CLEVELAND -- Ubaldo Jimenez overcame a shaky start to get the win, and the Cleveland Indians pounded out a season-best five doubles to beat the Seattle Mariners9-3 on Wednesday night.

Jimenez (4-3) gave up five hits and three runs over six innings. He threw 107 pitches -- 27 in a long first inning -- walked two and struck out four.

Seattle starter Felix Hernandez(3-3) gave up 10 hits and six earned runs in only 3 2/3 innings. He and Jimenez combined for a 34-minute, 59-pitch first inning that ended with Cleveland ahead 4-1.

Travis Hafner hit his fifth homer and drove in three runs, while Shin-Soo Choohad three hits in Cleveland's third straight win.

Dustin Ackleyhad three hits, including a two-run homer, to extend his hitting streak to 12 games for Seattle, which dropped to 1-5 on a 10-game trip. The Mariners won eight of their first 12 road games but are 1-11 away from home since April 28.

Jimenez opened the game by yielding singles to Ackley and Michael Saunders, then uncorked a wild pitch that put runners at second and third. Ackley scored when Ichiro Suzukigrounded out.

Hernandez also gave up singles to the first two men he faced, Choo and Jason Kipnis. He then hit Asdrubal Cabrerawith a pitch to load the bases.

Choo scored on a passed ball by catcher Jesus Montero, and Kipnis came home on a hard-hit ball by Hafner that was turned into a groundout when Ackley made a diving stop and threw to first.

Carlos Santana walked and with two outs and Cabrera on third, and Santana took off for second. Montero threw wildly past third, trying to get Cabrera leading off the bag. That error scored Cabrera, and when left fielder Chone Figginsthrew the ball back past Montero for another error, Santana scored to make it 4-1.

The Mariners had gone 10 straight games without an error, one shy of the club record set Aug. 9-21, 1993.

Ackley's two-run homer, his third of the year, got Seattle within 4-3 in the third.

Kipnis, Hafner and Santana all had RBI doubles in the fourth. Michael Brantleysingled home Santana to make it 8-3.

It was the second consecutive rocky start for Hernandez, who on April 19 struck out a season-high 12 in eight scoreless innings against Cleveland. On Friday, the right-hander allowed four runs and a season-high 11 hits over 6 2/3 innings in a 6-2 loss to the New York Yankees after giving up only four runs in his previous five starts combined.

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CLEVELAND -- Josh Tomlin isn't quite sure when he will be back on the mound for the Cleveland Indians.

The right-hander said Wednesday that he is scheduled for a second MRI on his injured right wrist.

"It's basically getting another opinion because the first one showed two different things," said Tomlin. "We're still not sure what it is, how it happened, and when it will clear up."

The Indians are not certain when Jack Hannahan will return, either, after the third baseman missed his third straight game with lower back soreness. He also is scheduled for an MRI.

"He said he is feeling better, but he's not playable," manager Manny Acta said. "We have to wait and see how his next reading goes."

Acta threw batting practice to Grady Sizemore, who had lower back surgery March 1. The manager was encouraged by what he saw from the former All-Star outfielder, but cautioned that Sizemore is not close to playing form.

"We're not going to rush anything," Acta said. "He's going to get plenty of at-bats on a rehab assignment -- but he's not even close to doing that."

Tomlin doesn't think he will be sidelined for a prolonged period. He is wearing a protective sleeve over a splint along his right wrist and forearm.

"It's very frustrating, though, because I'm not sure what I did," he said. "It just kind of came up."

Tomlin has not pitched since going 7 1/3 innings in a no-decision against the Chicago White Sox on May 7 in the rain. He experienced inflammation in the back of his wrist a couple of days later and said it may have stemmed from gripping the ball a little harder after a couple rain-slicked pitches slipped out of his hand.

"That's the only thing I can think of, but the trainers are not sure that's right either," Tomlin said.

Tomlin said he doesn't think surgery will be required and that team trainers want to take a look at the second MRI before deciding a course of action for rehab.

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The Seattle Mariners' offense has been stagnant recently, much like the last time Felix Hernandez took the mound against the Cleveland Indians.

Hernandez looks to bounce back from a rough outing when Seattle seeks its fifth victory in the last six road meetings with Cleveland in the opener of a two-game set Wednesday night.

Seattle has scored two runs or fewer in five of its last six games after falling 5-0 to Boston on Tuesday. The Mariners (16-22), whose .233 batting average is among the worst in the AL, have lost four of those contests.

Seattle has gone 6 for 72 (.083) with runners in scoring position while dropping 10 of its last 11 road games.

Seattle		Cleveland
	F. Hernandez 3-2, 2.29 ERA Last Game: 5/11 at NYY 6.2 IP, 4 ER Dec = Loss		U. Jimenez 3-3, 5.18 ERA Last Game: 5/11 at BOS 4.1 IP, 7 ER Dec = Loss

Ichiro Suzuki went 2 for 4 on Tuesday to raise his average to .296, but he's only hitting .206 with runners in scoring position.

