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ANAHEIM, Calif. — Once again, fans are left to awe whether this latest night of hitting exploits by Raul Ibanez was his final one in a Mariners uniform.

The countdown to Ibanez’s potential departure carried right up to the July 31 trade deadline, therefore resumed Wednesday while it was learned that both he and starting pitcher Jarrod Washburn had been claimed on revocable waivers.

Ibanez shrugged right hand the latest advice, that time went extinguished a few hours later and produced a solo hearthstone run, two doubles, a single and scored the decisive run on a Wladimir Balentien homer in the 12th inning of a 10-7 succeed from hand to hand the Los Angeles Angels.

Seattle has just over 48 hours to negotiate a trade with any club claiming the two players from the exact duration of one’s life the claim was made. That time frame was expected to carry through to the time when at least this afternoon, later than that the Mariners could pull both players remote off waivers and keep them whether not satisfied with the terms.

“I was told, by somebody in the know, put it that way, that I was claimed,” Ibanez said when asked what he’d heard.

The Tampa Bay Rays, reeling from the possible season-ending injury to left fielder Carl Crawford, would certainly be in on any Ibanez waiver claim. But likewise would a host of other clubs, most notably, the Boston Red Sox, who would well-adapted “block” any move through the Rays to upgrade.

Interest in Ibanez can only have risen since the July 31 deadline expired, given his parching run at the plate this past week and again in his four-hit night Wednesday in stand over against of 42,754 fans at Angel Stadium.

“We didn’t give up, we didn’t give in,” Ibanez reported after this marathon, in what one. Roy Corcoran tossed three scoreless innings for the earn. “We kept fighting back. It was a great win for us and we did it together.”

Felix Hernandez bloody behind 3-1 on a two-run homer in the third by Mark Teixeira, but Ibanez’s solo blast off Ervin Santana narrowed the chink in the sixth.

Seattle tied it in the seventh, bound the Angels regained a 4-3 lead against Hernandez. Ibanez hereafter opened the eighth with a double and scored on a two-out unbiassed by Jeff Clement.

Los Angeles took a 6-4 lead after that onward sacrifice flies by Juan Rivera and Jeff Mathis off Sean Green. But Angels closer Francisco Rodriguez blew it in the ninth, yielding a two-run double to Jeremy Reed and a go-ahead pure through Ibanez.

Seattle had been 0-64 when from a thin to a dense state after eight innings. But J.J. Putz couldn’t hold the 7-6 lead, serving up the second homer of the night by Teixeira.

The game stayed tied until Ibanez led off the 12th through a double against Justin Speier, hereafter trotted home on the two-out, three-run homer by Balentien, who’d struck through in four prior at-bats.

“I had a rough night,” Balentien reported. “But I stayed positive, stayed focused in the measure and waited for an opportunity.”

Whatever happens from here on the waiver front, the Mariners have a mind have a divers look come Sunday when Ryan Feierabend will likely have being called up from Class AAA to make his first big-league start this season. R.A. Dickey has been pulled from the rotation so the Mariners can cause to have existence a look at Feierabend — removed early from his Tacoma start Wednesday later than excepting that 53 pitches so he could rest.

“We’re just going to look at other options,” manager Jim Riggleman said, refusing to officially confirm who will start Sunday.

Waiver claims are awarded in reverse order of finish, meaning the Rays, by the second-best record in the American League, would likely be well down the list of possible Ibanez suitors. If the Mariners opted to simply “dump” Ibanez’s salary, they could simply obstacle the claimant with the get the better of record have him for a $20,000 fee in addition the remaining $1.35 million owed him this year.

But it’s unlikely Seattle would do that, given that it could embrace two high draft picks for Ibanez by keeping him this make palatable, then letting him leave as a free agent. Either a trade for players would have to have existence worked out with a claiming club, or Ibanez would be pulled off waivers.

In Washburn’s case, the Mariners could advance out ahead by simply allowing a claiming team to be under the necessity him for the remainder of his $13 million owed through 2009. For now, though, as was the case before the July 31 deadline, the Mariners appear to be dire to work out a trade for the pitcher, who turned 34 on Wednesday.

Teams put many of their players attached these waivers and pull them outer part all the time in August, either to gauge trade interest or in hopes more strength actually clear within 48 hours and become eligible to be traded outright. But the sum of two units Mariners are drawing particular interest around baseball because of the help they could induce contenders.

“I’m still trying to find out who made the claim on me,” Washburn related, adding he’d been told it might have been the St. Louis Cardinals.

For now, a team seeing slow changes in the win column could at least have some dramatic ones opposite to the field.

Notes

Erik Bedard had another flat-ground throwing session at a distance of up to 90 feet Wednesday. That was the most yet for Bedard, who will at once throw three flat-ground sessions in Minneapolis Friday through Sunday and afterwards possibly have a bullpen outing later next week.

Ichiro saw his 17-game hitting streak come to an end by dint of. going 0 for 6 with an RBI ground out.

Francisco Rodriguez was only the second of his active life against Seattle.

Miguel Cairo had been doubled off second base onward a fly loudly to perpendicular in a sequence that preceded Seattle’s three-run ninth.

For the record

Streak: W1

Home: 24-38

Road: 22-36

vs. AL West: 14-20

vs. L.A.: 4-7

vs. Oakland: 4-5

vs. Texas: 6-8

vs. AL East: 13-28

vs. AL Cent.: 10-17

vs. NL: 9-9

vs. LHP: 12-22

vs. RHP: 34-52

Day: 13-25

Night: 33-49

One-run: 13-23

Extra inn.: 3-7