Seattle rallies to blast Indians

The Tribe couldn't hold a 5-3 lead after five innings.
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Ichiro Suzuki and Jose Lopez hit two-run homers to help the Seattle Mariners rally for a 9-5 win over the Cleveland Indians on Thursday night.
The Indians led 5-3 after five innings but three Seattle relievers combined to throw 41/3 shutout innings, allowing five hits and no walks.
The Mariners won the final two games of the three-game series at Jacobs Field.
Cleveland reliever Rafael Betancourt got out of a bases-loaded, two-out jam in the sixth by striking out Jeremy Reed to preserve the Indians' two-run lead.
But Lopez hit a two-run homer off the right-hander with one out in the seventh to tie it at 5.
Left-hander Scott Sauerbeck (0-1) then yielded a sharp single to Raul Ibanez and was replaced by Guillermo Mota.
Richie Sexson greeted him with a double to left, sending Ibanez to third.
Adrian Beltre was intentionally walked to load the bases, but Mota also walked Carl Everett to make it 6-5.
Bad throw
Kenji Johjima followed with a bouncer to third baseman Aaron Boone, whose throw home pulled catcher Victor Martinez off the plate. Sexson scored to give the Mariners a two-run lead.
Johjima added a two-run double in the ninth off Fernando Cabrera to make it 9-5.
Reed then lined a ball off Cabrera's right ankle. The right-hander made the play for the out, but left the game and was replaced by Danny Graves.
Julio Mateo (1-0) pitched 12/3 innings for the win, George Sherrill got two outs and J.J Putz gave up two hits over the final two innings.
Ronnie Belliard hit a two-run homer and Ben Broussard a solo shot off Seattle starter Felix Hernandez as Cleveland took a 4-0 lead.
Ichiro's two-run shot in Seattle's three-run fifth got the Mariners within one but Belliard singled home a run in the bottom half to make it 5-3.
Johnson, seeking to win his first two starts in a season for the first time in his 10-year career, gave up only two hits through four innings. After yielding three runs in the fifth, he issued his only three walks, all with two outs in the sixth. Johnson allowed three runs and five hits over 52/3 innings.
Young gun
Hernandez, pitching five days after his 20th birthday, struck out four, but gave up five runs and seven hits with four walks over 42/3 innings.
Three straight singles gave the Indians a 1-0 lead in the first. Jhonny Peralta singled home Grady Sizemore, but Jason Michaels was thrown out at third on the play.
Hernandez then struck out Travis Hafner and Martinez.
Broussard opened the second with a homer for a 2-0 lead. He singled to start the fourth and Belliard followed with his first homer of the season to make it 4-0.
The largest walkup crowd in Jacobs Field history swelled attendance to 24,638 -- of which 8,510 bought last-minute tickets.
Johnson is 3-7 with a 5.15 ERA in 16 career outings against Seattle.
Davis pleased with outing
When Jason Davis pitched two innings Wednesday night, it was his first time on the mound in nearly three weeks.
"It felt great and I'm very happy with what I did," Davis said after allowing one run and two hits, but striking out two in his season debut.
Davis hadn't pitched since a March 30 exhibition game in Florida. He was sent to Triple-A Buffalo, but didn't see action before being called up April 4 when starter C.C. Sabathia went on the disabled list.
Pitching coach Carl Willis was pleased to see Davis not trying to make up for lost time.
"He stayed in his delivery in an in-season game as well as I've ever seen him," said Willis.
"He's starting to understand that sometimes taking a little something off a pitch can work, too."