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SEATTLE (AP) -- The game had a little bit of everything, including Jaret Wright taking a no-hitter into the seventh inning.
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Kenny Lofton and Omar Vizquel made dazzling plays in the field. Manny Ramirez and Alex Rodriguez hit long home runs.
And the Cleveland Indians beat the Seattle Mariners 5-3 on RBI
singles by Einar Diaz and Jacob Cruz with two outs in the 10th
inning on Wednesday.
"I saw it on the board," said Wright, whose no-hit bid was
ruined by Stan Javier's leadoff single in the seventh. "Hopefully,
one of these days I'll be right there next to my dad in the history
book. I'd sure like that chance."
Wright was bidding to become part of the first father-son pair
to pitch no-hitters.
"My dad's talked to me about it," Wright said. "I have to go
out there and do it now."
"That was a heck of a game," Cleveland manager Charlie Manuel said. "That was good, old-fashioned baseball. There was everything except a fight."
Said Mariners manager Lou Piniella: "This was as fine a
baseball game as I've watched for a long time. The unfortunate part
is, we lost it."
The Mariners tied it at 3 in the ninth on Jay Buhner's RBI single off Paul Shuey (1-0). Seattle then loaded the bases with one
out, but pinch-runner Carlos Hernandez was caught in a failed suicide squeeze attempt and David Bell then struck out to end the inning.
"I just missed it," Bell said. "I've got to get the ball
down. It's a simple game."
Richie Sexson singled with one out in the Cleveland 10th off Arthur Rhodes (1-2) and Enrique Wilson singled with two outs. Diaz and Cruz followed with their singles on 0-2 counts.
"He has a 93-94 mph fastball," Cruz said. "So was I was
looking for a fastball. But he threw me three sliders."
Wright was trying to duplicate the feat of his dad, Clyde, who
pitched a no-hitter for the California Angels against Oakland on
July 3, 1970.
After Javier singled in the seventh, Rodriguez followed by
hitting a 3-1 pitch over the center-field fence for his seventh
homer to tie it at 2.
"After that first hit, I was still really focused," Wright
said. "But I got behind to Alex and he hit it. That's why he's
such a good hitter. He did what he's supposed to do."
Ramirez hit a leadoff home run in the Indians eighth for a 3-2
lead. His sixth homer came against former teammate Jose Mesa.
Cleveland center fielder Lofton made the play of the game,
reaching over the wall to rob John Olerud of his third home run in
four days. That catch came in the fourth inning, right after
shortstop Omar Vizquel sprawled on his stomach to take away a hit
on a hard grounder by Rodriguez.
Lofton left in the ninth because of a strained left biceps.
After the game, Lofton was told he looked like Ken Griffey Jr.,
who was Seattle's Gold Glove center fielder for 11 seasons before
moving onto Cincinnati.
"No, Griffey looks like me," an unsmiling Lofton said. "Get
it right."
It took the Indians six innings to score against rookie Rob
Ramsay. He was called up from Triple-A Tacoma to start in place of
the injured Freddy Garcia.
Roberto Alomar bunted for a single in the sixth, stole second
and scored on a single by David Justice.
The Indians made it 2-0 in the seventh off Mesa. Wilson doubled,
Diaz sacrificed and Lofton had a sacrifice fly.
Game notes
The Indians have Thursday off before playing a three-game
weekend series against Boston at Jacobs Field. The Indians were
rained out of three games at Fenway Park last weekend. ...
Rodriguez's homer broke a 2-for-18 slump in the Mariners'
homestand. It was his first homer since hitting three in the
SkyDome on April 16. ... Mariners CF Mike Cameron, who dislocated his left ring finger while sliding into second base Tuesday night, came into the game in the ninth to play defense. He had to come out
of the game for pinch-hitter Dan Wilson in the 10th because he cannot swing a bat. ... Lofton said he was unsure of his status for
Friday night's game. Manuel called Lofton's injury a biceps cramp.
Lofton suffered a torn rotator cuff in his left shoulder sliding
into first base in Game 5 of the divisional series against Boston
on Oct. 11 and underwent surgery on Dec. 15. Initially, he wasn't
supposed to be ready to play until the All-Star break.
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