells legged out an infield single to score Eckstein, ripping a shot to short that Yuniesky Betancourt snared on a hop, only to pull first baseman Richie Sexson off the bag with a high throw.

Toronto had a glorious opportunity to win it in the bottom of the ninth inning when Eckstein led off with a soft single to right field, but he was picked off by Dickey.

Alex Rios walked on the next pitch, stole second base as Joe Inglett struck out and scampered to third base on a passed ball, but Rolen grounded out to second to end the threat.

With files from the Canadian Press