GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: AL: SEATTLE (33-26) at CLEVELAND (37-24)

AL: SEATTLE (33-26) at CLEVELAND (37-24)

<h3>Mariners and Indians to meet, no snow in forecast</h3>

<div class="pre">Seattle (33-26) at Cleveland (37-24) 7:05 pm EDT</div>

<div class="pre">CLEVELAND (Ticker) - The Seattle Mariners and the Cleveland</div>Indians have had a hard time getting their games in this season.

The second makeup game of their four-game, snowed out series isset to take place Monday at Jacobs Field where the forecastcalls for sunny skies and a game-time temperature of 78degrees.

Paul Byrd (6-2, 3.80 ERA) will take the mound for the Indians.The veteran righthander was on the mound April 6 when the gamewas called one strike short of completion. Byrd had a no-hittergoing at the time.

Since then, Byrd has yielded a total of four walks in 10 starts.He lost last time out against Kansas City, yielding four runsand 10 hits in six innings.

Cleveland is coming off a 2-1 series loss against in-state rivalCincinnati, which entered the series as the National League'sworst team.

The Mariners, on the other hand, are surging this month, havingwon eight of their last 10 games. They are coming off a sweepof the San Diego Padres over the weekend.

Cha Seung Baek (3-2, 4.91) will get the start for Seattle. TheKorean righthander lost to the Indians in the first makeup date,on May 21, yielding five runs and eight hits in 6 1/3 innings.Since then, Baek has gone 2-0 in three starts.

 

AL: SEATTLE at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">SEATTLE AT CLEVELAND -- LINEUPS

SEATTLE CLEVELAND
AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI
Ichiro Suzuki CF .336 5 33 Grady Sizemore CF .285 11 32
Jose Vidro DH .289 3 20 Jason Michaels LF .279 4 16
Jose Guillen RF .263 7 37 Casey Blake 3B .276 9 32
Raul Ibanez LF .287 2 36 Travis Hafner DH .263 10 44
Kenji Johjima C .328 7 27 Jhonny Peralta SS .288 12 36
Ben Broussard 1B .286 3 9 Ryan Garko 1B .314 8 22
Adrian Beltre 3B .267 9 27 Trot Nixon RF .259 2 22
Jose Lopez 2B .296 6 35 Josh Barfield 2B .250 2 29
Yuniesky Betancour SS .301 4 26 Kelly Shoppach C .352 2 8

Cha Seung Baek RHP (3-2, 4.91) Paul Byrd RHP (6-2, 3.80)</div>

 

AL: SEATTLE at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL AT CLEVELAND
WARMUPS: SEA - CHA SEUNG BAEK (3-2, 4.91)
CLE - PAUL BYRD (6-2, 3.80)

UMPIRES: HP - TROY FULLWOOD
1B - JERRY LAYNE
2B - BILL MILLER
3B - MARVIN HUDSON

WEATHER: 78 Degrees, clear
WIND: 7 mph, in from center</div>

 

AL: SEATTLE at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL AT CLEVELAND
STARTING BATS: SEA - CHA SEUNG BAEK AND KENJI JOHJIMA
CLE - PAUL BYRD AND KELLY SHOPPACH

DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: I SUZUKI (.336, 5 HR, 33 RBI)
J VIDRO (.289, 3 HR, 20 RBI)
J GUILLEN (.263, 7 HR, 37 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">AL AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY JOSE GUILLEN SCORED ICHIRO SUZUKI.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J GUILLEN ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 1
CLEVELAND 0 TOP, 1ST

DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: R IBANEZ (.287, 2 HR, 36 RBI)</div>

 

AL: SEATTLE at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
SEATTLE 1 1 3 0
CLEVELAND 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

CURRENT PITCHERS: SEA - CHA SEUNG BAEK
CLE - PAUL BYRD

DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: G SIZEMORE (.285, 11 HR, 32 RBI)
J MICHAELS (.279, 4 HR, 16 RBI)
C BLAKE (.276, 9 HR, 32 RBI)</div>

 

AL: SEATTLE at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">SEATTLE (1) VS CLEVELAND (0) - MID 1ST - IN PROGRESS

SEATTLE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
I Suzuki cf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .339
J Vidro dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .288
J Guillen rf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .267
R Ibanez lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286
K Johjima c 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .331
B Broussard 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .281
A Beltre 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267
J Lopez 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .296
Y Betancourt ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301

Totals 6 1 3 1 0 0 3

BATTING: RBI - J Guillen (38). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B
Broussard 1. Team LOB - 2.


CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Sizemore cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .285
J Michaels lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279
C Blake 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276
T Hafner dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263
J Peralta ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .288
R Garko 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .314
T Nixon rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259
J Barfield 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
K Shoppach c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .352

Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


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SEATTLE - 1 -- 1
CLEVELAND - -- 0
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SEATTLE ip h r er bb so hr era
C Baek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.91

CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
P Byrd 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 3.88

Pitches-strikes: P Byrd 12-11. Ground balls-fly balls: P Byrd 2-1. Batters
faced: P Byrd 6.

