Indians upended, 7-2, by Seattle’s late rally

Adrian Beltre’s tie-breaking, three-run homer highlighted the Mariners’ five-run rally.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Adrian Beltre hit a tie-breaking, three-run homer in Seattle’s five-run, ninth inning, and the Mariners beat the Cleveland Indians 7-2 Tuesday night.

Jose Lopez singled to start the ninth off Rafael Betancourt (1-1) and took second on a soft single by Raul Ibanez. Beltre then hit an 0-1 pitch the opposite way to right for his fifth homer and a 5-2 lead.

Yuniesky Betancourt added a two-out, two-run single off Craig Breslow.

Mark Lowe (1-1) pitched 1 1/3 innings for the win. He came on to strike out Jhonny Peralta and end the eighth after Cleveland tied it 2-2 on an RBI groundout by Travis Hafner.

Indians center fielder Grady Sizemore had two doubles and scored twice in his return after missing two games with a sprained right ankle. Sizemore scored on a first-inning double by David Dellucci and drew a leadoff walk against Seattle starter Carlos Silva to start Cleveland’s tying rally in the eighth.

Jose Vidro had a pair of RBI doubles off Indians starter Fausto Carmona. Vidro’s looping double to left scored Ibanez in the third, tying it at 1. Ibanez had reached when his two-out grounder was misplayed by second baseman Asdrubal Cabrera for an error.

Vidro’s two-out double made it 2-1 in the fifth.

Carmona allowed one earned run and eight hits over 6 2/3 innings. The right-hander, who went 19-8 with a 3.06 ERA a year ago, walked four, including Beltre three times.

Silva, trying to become the first Seattle starter to open 4-0 since Jamie Moyer in 2005, took a 2-1 lead into the eighth. The right-hander, signed to a four-year, $48 million contract in December, gave up two runs and seven hits over seven-plus innings.

Assistant trainer Rob Nodine went to the mound to check on Silva as he warmed up to start the eighth. The 29-year-old, who had left his previous start in Baltimore in the seventh inning with tightness in his right thigh, stayed in the game.

The first-pitch temperature was 47 degrees and a light drizzle fell for a few innings — almost balmy conditions compared to the Mariners’ trip to town last April, when the four-game series was snowed out.

Mariners manager John McLaren, wearing a windbreaker during pregame practice, glanced at the overcast sky and said wryly, “Looks like the snow is coming.”

McLaren said last year’s postponements played havoc with the Mariners all season: “It seemed like every off day, we got on a charter plan to go play in Cleveland.”

The Mariners came back to Cleveland for single games on May 21, June 11 and Aug. 30, and played a unique doubleheader at Seattle’s Safeco Field in September with the Indians the home team for one game.