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SEATTLE (AP) -- Bartolo Colon felt dizzy in the fourth inning.
The Mariners were off balance in all seven innings he pitched.
Colon struck out eight, allowing just four hits as the Cleveland
Indians beat Seattle 5-4 Saturday for their eighth win in 10 games.
|  | | Bartolo Colon won his second straight decision following a three-game losing streak. |
"He throws pretty hard," Mariners manager Lou Piniella said in
rare praise for an opposing player. "It's the first time I've seen
the radar gun here light up to 100 mph a few times. He's a good
power pitcher."
Colon (11-8) was an 18-game winner last season, when he was 11-2
during the second half.
"In the fourth inning, everything was going around," Colon
said. "I don't know why it happened, it just happened. I hope this
is the only time I get dizzy in a game."
With the score 2-all in the fifth, Cleveland went ahead when
Kenny Lofton doubled to center off John Halama (10-6) and scored on
a double error -- first Mike Cameron kicked the ball, then shortstop
Alex Rodriguez's relay throw was wild, going past third baseman
Carlos Guillen and pitcher John Halama.
"It was a situation where he took advantage of it," Cameron
said. "That is what you're supposed to do when you have good legs.
It was a tough play on my part."
David Segui had a two-run single in the eighth off Brett Tomko,
who loaded the bases on walks to Lofton and Omar Vizquel, a
sacrifice by Roberto Alomar and an intentional walk to Manny
Ramirez.
Seattle made it close in the bottom half when Rodriguez, who
went 3-for-4, hit an RBI single off Paul Shuey and Edgar Martinez
followed with a run-scoring single off Steve Karsay.
With the bases loaded and one out, Rodriguez was thrown out at
the plate by Karsay on Jay Buhner's comebacker and Cameron hit into
an inning-ending fielder's choice.
Bob Wickman got three outs for his fifth save in six chances
since Cleveland acquired him from Milwaukee on July 28. Stan Javier
singled leading off the ninth, went to second on Guillen's
sacrifice and took third on Al Martin's groundout, but Mark McLemore
hit a blooper into short left that Vizquel caught up to to end the
game.
"I didn't think I was going to get to the ball until the last
second," said Vizquel, a seven-time AL Gold Glove at shortstop.
Wickman, who blew a save against Tampa Bay on Aug. 1 and cost
Colon a win, thought McLemore's ball was going to drop in for a hit
in short left.
"Omar's first steps are so quick," Wickman said. "He managed
to catch up with it."
Cleveland remained one game behind Oakland, the AL wild-card
leader.
Colon won his second straight decision following a three-game
losing streak, retiring 13 straight batters after Rodriguez's
third-inning double. He tied Baltimore's Mike Mussina for second in
the AL in strikeouts at 148, trailing only Boston's Pedro Martinez
(204).
"It was tough to take him out of the game," Indians manager
Charlie Manuel said. "But when he got close to 130 pitches (129),
I had to do it."
Halama allowed three runs -- two earned -- six hits and three
walks in six innings.
Seattle took a 2-0 lead lead in the first on an RBI double by
Rodriguez and a run-scoring groundout by Martinez, who leads the
major leagues with 111 RBI.
Cleveland tied it in the second on Jim Thome's RBI double and
Travis Fryman's run-scoring, double-play grounder.
Game notes
The Indians have gone five games and 47 innings since their
last homer, in the fourth inning last Sunday. ... Seattle has been
in first place or tied for the AL West lead for 105 days this
season. The last day the Mariners weren't in first was June 28. ...
Alomar, who has won eight Gold Gloves, committed his 11th error of
the season, most by an Indians' fielder. ... The Mariners had their
45th sellout in their 100th game at Safeco Field. ... Rodriguez has
two errors in two days, giving the All-Star SS seven in 103 games.
... The Mariners are 61-39 in their first 100 games at Safeco.
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