AL: CLEVELAND (0-0) at SEATTLE (0-0) <h3>Indians, Mariners meet in Game 1 of doubleheader</h3> Cleveland (93-63) at Seattle (83-73), 11:00 am EDT SEATTLE (Ticker) -- The red-hot Cleveland Indians take on theSeattle Mariners in the first game of a double header onWednesday, as they look to continue soaring towards the bestrecord in the American League. Cleveland defeated Seattle, 4-3, in 12 innings in the first gameof the four-game series on Tuesday. The Indians have won eightof their last 10 games and are 23-6 since August 25. The Indians will send Fausto Carmona (18-8, 3.03 ERA) to themound. The righthander has won four straight starts and has notallowed more than two runs in each of those outings. Carmona has not faced the Mariners this season, but surrenderedfour runs in one inning of relief against Seattle in his onlyappearance against them last year. The Mariners will counter with Ryan Feierabend (1-5, 7.33). Thelefthander, who is winless since June 3, has never facedCleveland in his brief career. In his last outing on Thursday,the 22-year-old gave up five runs and eight hits over threeinnings in a loss against the Angels. The Indians will be treated as the home team in game one. Themakeup game is part of the four-game series that was snowed outat Jacobs field from April 6-9. Cleveland may be without their starting catcher, VictorMartinez, who left Tuesday's game in the bottom of the eighthinning with a right knee contusion. His status is day-to-day.
Eight-run third powers Indians past Mariners <h3>CLEVELAND 12, SEATTLE 4</h3>By Paul Lowenberg PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer SEATTLE (Ticker) -- Luis Rivas homered and tripled to highlightan eight-run third inning and had four RBI to help righthanderFausto Carmona cruise to his 19th victory as the ClevelandIndians defeated the Seattle Mariners, 12-4, in the first gameof a doubleheader Wednesday. Carmona (19-8) got off to a rocky start but finally settled downto retire 15 Mariners in a row at one point before rookieWladimir Balentien ended the streak with his first major leaguehome run in the seventh inning. In winning his fifth straight decision, Carmona went seveninnings, giving up three runs on seven hits. He struck out fourand did not walk a batter. Trailing, 2-0, the Indians matched their biggest inning of theyear when they erupted for eight runs on nine hits againststarter Ryan Feierabend (1-6) and reliever Jorge Campillo totake an 8-2 lead in the third inning. Rivas, in just his second at-bat as a member of the Indians, ledoff the inning with his first homer in more than two years andlater contributed a run-scoring triple in the big inning. Feierabend departed after giving up five more hits and wascharged with six runs to remain winless since June 3. Campillo came on with two outs but gave up a two-run single byBen Francisco and Asdrubal Cabrera's run-scoring single beforefinally retiring Travis Hafner to end the inning. The nine hits in the inning were a season high for the Indians,who improved to 94-63 in their battle with the Boston Red Sox(94-64) for baseball's best record and home-field advantage inthe American League playoffs. The Mariners had staked Feierabend to a quick 2-0 lead in thefirst when Jose Guillen hit his 22nd home run, a two-run shot. Casey Blake had a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning and added arun-scoring out with a line drive off Campillo's forearm duringa three-run sixth. Rivas singled in two runs off reliever JohnParrish for a 12-2 Cleveland lead. The game was a makeup contest as the finale of a four-gameseries that was snowed out in Cleveland in April. In an unusualtwist, the Indians were designated as the "home" team, eventhough the game was played in Seattle. It was the first time the home team - in this case the Mariners- batted first in their own stadium since June 26, 1913, whenthe Philadelphia Athletics played the Senators in Washington.
Eight-run third powers Indians past Mariners <h3>CLEVELAND 12, SEATTLE 4</h3>By Paul Lowenberg PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer SEATTLE (Ticker) - Luis Rivas homered and tripled to highlightan eight-run third inning and had four RBI to help righthanderFausto Carmona cruise to his 19th victory as the ClevelandIndians defeated the Seattle Mariners, 12-4, in the first gameof a doubleheader Wednesday. Carmona (19-8) got off to a rocky start but finally settled downto retire 15 Mariners in a row at one point before rookieWladimir Balentien ended the streak with his first major leaguehome run in the seventh inning. In winning his fifth straight decision, Carmona went seveninnings, giving up three runs on seven hits. He struck out fourand did not walk a batter. "Fausto Caromona did a great job ... he pitched a good ballgametoday against a tough lineup," Indians manager Eric Wedge said."It's been an interesting series to say the least." Trailing, 2-0, the Indians matched their biggest inning of theyear when they erupted for eight runs on nine hits againststarter Ryan Feierabend (1-6) and reliever Jorge Campillo totake an 8-2 lead in the third inning. Rivas, in just his second at-bat as a member of the Indians, ledoff the inning with his first homer in more than two years andlater contributed a run-scoring triple in the big inning. "Luis Rivas had a great game. He hit the home run and hadanother big hit and made a couple of good defensive plays,"Wedge said. "He had a fantastic game today for us. We got astrong look at him in spring training and he did a good job downthere at (Class) AAA. "He's shown himself to be a very good teammate and he hasexperience as well. So, he's been a nice addition. We haven'thad a chance to play him much so he got in there today and did agood job." Feierabend departed after giving up five more hits and wascharged with six runs to remain winless since June 3. Campillo came on with two outs but gave up a two-run single byBen Francisco and Asdrubal Cabrera's run-scoring single beforefinally retiring Travis Hafner to end the inning. The nine hits in the inning were a season high for the Indians,who improved to 94-63 in their battle with the Boston Red Sox(94-64) for baseball's best record and home-field advantage inthe American League playoffs. The Mariners had staked Feierabend to a quick 2-0 lead in thefirst when Jose Guillen hit his 22nd home run, a two-run shot. Casey Blake had a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning and added arun-scoring out with a line drive off Campillo's forearm duringa three-run sixth. Rivas singled in two runs off reliever JohnParrish for a 12-2 Cleveland lead. The game was a makeup contest as the finale of a four-gameseries that was snowed out in Cleveland in April. In an unusualtwist, the Indians were designated as the "home" team, eventhough the game was played in Seattle. It was the first time the home team - in this case the Mariners- batted first in their own stadium since June 26, 1913, whenthe Philadelphia Athletics played the Senators in Washington.
