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SEATTLE (AP) -- Travis Fryman and the Cleveland Indians got
plenty of help from the Seattle Mariners on Sunday, not that they
needed it.
Fryman homered, doubled and drove in four runs and the Indians
took advantage of Seattle's sloppy fielding for a 10-4 victory.
|  | | Cleveland's Travis Fryman had a busy day Sunday in Seattle, where he homered, doubled and drove in four runs to lead the Indians past the Mariners. |
Cleveland won for the ninth time in 11 games and moved one
percentage point ahead of Oakland for the AL wild-card spot.
"I don't pay attention to who else is winning or losing," said
Fryman, "but there are plenty of guys who can tell you all the
stats. I'm just concerned with us playing well. If we take care of
our own business maybe we can win this division."
Cleveland trails the AL Central-leading Chicago White Sox by 7½
games.
"We've got something going right now, don't we?" Cleveland
manager Charlie Manuel said. "The trouble is, we have 40-something
games left. We've got a long ways to go."
The Mariners made four errors in a game for the first time since
June 8, 1998. They began the day with a .986 fielding percentage,
second only to Cleveland (.987) in the American League.
"(Cleveland) played well against us," said Mariners manager
Lou Piniella. "They came in here hot and they showed us why. We
played a little sloppy early, which is not a characteristic of our
team. Our team has been good and solid on defense, but before you
turned around we had four errors on the board."
Seattle made seven errors in the three-game series.
Fryman hit a two-out, two-run drive in the seventh inning off
Jose Mesa for his 16th home run. It was the Indians' first homer
since last Sunday, snapping their season-high 53-inning drought.
"It's hard to hit one out of this park," Fryman said. "You
really have to hit it well. I thought Manny (Ramirez) hit one in
the first, but it didn't make it out to center. I happened to get
around on it and took it out to left."
Justin Speier (4-1) recorded the win with 2 1/3 innings of
hitless relief. He walked three and struck out three.
Speier has yet to give up a run in the month of August, going 3-0
with just one hit allowed and nine strikeouts in seven innings.
"We needed to get off to a good start on this road trip," said
Speier. "To come away with a series win after losing the first
game to Seattle is big. We have a good thing going, and now we need
to get ready for Oakland."
The Indians open a three-game series at Oakland on Monday night.
Freddy Garcia (4-3) gave up six runs, four of them earned, on
six hits and four walks in five innings.
Cleveland scored once in the first without a hit. Kenny Lofton
reached on an error by third baseman Carlos Guillen and Roberto
Alomar walked.
Ramirez followed with a deep fly and that center fielder Al
Martin caught at the wall, but his throw eluded shortstop Alex
Rodriguez and second baseman Mark McLemore. Lofton scored from
second on the throwing error.
Joe Oliver hit a solo homer in the Seattle third off Steve
Woodard, and the Mariners added another run in the inning when
Martin tripled and Edgar Martinez singled. Martinez leads the
majors with 112 RBIs.
Seattle's lead didn't last long as Garcia allowed three singles
to open the fourth, including an RBI single by Fryman that made it
2-2.
The Indians went on to load the bases on a throwing error by
Garcia, and regained the lead as Wil Cordero came home on a
double-play grounder by Sandy Alomar Jr.
Cleveland continued to build its lead in unconventional ways in
the fifth. Omar Vizquel bunted for a single and reached second
after Guillen threw wide of first for his second error of the game.
Vizquel went to third on a wild pitch from Garcia and scored on
a balk. Cordero hit a two-run double for a 6-2 lead.
"When you don't make good pitches, they will make you pay for
it," said Garcia."
Cordero and Fryman hit RBI doubles in the ninth.
Seattle chased Woodard in the fifth. With one out, Rickey
Henderson doubled, Martin singled and Rodriguez hit a two-run
double.
Game notes
Cleveland won its seventh game in 10 tries at Safeco Field,
the most of any visiting team. ... David Segui went 2-for-4 in day
games this weekend, and leads the league with a .443 average
(47-for-106) in day games. He did not play Sunday. ... Garcia made
his first career start against Cleveland, the only AL team he had
not faced. ... In his career, Garcia is 9-2 with a 3.86 ERA against
the other AL central opponents. ... Martin played in his 1,000th
career game. ... In the third, Martinez stole his first base since
Aug. 30, 1999. ... Seattle matched a franchise high with five
stolen bases. It's the second time the Mariners have done it this
year and 14th time in team history.
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