[0] MARINERS TOP ANGELS WITH EXTRA POWER; SEGUI'S HOMER IN 10TH WINS GAME FOR SEATTLE : SEATTLE 4, ANGELS 3.

Byline: Fred J. Robledo

Ken Griffey Jr., didn't beat the Angels. He helped, of course, but it was the 430-foot home run by David Segui off Angels reliever Troy Percival in the 10th inning that gave Seattle a 4-3 victory over the Angels on Saturday in front of 43,752 - the largest crowd ever to watch a game at Edison Field.

The loss spoiled a fine outing from Angels starter Ken Hill, who has had his share of problems prior to Saturday's contest. Hill says he hasn't struggled because of his surgically repaired right elbow. In fact, the elbow's fine.

After walking seven in his last outing and watching his earned-run average rise to 7.56, he acknowledged that an adjustment to his delivery (to relieve the stress from his elbow) had caused him comfort problems.

After a shaky start Saturday and a pitch to Griffey he would like to have back, Hill had an effective night.

Manager Terry Collins said Hill had been progressing steadily since his last start and knew it would only take a short time for him to adjust to his new delivery.

He was right. Hill allowed only three runs on five hits in seven innings of work.

``He wanted to cut his windup down so what we did is put his hands in a different position,'' Collins said before the game. ``The thing with Kenny is that the bending of his elbows would strain out his elbow, so we tried to stay away from that. Anytime you change a habit it takes time to get going again.''

With the score tied 3-3 in the ninth and Mark Petkovsek in for Hill, Mariners left fielder Butch Husky hit a grounder to shortstop Andy Sheets. Sheets' throw one-hopped Darin Erstad, who was unable to gather it, allowing Husky to reach first on an error.

Russ Davis followed with a single, and the Angels brought in Percival. He was able to get Dan Wilson to ground out to third and escaped the inning after Tim Salmon tracked down a dangerous fly to right by Domingo Cedeno.

The Angels had a chance to win in the ninth. With Todd Greene on second with one out, Sheets and Orlando Palmeiro grounded out to take the game into extra-innings, when Percival gave up the homer to Segui.

Seattle spotted Hill an early 1-0 lead in the second inning. With one out, Angels center fielder Garret Anderson struck out, but reached first on a passed ball. Troy Glaus continued his hot hitting, sending a liner to left-center to move Anderson to second. Todd Greene struck out, but Matt Walbeck singled up the middle to score Anderson.

That lead lasted all of one inning. With two outs in the third and David Bell at first, Griffey strolled up, smacking a 390-foot homer into the right-field bleachers for a 2-1 lead.

In the fourth, Hill gave up a hard single to Butch Huskey, who eventually scored on a triple by Dan Wilson for a 3-1 Mariners lead.

Greene, who had homered in his two previous games for the Angels, continued to show his strength in the bottom half of the fourth. He extended his hitting streak to eight games with a two-out, two-run homer to left to tie the game 3-3.

Hill started to gather himself. He gave up a walk to Griffey in the fifth but got out of the inning with three flyouts, then retired the side in the sixth.