UMPIRES: HP--Troy Fullwood. 1B--Jerry Layne. 2B--Bill Miller. 3B--Marvin
Hudson.

Weather: 71 degrees, clear. Wind: 8 mph, in from center.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">AL AT CLEVELAND
CONFIRMED STARTERS: SEA - CHA SEUNG BAEK
CLE - PAUL BYRD</div>

 

AL: SEATTLE at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL SEATTLE AT CLEVELAND
NOTE: CLEVELAND THIRD BASEMAN CASEY BLAKE SINGLED IN THE
FIRST INNING TO EXTEND HIS HITTING STREAK TO 20 GAMES.</div>

 

AL: SEATTLE at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
SEATTLE 1 1 3 0
CLEVELAND 0 0 2 0 (TOP 2)

CURRENT PITCHERS: SEA - CHA SEUNG BAEK
CLE - PAUL BYRD

DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: A BELTRE (.267, 9 HR, 27 RBI)
J LOPEZ (.296, 6 HR, 35 RBI)
Y BETANCOURT (.301, 4 HR, 26 RBI)</div>

 

AL: SEATTLE at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">SEATTLE (1) VS CLEVELAND (0) - END 1ST - IN PROGRESS

SEATTLE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
I Suzuki cf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .339
J Vidro dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .288
J Guillen rf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .267
R Ibanez lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286
K Johjima c 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .331
B Broussard 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .281
A Beltre 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267
J Lopez 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .296
Y Betancourt ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301

Totals 6 1 3 1 0 0 3

BATTING: RBI - J Guillen (38). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B
Broussard 1. Team LOB - 2.


CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Sizemore cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284
J Michaels lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276
C Blake 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .279
T Hafner dh 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .266
J Peralta ss 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .288
R Garko 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .313
T Nixon rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259
J Barfield 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
K Shoppach c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .352

Totals 5 0 2 0 1 0 3

BATTING: 2B - T Hafner (8, C Baek). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R
Garko 2. Team LOB - 3.


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SEATTLE - 1 -- 1
CLEVELAND - 0 -- 0
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SEATTLE ip h r er bb so hr era
C Baek 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 4.82

CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
P Byrd 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 3.88

Pitches-strikes: C Baek 27-14; P Byrd 12-11. Ground balls-fly balls: C Baek
0-3; P Byrd 2-1. Batters faced: C Baek 6; P Byrd 6.

UMPIRES: HP--Troy Fullwood. 1B--Jerry Layne. 2B--Bill Miller. 3B--Marvin
Hudson.

Weather: 71 degrees, clear. Wind: 8 mph, in from center.</div>

 

AL: SEATTLE at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
SEATTLE 1 0 1 5 0
CLEVELAND 0 0 2 0 (BOT 2)

CURRENT PITCHERS: SEA - CHA SEUNG BAEK
CLE - PAUL BYRD

DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: T NIXON (.259, 2 HR, 22 RBI)
J BARFIELD (.250, 2 HR, 29 RBI)
K SHOPPACH (.352, 2 HR, 8 RBI)</div>

 

AL: SEATTLE at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">SEATTLE (1) VS CLEVELAND (0) - MID 2ND - IN PROGRESS

SEATTLE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
I Suzuki cf 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 .341
J Vidro dh 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .286
J Guillen rf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .267
R Ibanez lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286
K Johjima c 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .331
B Broussard 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .281
A Beltre 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266
J Lopez 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294
Y Betancourt ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .304

Totals 11 1 5 1 0 0 5

BATTING: RBI - J Guillen (38). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B
Broussard 1, J Vidro 1. Team LOB - 4.


CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Sizemore cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284
J Michaels lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276
C Blake 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .279
T Hafner dh 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .266
J Peralta ss 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .288
R Garko 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .313
T Nixon rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259
J Barfield 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
K Shoppach c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .352

Totals 5 0 2 0 1 0 3

BATTING: 2B - T Hafner (8, C Baek). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R
Garko 2. Team LOB - 3.


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SEATTLE - 10 -- 1
CLEVELAND - 0 -- 0
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SEATTLE ip h r er bb so hr era
C Baek 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 4.82

CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
P Byrd 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 3.82

Pitches-strikes: C Baek 27-14; P Byrd 31-22. Ground balls-fly balls: C Baek
0-3; P Byrd 4-2. Batters faced: C Baek 6; P Byrd 11.

UMPIRES: HP--Troy Fullwood. 1B--Jerry Layne. 2B--Bill Miller. 3B--Marvin
Hudson.