"He's the one veteran guy we have in the lineup and we need him to help pick up these young kids," manager Eric Wedge told the team's official website.

Hernandez (3-2, 2.29 ERA) struck out a season-high 12 in eight scoreless innings April 19 against Cleveland, but he didn't earn a decision in a 2-1 loss. He's 2-0 with a 0.82 ERA in his last three starts against the Indians.

The right-hander, though, allowed four runs and a season-high 11 hits in a 6-2 loss to New York on Friday after he had given up four runs in his previous five starts combined.

Hernandez will look to rebound against an Indians team that took two of three at Seattle from April 17-19.

Cleveland (20-16) finds itself atop the AL Central early in the season for the second straight year, and it's coming off a two-game sweep of Minnesota after a 5-0 victory Tuesday.

Asdrubal Cabrera homered and Shin-Soo Chooadded a homer and a double for the Indians, who went 3-3 on their road trip.

After a slow start, Choo is batting .302 in his last 13 games.

"He's one of our key guys in our lineup," manager Manny Acta told the team's official website. "In order for us to go anywhere, he needs to produce. That's how important he is to our lineup."

Acta's also looking for better control from scheduled starter Ubaldo Jimenez(3-3, 5.18).

Jimenez is coming off his worst outing of the season, giving up seven runs and walking five in 4 1/3 innings of a 7-5 loss to Boston on Friday. He has walked 30 -- most in the majors -- compared to 24 strikeouts.

"We're just working on his mechanics so he can repeat his delivery and be more consistent in the strike zone," Acta said. "He still has pretty good stuff and he can get people out."

The right-hander pitched a complete game in a 6-4 victory June 12, 2009, while with Colorado in his only career starts versus Seattle.

Johnny Damon went 0 for 3 with a walk Tuesday and is hitting .149 in 12 games since joining the Indians. The veteran, though, is 11 for 22 with a homer and four doubles off Hernandez.

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MINNEAPOLIS -- Derek Lowe pitched his first shutout in nearly seven years, throwing a six-hitter Tuesday and leading the Cleveland Indians over the Minnesota Twins 5-0.

Shin-Soo Choo, the Indians' new leadoff man, scored after a leadoff double in the third inning and then hit the first of three Cleveland home runs in the fifth against Jason Marquis (2-3). Asdrubal Cabrera and Carlos Santana also homered to break the game open.

The 38-year-old Lowe (6-1) was at his sinker-balling best, walking four without a strikeout. He induced four double-play grounders in winning his fourth straight decision.

This was Lowe's longest outing in eight starts this season. He's allowed three runs or less with six innings or more in seven of them.

Acquiring Lowe from Atlanta for a minor leaguer has turned out to be arguably the best move the Indians made for 2012. The Fausto Carmona false-identity fallout and inconsistency by Ubaldo Jimenez and Justin Masterson have hurt the rotation, but Lowe has been a welcome stabilizer.

Lowe threw a season-high 127 pitches for his 10th career complete game, and first since Aug. 26, 2008, for the Los Angeles Dodgers. This was his fourth big league shutout, the previous one coming on Aug. 31, 2005, for the Dodgers at San Diego.

The only time the Twins truly came close to scoring was in the seventh when they loaded the bases with two outs on two singles and a walk. But Alexi Casillaswung at the first pitch for a lazy fly to right field.

The first-place Indians rebounded from five losses in their previous six games with a two-game sweep at Target Field of the majors-worst Twins, who entered the game with the most groundballs hit in the league, an average of more than 14 per game.

Starting pitching has been just as much of a problem, and Marquis was the latest to falter. Manager Ron Gardenhire spoke before the game of the importance of a quality performance from Marquis, but he gave up nine hits, five runs and two walks in five innings while striking out only two.

The last time the Twins surrendered three homers in one inning was in 2010 when Carl Pavanodid it at Detroit.

Casey Kotchman punched an RBI single down the lane past a shifted-over third baseman Jamey Carroll to drive in Santana after a double to start the second. Marquis escaped a leadoff triple by Michael Brantley in the fourth, but the ball was flying all over the place in the fifth.

Choo's drive reached the left-field seats. Two batters later, Cabrera hit an 0-1 sinker to the upper deck in right-center. Then Santana turned on a changeup that sailed just inside the pole down the right-field line.

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MINNEAPOLIS -- Shin-Soo Choo hit the go-ahead RBI single in the ninth inning to back Jeanmar Gomez's seven superb innings and lift the Cleveland Indians to a 5-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Monday night.

Choo's base hit off Twins closer Matt Capps (0-2) scored pinch-runner Lou Marsonfrom second base, bailing out an Indians bullpen that squandered a 4-1 lead in the eighth inning.

