Charleston, SC - Former runner-up Lucie Safarova and 15th- seeded American Madison Keys were a pair of opening-round winners, while 10th- seeded Russian Maria Kirilenko was sent packing Monday at the Family Circle Cup tennis event. The ninth-seeded Safarova doused Swede Johanna Larsson 6-2, 6-3 on the green clay at Family Circle Tennis Center. The Czech player was a finalist here two years ago and captured back-to-back doubles titles in 2012 and last year. Making her 2014 season debut, the former world No. 5 Kirilenko succumbed to Swiss qualifier Belinda Bencic 6-1, 7-5. Kirilenko had been sidelined since the end of last season because of a knee injury. The 19-year-old Keys, meanwhile, advanced by sneaking past Croat Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, 7-6 (7-0), 7-6 (7-3). In other action involving Americans, Lauren Davis leveled German Dinah Pfizenmaier 6-1, 6-4; Russian Alla Kudryavtseva dismissed Christina McHale 6-3, 7-5; South African Chanelle Scheepers overcame Alison Riske 4-6, 6-2, 6-3; and Czech Petra Cetkovska topped Varvara Lepchenko 6-1, 2-6, 6-0. Davis will face former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic in the second round. Also advancing on Day 1 were Frances Virginie Razzano, Brazils Teliana Pereira, Kazakhstans Yaroslava Shvedova, Croat Ajla Tomljanovic, and Dutch qualifier Kiki Bertens. Serena Williams has won the last two titles and is a three-time Charleston champ. The world No. 1 star topped the 2007 titlist Jankovic in last years finale. Last weeks Miami champion Williams and Jankovic are this weeks top seeds. Leury Garcia Jersey . 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Rodney struck out Brandon Moss looking before walking Lowrie on four pitches to force in the go-ahead run. Luke Gregerson (5-4) pitched a perfect ninth to earn the win, and Sean Doolittle, reinstated from the disabled list one day earlier, pitched the 10th for his 21st save as Oakland remained a half-game ahead of Kansas City for the American Leagues first wild card. The Mariners dropped a game behind the Royals for the leagues second wild card. Donaldson hit his team-leading 27th home run in the sixth inning to tie the score at 1-1. Oakland took the lead in the seventh when Josh Reddick doubled with one out, moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on Eric Sogards two-out single. Sogard, who had three hits, stole second and moved to third on another wild pitch, but Hernandez struck out Crisp to end the inning. Seattles Robinson Cano tied the score at 2-all with a solo home run, his 14th, in the bottom of the inning. Oakland starter Sonny Gray allowed ttwo runs and five hits with two walks and seven strikeouts in eight innings.dddddddddddd Seattles Felix Hernandez gave up two runs and seven hits with eight strikeouts in seven innings. It marked the seventh time this season hes pitched at least six innings and allowed two runs or fewer without a decision. The Mariners took a 1-0 lead in the third when James Jones tripled and scored on Chris Taylors single up the middle. The game drew 43,913 for Seattles first sellout since its home opener. TRAINERS ROOM Athletics: C Geovany Soto, who left Fridays game with back spasms, will hopefully be able to return after Oaklands day off Monday, manager Bob Melvin said. ... OF Craig Gentry, who has not played since suffering a concussion on Tuesday, felt dizzy after riding a stationary bike on Friday but did not feel dizziness after riding on Saturday. "Hopefully were on the right path with him," Melvin said. Mariners: OF Dustin Ackley was out of the lineup again with soreness in his foot and ankle. Ackley played Friday after sitting out four games, and Seattle manager Lloyd McClendon said hes day-to-day. UP NEXT Athletics: Jon Lester (14-10) is 8-3 with a 1.79 in 16 starts since June 12, the second-best ERA in the American League in that time. Mariners: Chris Young (12-7) will try to set a new career high for wins in the series finale with Oakland. Hes 1-2 with a 4.35 ERA in six appearances against the As this season. ' ' '