Cabrera, Tribe sink Mariners

SEATTLE (AP) — Jeremy Sowers jumped back into the Cleveland Indians’ rotation after a stint in the minors and pitched his best game of the season.

Sowers, recalled from Triple-A before the game, pitched seven scoreless innings, Asdrubal Cabrera homered, drove in two runs and scored three times and the Indians beat Seattle Mariners 10-3 on Saturday.

Sowers (3-7) got into Seattle late Friday night, returning to the big leagues after spending time in Columbus, trying to workout his issues. The left-hander entered the game with a 5.77 ERA.

He allowed four hits and lowered his ERA to 5.15.

“I was very impressed the way he was pitching early and making pitches and making some adjustments,” manager Eric Wedge said. “In the later innings he was still strong and he was still pitching and making pitches and that was good to see.”

For Sowers, it was his best start since going seven innings and allowing one run against the Toronto Blue Jays on April 28.

“Scoring 10 runs was definitely nice,” Sowers said. “It was a good start, it was a quality start. I’m glad of the way things worked out. Did I feel outstanding out there? Not necessarily. I was able to catch some breaks and continue to throw strikes with the lead and find a way to get through seven innings.”

Erik Bedard (5-3) endured his shortest start of the season for the Mariners. The left-hander went three innings, allowing two runs on two hits and four walks. He struck out six.

It was his shortest outing since going three innings against Atlanta on June 20, 2008, two starts before landing on the disabled list for the rest of the year.

Bedard walked the bases loaded in the third before Jhonny Peralta singled to score Cabrera and Ben Francisco and make it 2-0.

Chris Jakubauskas relieved Bedard but he wasn’t able to quiet the Indians.

Ryan Garko singled before Chris Gimenez hit the first pitch he saw over the left-field wall to push the lead to four.

Victor Martinez singled home Cabrera, and Peralta followed with an RBI single to make it a four-run fourth inning and a 6-0 game.

Cabrera hit a two-run homer, his third of the season, in the fifth off Jakubauskas.