The Tribe won the 1st game of a 3 game series with Seattle in grand style last night. A 10th inning 2 out smash with 2 on gave the Indians a 6-3 win over the Mariners. Ubaldo Jiminez went 5 innings giving up 2 runs (1 HR) 7 hits, walking 1 and striking out 9. The Indians got things rolling in the 2nd when Nick Swisher drew a lead-off walk from Brandon Mauer. Calos Santana doubled, sending Swisher to 3rd. Jason Giambi flew out to right, scoring swisher from 3rd and advancing Santana to 3rd. Mark Reynolds struck out and with Michael Brantley at the plate, Mauer's wild pitch scored Santana from 3rd. Brantley struck out to end the inning. In the top of the 4th, Kendrys Morales takes a 91 mph 2 seam fastball from Jiminez over the right field wall, cutting the Indian's lead 2-1. In the bottom of the 5th, Drew Stubbs solo shot to right off of Mauer makes the score 3-1. In the top of the 6th, Justin Smoak singled to right. Ubaldo took a seat and Rich Hill faced Raul Ibanez. His first pitch, a 92 mph 2 seam fastball, sailed past Ibanez for a called strike. His second pitch, a 75 mph curveball, sailed past the right field fence, scoring 2 runs, tying the score at 3. On to the 10th inning. Mark Reynolds goes down swinging, then Michael Brantley grounds out to 2nd. The Mariners replace carter Capps with Luke Luetge. With 2 outs, Drew Stubbs draws a 5 pitch walk from Luetge. With Miachael Bourn at bat, Stubbs steals 2nd base. Bourn singles on an 86 mph slider to 2nd, Stubbs advances to 3rd. Jason Kipinis steps in the box, Bourn takes 2nd on defensive indifference. Luetge's 1st pitch, a slider, hit catcher Jesus Montero's glove at 86 mph. Montero regretted calling for that pitch again, as the 2nd 86 mph slider that came to Kipinis ended up in some guy's den. Kipinis drove the pitch into the right field stands, scoring 3 runs, The walk-off jack gave the Tribe a 6-3 win. Kipinis is a scorching .361 over his last 14 games. He has hit 6 round-trippers and driven in 19 of his Indians team mates. Recently, Jason has readjusted his swing, going a little shorter, and it has paid off.
The pitching staff for the Indians shared the load in the last 5 innings. Hill replaced Jiminez in the 6th and pitched 1 and 1/3 before giving up the game tying 2 run shot to Ibanez. He was replaced by Bryan Allen who pitched 1 inning and got 1 K. Bryan Shaw served up 1 strike-out in the 2 batters he faced in the 9th, and Chris Perez came in to pitch 1/3 of the inning getting 1 strike-out. Vinnie Pestano pitched in the 10th, walking 1 and striking out 1. That gave Vinnie his first win (1-0 2.0 ERA on 3 earned runs, 5 walks and 9 K's) on the season.
The Indians and Mariners play again today at 1:05 at the corner of Carnegie and Ontario. Zach McAllister (3-3 2.68 ERA) will toe the rubber for the Tribe. McAllister's last game was on May 12th in Detroit. He pitched 6 innings, gave up 2 runs on 8 hits with 3 walks and 5 strike outs. The Indians won the game 4-3 on a walk-off single from Michael Bourn in the 10th. Joe Smith got the win for the Tribe. The Mariners will start Joe Saunders (3-4 5.51 ERA). His last game was a home win against the A's where he went 6 and 1/3 innings, giving up 1 run on 5 hits, walking 3 and striking out 6.
Cleveland is 23-17 and tied with Detroit for 1st in the AL Central. Seattle is 3rd in the AL West at 20-22, 6.5 games behind the 2nd place A's and 7 games behind the 1st place Rangers.
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