Alex Cobb hurled seven effective innings Monday and the surging Tampa Bay Rays won a season-high seventh straight game, 4-1 over Seattle. Cobb (7-8) surrendered one run on four hits and two walks, striking out five en route to his third victory in three starts. Joel Peralta pitched a scoreless eighth inning and Fernando Rodney nailed down his major league-best 37th save as the Rays moved to 10 games over .500 (62-52). Tampa Bay scored all four of its runs in the third inning, highlighted by B.J. Upton\'s two-run homer. Seattle\'s Blake Beavan (7-7) was touched for four runs on eight hits through six innings. Eric Thames provided the Mariners\' only RBI.