Cleveland 4, Seattle 2

Boxscore | Recap
Saturday, September 4, 2010 10:15 PM
Location - Safeco Field
Temperature - 63°
Umpires - Home Plate - Brian Runge, First Base - Jerry Layne, Second Base - Mike Winters, Third Base - Hunter Wendelstedt,
Attendance - 25108

Final Scoring Summary

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 X R H E
Cleveland 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 1
Seattle 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 9 0

Team Records

Team W/L Home Away Streak
Cleveland 55-81 29-39 26-42 W1
Seattle 53-83 32-38 21-45 L1

Recap

Mitch Talbot pitched six-plus solid innings and Shin-Soo Choo drove in the go-ahead run as the Cleveland Indians earned a 4-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday night.

Talbot (9-11) allowed one unearned run on five hits in 6 2/3 innings with six strikeouts and one walk. Chris Perez pitched the final 1 1/3 innings for his 18th save.

The Indians scored two runs in the third on RBI singles by Asdrubal Cabrera and Choo for a 3-0 lead. Michael Brantley made it 4-0 in the fourth when he singled in Jason Donald.

The Mariners were held scoreless until the seventh when Ichiro Suzuki singled in Matt Tuiasosopo.

Russell Branyan pulled the Mariners to 4-2 with his 22nd homer off Rafael Perez in the eighth. Seattle had runners on second and third later in the eighth, but stranded them.

David Pauley (2-7) allowed four runs on seven hits in six innings to take the loss. He had five strikeouts and three walks.

Top Game Performances

Starting Pitchers
Cleveland   Seattle
Mitch Talbot Player David Pauley
Win W/L Loss
6.2 IP 6.0
6 Strikeouts 5
5 Hits 7
0.00 ERA 6.00
Hitting
Cleveland   Seattle
Shin-Soo Choo Player Russell Branyan
2 Hits 2
1 RBI 1
0 HR 1
3 TB 5
.667 Avg .667

Team Stats Summary

Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Cleveland 8 0 10 .235 9 8 4 3 1 1
Seattle 9 1 13 .257 19 9 2 1 0 0

Upcoming Games

  • Seattle will play their next game at home against Cleveland. The Mariners have a W/L % of .463 after a win and .346 after a loss.
  • Cleveland will play their next game on the road against Seattle. The Indians have a W/L % of .444 after a win and .388 after a loss.
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