Asdrubal Cabrera and Carlos Santana homer for Indians but Mariners win, 12-6, in seven innings.
CLEVELANd, Ohio -- The Mariners have offensive issues -- except when they face the Indians at Progressive Field.
Eric Wedge's grinders kept the train moving Monday, amassing 11 hits in a 12-6 victory in seven wet innings.
Paid attendance for the makeup from a postponement May 15 was 15,354. If there were 354 in the seats by first pitch at 4:06 p.m., they fooled those counting.
A long day for the Indians got even longer at 6:33 p.m., when umpire Jeff Nelson signaled for the tarp as the Tribe prepared to take the field for the top of the eighth.
The game was called at 7:17.
The Mariners (64-89) lost the season series, 5-4, but went 4-2 in Cleveland. In the six road games, they batted a combined .300-plus with 26 extra-base hits and 45 runs.
Seattle entered Monday ranked last in the American League -- by plenty -- in average (.233) and runs (517).
The Indians, having revised their goals to finishing second in the AL Central and/or above .500, slipped to 75-76. They were coming off a three-game sweep of the Twins in Minneapolis.
Seattle erased deficits of 3-0 after one inning and 4-2 after two. A nine-run third provided plenty of breathing room.
With one out in the bottom of the first, Jason Donald singled to left in a mist. As rain fell harder, Asdrubal Cabrera hit lefty Charlie Furbush's first pitch over the left-field wall for his 23rd homer.
Moments later, Carlos Santana homered to left. Santana's 26th long ball set the club record for a switch-hitter, eclipsing Victor Martinez's mark from 2007.
Seattle scored twice in the second. Third baseman Alex Liddi lifted a curveball from lefty David Huff over the left-field wall for a two-run homer.
Cabrera made it 4-2 in the bottom of the inning when he doubled to drive in Donald, who had singled.
The Mariners' game-changing third began when Luis Rodriguez grounded to the left of third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall, who failed to field it cleanly and was charged with an error. Rodriguez scored on Mike Carp's double to left-center. Carp was just getting warmed up.
With one out, Kyle Seager delivered an RBI single to center. During the Mariners' visit in late August, Seager went 10-for-13 with five doubles and one homer in three games.
Later in the inning, Trayvon Robinson grounded a two-run single up the middle with the bases loaded. Center fielder Grady Sizemore picked up the ball in shallow center but had no shot to get trailer Wily Mo Pena.
Ichiro Suzuki flipped a two-out double down the left-field line for an RBI. Indians manager Manny Acta hooked Huff for Chad Durbin.
With the bases loaded, Carp hit a rocket into what used to be known as Pronkville to cap the nine-run outburst. Carp's homer traveled an estimated 455 feet.
Furbush struck out the final two batters of the third, the side in the fourth and the first batter in the fifth.
Cabrera snapped the streak with a single to center. Santana doubled into the right-field corner, Cabrera stopping at third. Travis Hafner kept the hands back and poked an off-speed pitch into the hole at second for a two-run single. Shelley Duncan flied to deep left-center and Sizemore grounded to second.
Seattle strung three one-out singles against Frank Herrmann in the sixth to score once.
Furbush was relieved by right-hander Josh Lueke to begin the sixth.
Trevor Crowe replaced Sizemore in center to open the seventh.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/09/indians_lead_mariners_3-2_afte.html
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