Weather: 71 degrees, clear. Wind: 8 mph, in from center.</div>

 

AL: SEATTLE at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
SEATTLE 1 0 1 5 1
CLEVELAND 0 0 0 2 0 (TOP 3)

CURRENT PITCHERS: SEA - CHA SEUNG BAEK
CLE - PAUL BYRD

DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: J GUILLEN (.267, 1-FOR-1, RBI)
R IBANEZ (.286, 0-FOR-1)
K JOHJIMA (.331, 1-FOR-1)</div>

 

AL: SEATTLE at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">SEATTLE (1) VS CLEVELAND (0) - END 2ND - IN PROGRESS

SEATTLE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
I Suzuki cf 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 .341
J Vidro dh 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .286
J Guillen rf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .267
R Ibanez lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286
K Johjima c 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .331
B Broussard 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .281
A Beltre 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266
J Lopez 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294
Y Betancourt ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .304

Totals 11 1 5 1 0 0 5

BATTING: RBI - J Guillen (38). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B
Broussard 1, J Vidro 1. Team LOB - 4.

FIELDING: E - C Baek (1, ground ball).


CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Sizemore cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .283
J Michaels lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276
C Blake 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .279
T Hafner dh 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .266
J Peralta ss 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .288
R Garko 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .313
T Nixon rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257
J Barfield 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .249
K Shoppach c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .345

Totals 9 0 2 0 1 1 4

BATTING: 2B - T Hafner (8, C Baek). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R
Garko 2. Team LOB - 4.


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SEATTLE - 10 -- 1
CLEVELAND - 00 -- 0
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SEATTLE ip h r er bb so hr era
C Baek 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 4.74

CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
P Byrd 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 3.82

Pitches-strikes: C Baek 47-27; P Byrd 31-22. Ground balls-fly balls: C Baek
1-4; P Byrd 4-2. Batters faced: C Baek 10; P Byrd 11.

UMPIRES: HP--Troy Fullwood. 1B--Jerry Layne. 2B--Bill Miller. 3B--Marvin
Hudson.

Weather: 71 degrees, clear. Wind: 8 mph, in from center.</div>

 

AL: SEATTLE at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY RAUL IBANEZ (3) TO LEFT CENTER WITH 0
OUT IN THE 3RD OFF PAUL BYRD SCORED JOSE GUILLEN.
CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 3, CLEVELAND 0

DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: K JOHJIMA (.331, 1-FOR-1)</div>

 

AL: SEATTLE at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL AT CLEVELAND - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY JOSE LOPEZ (7) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN
THE 3RD OFF PAUL BYRD SCORED ADRIAN BELTRE.
CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 5, CLEVELAND 0

DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: Y BETANCOURT (.304, 1-FOR-1)</div>

 

AL: SEATTLE at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
SEATTLE 1 0 4 5 9 1
CLEVELAND 0 0 0 2 0 (BOT 3)

CURRENT PITCHERS: SEA - CHA SEUNG BAEK
CLE - PAUL BYRD

DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: J MICHAELS (.276, 0-FOR-1)
C BLAKE (.279, 1-FOR-1)
T HAFNER (.266, 1-FOR-1)</div>

 

AL: SEATTLE at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">SEATTLE (5) VS CLEVELAND (0) - MID 3RD - IN PROGRESS

SEATTLE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
I Suzuki cf 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 .341
J Vidro dh 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .286
J Guillen rf 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 .270
R Ibanez lf 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 .289
K Johjima c 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .330
B Broussard 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .277
A Beltre 3b 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .269
J Lopez 2b 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 .298
Y Betancourt ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .303

Totals 18 5 9 5 0 0 5

BATTING: HR - R Ibanez (3, 3rd inning off P Byrd 1 on, 0 Out), J Lopez (7, 3rd
inning off P Byrd 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - J Guillen (38), R Ibanez 2 (38), J Lopez
2 (37). 2-out RBI - J Lopez 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B
Broussard 1, J Vidro 1. Team LOB - 4.

FIELDING: E - C Baek (1, ground ball).


CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Sizemore cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .283
J Michaels lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276
C Blake 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .279
T Hafner dh 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .266
J Peralta ss 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .288
R Garko 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .313
T Nixon rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257
J Barfield 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .249
K Shoppach c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .345

Totals 9 0 2 0 1 1 4

BATTING: 2B - T Hafner (8, C Baek). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R
Garko 2. Team LOB - 4.


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SEATTLE - 104 -- 5
CLEVELAND - 00 -- 0
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SEATTLE ip h r er bb so hr era
C Baek 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 4.74

CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
P Byrd 3 9 5 5 0 0 2 4.30

Pitches-strikes: C Baek 47-27; P Byrd 53-38. Ground balls-fly balls: C Baek
1-4; P Byrd 4-5. Batters faced: C Baek 10; P Byrd 18.

UMPIRES: HP--Troy Fullwood. 1B--Jerry Layne. 2B--Bill Miller. 3B--Marvin
Hudson.

Weather: 71 degrees, clear. Wind: 8 mph, in from center.</div>

 

AL: SEATTLE at CLEVELAND

<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
SEATTLE 1 0 4 5 9 1
CLEVELAND 0 0 0 0 2 0 (TOP 4)

CURRENT PITCHERS: SEA - CHA SEUNG BAEK
CLE - PAUL BYRD

DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: I SUZUKI (.341, 2-FOR-2)
J VIDRO (.286, 0-FOR-2)
J GUILLEN (.270, 2-FOR-2, RBI)</div>