Reynold's Walk-off single rains on Seattle come back.

Zach McCallister was on his way to a CGSO today with the Mariners. 8 innings in, the Tribe was up 4-0 and Brendan Ryan lifts an 85 mph splitter over the left field wall, scoring 2. Rich Hall came on in relief. Chris Perez came on to close in the 9th and gave up back-to-back homers to Raul Ibanez and Justin Smoak. So the bottom of the 9th was set up to be a thriller. Last night's walk-off hero, Jason Kipinis was up first. He singles to to center. Asdrubal Cabrera doubles to left, Kipinis is on 3rd. Oliver Perez intentionally walks Nick Swisher to load the bases with no outs. Yoervis Medina replaces Oliver Perez. He pitches 2 85 mph curves. The first one almost gets by Jesus Montero. The second one is hit and Reynolds reaches on a fielder's choice. Kipinis scores from 3rd and the game is over. Tribe wins 5-4. You certainly get your money's worth when you buy a ticket to a Cleveland Indians baseball game! SO McAllister goes 7 and 1/3 giving up 2 runs on 6 hits, a walk and only 1 strike out. Rich Hill went the other 2/3 of the 8th giving up 1 hit. Chris Perez came on to close in the 9th giving up 2 runs on  2 hits (both HR's) and notching a strike out. His ERA is still only 1.98. He got the win and goes 2-0 on the season. The Indians stranded 12 base runners and were  3-12 RISP.

The Indians and Mariners play one more game tomorrow in Cleveland. The first pitch is scheduled for 1:05 and it will be thrown by Mariners right-hander Felix Hernandez (5-2  1.53 ERA). The Indians will rely on Justin Masterson (6-2  3.41 ERA) to complete the series sweep of Seattle. Masterson last pitched on 5/13 in a 1-0 home win against the Yankees. He had a CGSO, going all 9 innings and giving up 4 hits, 3 walks and rining up 9 k's. Hernandez last pitched on 5/14, also against the Yankees, but in New York. He went 6 innings giving up 1 run on 5 hits, walking 2 and striking out 8 Yankee batters. The Yanks won it 4-3 and the loss went to Charlie Furbush (0-2).

The Indians are now 24-17 in first place in the AL Central. The Tigers are 1/2 game out, currently playing in Texas and losing to the Rangers 6-2 in the bottom of the 5th.