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SEATTLE (AP) -- With Jamie Moyer, Freddy Garcia, Carlos Guillen and John Mabry already on the disabled list, the Seattle Mariners came up with a new injury on Tuesday night. Mike Cameron, Ken Griffey Jr.'s replacement in center field, will miss at least four games because of a dislocated ring finger on his left hand while stealing a base in the sixth inning of an 8-5 victory over Cleveland. Cameron won't go on the disabled list, but he won't be able to play in center for the Mariners until next Tuesday night, when Seattle is in Minnesota. He will be available only as a pinch-runner, manager Lou Piniella said. "I hope we've gotten these injuries out of the way," Piniella said. "We've had to mix and match a lot more than I would have liked to." Cameron, who was acquired from Cincinnati in a trade for Griffey on Feb. 10, was hit by a foul ball in the on-deck circle Friday night and missed a game. "I guess I hit Omar (Vizquel)," Cameron said. "My finger was kind of twisted the wrong way. This has been a bad month for me. Hopefully, my body heals very quickly." The Mariners got home runs from Jay Buhner and John Olerud as they rallied from a four-run deficit. Manny Ramirez had three RBIs in the first two innings as the Indians picked up where they left off on Monday night when they won 6-0 to take a 4-0 lead. In the bottom of the second, Buhner hit a 407-foot shot into the second deck in left field for a three-run homer. "Sometimes you pop it up, sometimes you swing and miss it," Buhner said. "That time I was able to make solid contact." With two outs in the third, Olerud tied the score at 4 with a 405-foot homer to center off Charles Nagy (1-3). "I hit it good, but in this ballpark, you never know," Olerud said. The Mariners lost seven out of 10 games against the Indians last season. "It was a good win for us," Olerud said. "The Indians are a good ballclub and you don't like to spot good ballclubs leads like that. So when you come back like this, it's a good feeling." The Mariners scored two runs in the fifth. After Cameron singled and was sacrificed to second, Stan Javier hit a ball over center fielder Kenny Lofton's head for a triple. Lofton broke in before he realized the ball was going over his head. "It looked like Kenny turned and then he turned back around, jumped and the ball went over his head," Indians manager Charlie Manuel said. "Usually, Kenny gets a good jump on the ball and when he does and it is anywhere within his reach, he catches it." Alex Rodriguez then followed with a single to score Javier with the second run of the inning. Dan Wilson doubled and Cameron singled in the sixth for Seattle's seventh run. John Halama (2-0) gave up four runs and five hits and four walks in five innings. In the first, Ramirez and David Justice had RBI singles off Halama. In the second, Ramirez hit a two-run double. Roberto Alomar had an RBI single in the ninth off Kazuhiro Sasaki. Nagy allowed six runs, six hits and two walks in 4 1/3 innings. Game notesThe Mariners will start LHP Rob Ramsay in place of Garcia's place on Wednesday against the Indians. ... The Mariners, who led the majors with 244 homers last season, have hit 28 in 18 games this season, including 15 in 11 games at Safeco Field. They are on pace to hit 252 home runs this season. ... Ramirez's double was his 419th career extra base hit, tying him for 10th place with Andre Thornton on Cleveland's career list. ... Lofton was 0-for-4 and is 3-for-25 in his last seven games. ... Olerud homered for the second time in three games. He won Sunday's game against Kansas City with a three-run homer in the ninth, an 8-5 victory for the Mariners. | ALSO SEE Baseball Scoreboard Cleveland Clubhouse Seattle Clubhouse Mariners' Garcia out 4-6 weeks with fractured right tibia
RECAPS Minnesota 6 NY Yankees 1
Seattle 8
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