Mariners stop Tribe, 3-1

Former Indian Ben Broussard homered in the ninth inning.
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Jarrod Washburn won for the first time in seven weeks and Ben Broussard homered against his former team, leading the Seattle Mariners over the Cleveland Indians 3-1 on Saturday night.
Raul Ibanez also homered for the Mariners, who won for the sixth time in nine games and are 31/2 games behind first-place Oakland in the AL West.
Cleveland lost for the 12th time in 17 games and fell to 17-30 since June 4.
Washburn (5-10) allowed one run and five hits over 6 1-3 innings to earn his first win in eight starts since June 9. The left-hander had gone 0-3 since a 4-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
Washburn walked one and struck out five, mixing his pitches to keep Indians hitters off balance. He improved to 1-2 this season and 7-6 in his career against Cleveland.
He left with runners on second and third and one out in the seventh.
Strong in relief
Rookie right-hander Mark Lowe came on and got Jhonny Peralta to pop weakly to first base.
Pinch-hitter Todd Hollandsworth was intentionally walked, so Indians manager Eric Wedge sent up another pinch hitter -- Shin-Soo Choo, whose first career homer won Friday night's game 1-0.
But the rookie, acquired Wednesday from Seattle in a trade for Broussard, fouled out to end the threat.
Broussard opened the ninth with his 14th homer, and first for Seattle, off Brian Sikorski.
Lowe struck out the side in the eighth and has not allowed a run in the first eight outings of his career, spanning 10 innings.
J.J. Putz pitched the ninth for his 21st save in 25 chances.
Seattle took a 1-0 lead in the third off Jake Westbrook (7-7). Yuniesky Betancourt doubled, took third on a wild pitch and scored on a groundout by Willie Bloomquist.
Jason Michaels' RBI single in the bottom half tied it at 1.
Ibanez put the Mariners back in front with his 22nd homer, a 424-foot shot to center leading off the fourth.
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E--Belliard (8). DP--Seattle 1, Cleveland 1. LOB--Seattle 6, Cleveland 5. 2B--YBetancourt (15), Michaels (16), Belliard (21). HR--Ibanez (22), Broussard (14). SB--Bloomquist (8). CS--Michaels (4).
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WP--Westbrook. Umpires--Home, Angel Hernandez; First, Hunter Wendelstedt; Second, Sam Holbrook; Third, Randy Marsh. T--2:24. A--27,876.
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