SportsDirect Inc. staff
Nov 13, 2011
Marshawn Lynch ran for 109 yards and a touchdown while Steven Hauschka booted five field goals as the Seattle Seahawks snapped a three-game losing streak with a surprising 22-17 home victory over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday.
Lynch had his second consecutive 100-yard performance and has scored all three Seahawks touchdowns over the last four games.
Seattle (3-6), which scored a total of 28 points during its skid, built a 10-0 lead after one quarter on Lynch's 1-yard TD run and a 22-yard field goal by Hauschka.
The Ravens got on the board with 9:11 remaining in the second on a 1-yard scoring toss from running back Ray Rice to Ed Dickson. The tight end, who had just 11 receptions in 15 games as a rookie last season, finished with 10 catches for 79 yards.
Hauschka connected for three field goals later in the quarter, including a 35-yarder with 46 seconds left that was set up by David Reed's second fumble of a kickoff return on the day. He converted a 30-yard attempt early in the third to give Seattle a 22-7 lead.
Dickson hauled in an 11-yard scoring strike from Joe Flacco with less than six minutes to play in the fourth to get the Ravens within 22-17. But Baltimore never got the ball back and lost for just the second time in seven games.
Flacco was 29 of 52 for 255 yards with one interception for Baltimore (6-3), which has allowed 69 points over its last three contests after yielding 50 over the previous four games.
The Ravens fell back into a tie with Cincinnati for second place in the AFC North, one-half game behind Pittsburgh.