The Cleveland Indians and Seattle Mariners battled for 11 innings on Thursday night and it was the Indians coming out on top with the 3-2 victory. The Indians gave up the lead in the ninth inning, and then had to score runs in the tenth and eleventh innings to finally beat the Mariners.
Rafael Betancourt blew the save in the ninth inning and then Masa Kobayashi pitched the final two innings of the game to pick up the win. Starting pitcher Paul Byrd tossed 7.2 innings of four hit baseball as he got the no decision.
Asdrubal Cabrera only had one hit in the game as he went 1-4, but that one hit was the game winning hit in the eleventh inning. Cabrera singled to right and scored Jason Michaels for the winning run. The Indians tied the game in the tenth inning when Grady Sizemore walked with the bases loaded. The other run for the Indians came in the fourth inning when Travis Hafner doubled to score Victor Martinez.
It was a good win for the Indians who are now 14-15 in the season and only one game away from the .500 mark.
