SEATTLE -- Elvis Andrus used his bat to offset a couple of defensive miscues.Andrus had a homer, three doubles and two errors, Jonathan Lucroy hit a two-run homer and the Texas Rangers held off the slumping Seattle Mariners 10-7 on Tuesday night.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.Other than the first at-bat with the strikeout, a huge night for Elvis coming on a night where defensively, a couple mistakes, Rangers manager Jeff Banister said. A really huge night with the homer, the doubles, the hit-and-run double, really he just continues to come up with huge hits for us in different situations.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.James Paxton (4-6) allowed six runs -- four earned -- and nine hits, throwing 103 pitches in 4 1/3 innings.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 finally got a pitch up in the zone and barreled it up, Lucroy said. Ive been a little late on some heaters, a little ahead on some offspeed stuff. I finally got a pitch I could handle and didnt miss it.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.I feel way worse for Martin, than actually for me with those two errors, Andrus said. Hes been battling a lot and today was throwing a great game, and it really gets me upset when stuff like that happens. But, I think it helped me, too, with my offense. It already happened, its in the past, so lets try to do something offensively so I can help him.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.We could never just quite get out in front of it, Mariners manager Scott Servais said. I thought our offense did a really great job, getting after it and trying to create opportunities. We were one hit away a couple times from getting the lead, but we just couldnt do it.Seager pulled the Mariners even in the third with a two-run homer, his 26th, matching his career high set last season.Paxton struck out four in the first inning, with one of them costing 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.BELTRE KEEPS SCORINGAdrian Beltre doubled to open the fifth and scored ahead of Lucroys home run, giving him a Rangers record of 12 consecutive games with a run scored. It was Beltres 585th career double, tying Rafael Palmeiro for 19th on the career list.TRAINING ROOM:Rangers: RHP Tanner Scheppers was activated from the 60-day DL (left knee surgery). ... Texas recalled INF Joey Gallo and OF Jared Hoying from Triple-A Round Rock.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 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. Cleveland Indians Jerseys . By having more great seasons. 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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Matt Forte was strolling toward his locker just as Brandon Marshall was raving about his teammates intense workout regimen.Thats when the New York Jets wide receiver jumped on the chance to tease Forte.Look at this guy, a smiling Marshall said. Hes walking in here now with no shirt on. Look at his body. Ooh! Matt Forte!The star running back is indeed a physical specimen, even at 30, an age at which many players at his position typical begin to decline.But Forte, in his first season with the Jets, is off to a terrific start and showing no signs of slowing down. Through two games, he has 196 yards rushing -- second in the NFL only to 33-year-old DeAngelo Williams of the Pittsburgh Steelers.Hes always the most energetic guy in here after a game, whether its a loss from Week 1 or the win from Week 2, quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick said. Hes running around. I feel bad because I feel a little sore and hes running around like crazy, looking like hes 20.There were whispers around the league after eight seasons in Chicago that perhaps Forte was wearing down after rushing for 8,602 yards on 2,035 carries as the Bears workhorse -- a label he still fully embraces. Two years ago, he set the NFL record for running backs with 102 receptions.The Jets were undeterred, signing him to a three-year, $12 million contract in March.So far, Forte has delivered, carrying 52 times in two games while running for three touchdowns and catching seven passes for 68 yards. Its a workload hes confident he can maintain.Because its me out there doing it, so I have no doubt that I can continue to play how Ive been playing, Forte said. In football, we all know that there are injuries that happen. But as long as you can continue to maintain your body and do maintenance -- I do a lot of different things, whether its with my diet or my workout regimen during the week to get me prepared for Sunday so that Im able to play at a high level every day.Not that coach Todd Bowles anticipates handing the ball off to Forte 30 times a game, as the Jets did Thursday night in a 37-31 victory at Buffalo .Again, its only been two weeks, Bowles said. We knew he could play. We knew he could tote it, and we just have to be careful and make sure he stays healthy throughout the season.Forte tweaked a hamstring before training camp and waasnt able to practice until midway through.ddddddddddddHis first and only preseason action came in the Jets third game, but he has looked spry at the start of the regular season.Its his preparation and the way he takes care of his body, Bowles said. Thirty is the new 25.Forte didnt go into specifics about his eating habits or workout routines, but he agreed with a comparison to treating his body like a race car.Youre not going to put oil in the gas tank when you want it to run at top speed, he said. Youre going to put the high-performance fuel in it, so youve got to watch what youre putting in your body. I eat clean a lot of the time, especially during the season.Since entering the NFL in 2008 as a second-round draft pick out of Tulane, Forte has 12,982 yards from scrimmage, the most in the league during that span.He needs one touchdown catch to join Marshall Faulk, Marcus Allen, Thurman Thomas and Herschel Walker as the only players in NFL history with 8,000 yards rushing, 4,000 yards receiving and 20 TD receptions in his career.To be in the NFL and be a real, total running back, you must do whats required of you, and thats running, blocking and catching, Forte said. I just think it adds another dimension to the game when you have a running back who can catch.With wide receivers Marshall, Eric Decker and the emerging Quincy Enunwa providing targets down the field for Fitzpatrick, Forte gives New York the elements of versatility and unpredictability. He can run it, take a short pass -- or even line up wide.Matt does a nice job back there, Fitzpatrick said. Hes had a bunch of carries the first two games. Hes a guy that we want touch the ball a lot, so whether its in the pass game or the run game, were going to try to get him the ball.Marshall played three seasons with Forte in Chicago from 2012-14, so the running backs start is no surprise to him.Hes a workhorse, Marshall said. Thats his nickname, Workhorse. ... A lot of people had written him off, said he was done, hes over the hill, and 30 is the drop-off. But a lot of people dont know who Matt Forte is.Hes one of the hardest-working men Ive ever been around.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '