SEATTLE -- James Paxton couldnt give the slumping Seattle Mariners the effective outing they needed.Elvis Andrus offset a pair of errors with a homer and three doubles, Jonathan Lucroy hit a two-run homer and the Texas Rangers held off the Mariners 10-7 on Tuesday night.Paxton (4-6) struck out eight in 4 1/3 innings, including four in the first, but was tagged for six runs -- four earned -- and nine hits before being lifted after 103 pitches.Not a good night when you throw like 100 and something pitches in 4 1/3 or whatever it was, Mariners manager Scott Servais said.Seattle, which was 10 games above .500 on Aug. 22, fell to 70-68 and 12 1/2 games behind the Rangers. The Mariners have lost 10 of 13.Martin Perez (10-10) allowed four runs -- two earned -- and seven hits in six innings to win for the third time in his last 13 starts. Sam Dyson pitched the ninth for his 32nd save.The Rangers snapped a 4-4 tie with three runs in the fifth. Lucroy chased Paxton with his ninth homer since joining the Rangers -- he had 13 with Milwaukee prior to the Aug. 1 trade. Drew Storen relieved and gave up doubles to Andrus and pinch-hitter Mitch Moreland.I threw some good pitches and got the strikeouts, obviously, and that was good, said Paxton, adding that he was not bothered by a fingernail torn in his previous start. I just fell behind some guys and came to the middle part of the zone, and they got some hits.Andrus opened the seventh with his fifth home run off Arquimedes Caminero to make it 8-4. Seattle cut it to 8-6 in the bottom on a bases-loaded walk to Kyle Seager and Leonys Martins sacrifice fly.Andrus added an RBI double in the eighth. Seth Smith answered with a pinch-hit homer in the bottom half, his 12th, to make it 9-7. Lucroy drew a bases-loaded walk in the ninth for the final run.Theyve got a damaging offense, also. They can grind some at-bats out and thats kind of what theyve done all year long, Rangers manager Jeff Banister said. It felt like that was going to be the last-man-standing type of game, where whoever was going to be able to get the most outs without giving up damage was going to come away the winning ballclub.Seager pulled the Mariners even in the third with a two-run homer, his 26th, matching his career high set last season.One of Paxtons four first-inning strikeouts cost him a run. Ian Desmond struck out, but reached on a wild pitch. Carlos Beltran singled him to third and Adrian Beltre punched an opposite-field dribbler into right for an RBI single.Texas, which leads the AL West by 8 1/2 games, had a season-high seven doubles among its 15 hits and won for the eighth time in 10 games.SEAGER HOT VS. TEXASSeagers homer was the 18th of his career against Texas, the most against any single opponent. Since Aug. 6, Seager is hitting .354 (35 for 99) with six homers, 21 RBI, four doubles and 20 runs.TRAINING ROOM:Mariners: RHP Tom Wilhelmsen, eligible to come off the 15-day DL (low back spasms), is on track to throw a simulated game on Thursday after an incident-free bullpen on Tuesday. ... Veteran OF Norichika Aoki was recalled Tuesday after a short stint at Triple-A Tacoma.UP NEXT:Rangers: RHP A.J. Griffin (7-3, 4.41 ERA) has allowed three runs or fewer in six of his last eight starts. Griffin has won his last two starts, beginning with six scoreless innings in a victory over Cleveland.Mariners: LHP Ariel Miranda (2-1, 5.76 ERA) makes his sixth start since being acquired from Baltimore on July 31 in the trade for Wade Miley. Miranda was tagged for four runs in the first in his last start against the Angels, but followed with five scoreless innings for the victory when the Mariners rallied. 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"Regardless of the sport you play, regardless of the province or territory that you represent, know that in your athletic career, that all Canadians from coast to coast to coast are behind you," said Harper during his opening remarks. He was more brief in his closing statement. "I declare the 2013 Canada Games open!" said Harper, straining to be heard over the cheering audience after the official flame of the two-week event was lit. A two-storey stage made to look like a red-brick building covered in graffiti sat in the middle of the field at the Universitie de Sherbrookes football stadium. More than 2,100 athletes from every province and territory filed in from two different points, circling the track and sitting in three groups of seats on the grass. Singers and dancers performed on the centre stage as well as three lower platforms, with each delegation getting its own entrance music, such as a cover of Justin Biebers "Baby" for Ontario and a live rendition of Joni Mitchells "Big Yellow Taxi" for Saskatchewan. Quebec got the loudest ovation, with tennis player Hugo Di Feo carrying the host provinces flag, although the small group of athletes from Nunavut -- led by wrestler David Haulli -- also drew vocal support. "All the preparation and hard work of so many has certainly culminated into the growing awareness of the Canada Games in the heart of Sherbrooke, the province of Quebec and even across all of Canada," said Tom Quinn, chairman of the Canada Games Council in a news conference before the opening ceremonies. "This is truly a wonderful day in the lives of these young athletes who will be competing and representing their province or territory with the greatest oof pride and determination.dddddddddddd" After Harpers first speech, as well as statements from several other officials, there were several musical acts including slam poet David Goudreault. The crowd gasped during Goudreaults performance when several dancers fell off the top of the centre structure. The audience then burst in to applause when the acrobats bounced off trampolines hidden in the stage to return to the top of the building. A group of dignitaries helped carry the official flag of the Canada Summer Games in to the stadium before a colour guard of four Royal Canadian Mounted Police raised it. Colette Roy-Laroche, the mayor of nearby Lac-Megantic, got the loudest ovation of the flag bearers. The town 80 kilometres northeast of Sherbrooke was devastated by an explosive train derailment that claimed the lives of 47 people on July 6. Other flag bearers included Jean Perrault, the former mayor of Sherbrooke who led the bidding process for the Games, as well as several former Olympians like freestyle skier Jennifer Heil, wheelchair racer Diane Roy, sprinter Bruny Surin and divers Sylvie Bernier, Alexandre Despaties and Annie Pelletier. "A special welcome to all the athletes whove followed in the footsteps of previous Canadian Games athletes such as Sidney Crosby, Steve Nash, Catriona Le May Doan, Alexandre Despaties, Annie Plletier, Bruny Surin and Jennifer Heil," said Quinn during his remarks at the festivities. " You are here tonight and for the next two weeks representing your families, friends, province or territory and yourself. "Are you ready to compete?" There are 4,200 athletes from across Canada competing in 20 different sports over 16 days at the 2013 Games, scattered across 20 venues in Sherbrooke and its surrounding area. The athletes will arrive in two waves, with the first group vacating the athletes village on Aug. 10, and the second group moving in the next day. Ontario won the flag at the 2009 Canada Games in Prince Edward Island, winning a total of 202 medals. British Columbia finished with 144, while Quebec had 145. B.C., however, finished second in the medal standings because it earned more points with more gold medals than Quebec: 57 to 42. ' ' '