TAMPA (Interstat) — Griffin Jax pitched five solid innings and Ryan Vilade smacked a three-run homer as the Tampa Bay Rays routed the Seattle Mariners 6-1 on Saturday afternoon at George Steinbrenner Field. Jax (5-6) allowed one earned run on four hits with three strikeouts, helping the Rays improve to 56-37. Logan Gilbert (7-6) took the loss, yielding four earned runs on nine hits over 6 2/3 innings for Seattle, which fell to 47-49. The Mariners took a 1-0 lead in the second on Colt Emerson’s sacrifice fly, but Ben Williamson’s RBI double tied it in the bottom half. Jonathan Aranda’s run-scoring double in the third put Tampa Bay ahead. Vilade’s seventh homer of the season, a line drive to left, scored three in the seventh for a 5-1 lead. Nick Fortes added an RBI single in the eighth. Williamson finished 4-for-4 with an RBI. The Rays outhit the Mariners 12-6. Cam Booser struck out five in two scoreless innings of relief. Attendance was 22,597. Time of game was 2 hours, 31 minutes.