SEATTLE (AP) — The longest Red Sox skid in more than a decade lasted only a week.

It felt much longer to those involved in Boston’s downward spiral that finally came to an end on Tuesday night.

“It feels good to shake hands. It’s been a while. It seems like a really long time,” Boston outfielder Cody Ross said.

Ross hit a tying three-run homer in the sixth inning, Ryan Lavarnway connected two batters later and the Red Sox snapped their seven-game losing streak with a 4-3 win over the Seattle Mariners.

The Red Sox were looking at an eighth straight setback with another lackluster effort on this miserable road trip before pulling even thanks to a rally that took just six pitches.

The quick turn of fortunes for Boston made a winner out of Jon Lester (9-11), who gave up consecutive homers to Franklin Gutierrez and Kyle Seager in the third, but otherwise avoided damage.

Eric Thames hit a two-out, two-strike triple in the ninth for Seattle off Andrew Bailey to keep the Mariners hopes alive. But Bailey got Seager to fly out to right to end it for his second save in three chances.

Dustin’s Pedroia’s single to start the inning extended his hitting streak to a seasonhigh 15 games. Following Ross’ homer, Beavan recovered to get James Loney and Jared Saltalamacchia on fly outs before Lavarnway came through with his first home run for the Red Sox since a two-homer game Sept. 27, 2011, against Baltimore.

Lester needed 111 pitches to get through six innings.