Gomez allowed one unearned run on three hits with three strikeouts and two walks. But Vinnie Pestano gave up an RBI-double to Josh Willingham in the eighth and Nick Hagadone served up a two-run homer to Ryan Doumit to tie the game 4-4.

Chris Perez pitched the ninth for his AL-leading 12th save in 13 chances.

Casey Kotchman had two hits, including a two-run homer, and Joe Smith(3-1) picked up the win for the Indians.

The Twins managed only five hits and Capps allowed a run for the first time in six outings.

The 24-year-old Gomez got off to a dazzling start to the season with the first-place Indians, going 2-1 with a 2.82 ERA in his first five outings. The first two of those came in relief for the team's No. 5 starter, thanks to a rainout, and he pitched well through his first four starts.

But the White Sox roughed up Gomez his last time out, tagging him for eight runs in 6 2/3 innings. The right-hander was able to stabilize himself on Monday night to put the Indians in position to end a three-game losing streak -- their longest of the season.

Darin Mastroianni scored on a throwing error from catcher Carlos Santana to put the Twins up 1-0 in the third, but that was all they could muster against Gomez, who wiggled out of another jam in the fifth.

The Twins had runners on second and third and one out, but Gomez got Brian Dozier to ground out to first and Mauer on a grounder to second, drawing boos from the home crowd.

Santana and Travis Hafner had RBIs in the fourth before Kotchman smashed his third homer of the year well into the seats in right field in the fifth for a 4-1 lead.

Carl Pavano hasn't been able to recapture the velocity on his fastball all season long, and it was more of the same against the Indians. He hit 88 mph on the Target Field radar gun a couple of times, but mostly hovered around 86.

The 36-year-old recently had an MRI on his right shoulder that revealed some inflammation, but no serious damage. Pavano said he planned to have a cortisone shot to try to help with the discomfort.

He was relieved in the seventh by Francisco Liriano, the lefty's first appearance out of the bullpen since being demoted from the starting rotation last week. Liriano went 0-5 with a 9.45 ERA in his first six starts. Liriano pitched two scoreless innings with three strikeouts. He walked the bases loaded in the eighth before fanning Michael Brantley.

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Carl Pavano's diminished velocity has the Minnesota Twins worried.

His form over the years against the Cleveland Indians has not been a major concern.

The Twins will send Pavano to the mound Monday night against the visiting Indians in the first of 18 matchups between these AL Central rivals.

Pavano (2-3, 5.02 ERA) has seen his fastball clocked around 85-86 mph this year. Minnesota (10-24) went so far as to have the veteran undergo an MRI that only revealed inflammation in the back of his shoulder.

"They did a precautionary MRI on him because of his velocity, but everything checked out fantastic," manager Ron Gardenhire told the Twins' official website. "He has a little inflammation, but that's it. The MRI was very positive, so now mechanically it's maybe about getting a little more turn and rotation."

Cleveland		Minnesota
	J. Gomez 2-2, 4.66 ERA Last Game: 5/9 vs CHW 6.2 IP, 8 ER Dec = Loss		C. Pavano 2-3, 5.02 ERA Last Game: 5/9 vs LAA 4.0 IP, 4 ER Dec = Loss

The Twins are hoping the right-hander can help them improve upon their major league-worst 6.31 ERA for starters. He lasted four-plus innings and yielded five runs and a season-high 10 hits Wednesday in a 6-2 home loss to the Angels.

Pavano has faced Cleveland (18-16) nine times since the Indians traded him to Minnesota during the 2009 season, going 2/3 with a 3.08 ERA.

Asdrubal Cabrerais 1 for 26 against Pavano for his lowest average against any pitcher with at least 15 plate appearances.

Cabrera is batting a team-high .315, but he went 0 for 9 with three walks during Cleveland's three-game slide in Boston after the Indians won the opener of a four-game set.

"I'm very disappointed in this series, overall," manager Manny Acta told the Indians' official website. "When you've got a four-game series in this place, and you win the first one, the least you expect is a split."

Indians starters have posted an 8.83 ERA in those defeats, and Jeanmar Gomez(2-2, 4.66) is next in line for them. Gomez is hoping to fare better than he did Wednesday when he matched a career high by giving up eight runs over 6 2/3 innings in an 8-1 home loss to the White Sox.

"I'll take the good things out of it and keep working, prepare for the next start," Gomez said. "Every pitcher has a bad start."

The right-hander is 1-1 with a 5.60 ERA in three starts against the Twins.

Cleveland won eight of the final nine 2011 matchups against Minnesota to capture the season series for the first time since 2007, winning 11 of 18 overall. Shelley Duncanled the Indians with 12 RBIs in the season series, but he's struggling right now with a .207 average.

The Twins salvaged a four-game split with Sunday's 4-3 win over Toronto. Scott Diamonddidn't allow a run over seven innings for his second straight scoreless outing -- no other Minnesota starter has one.

Rookie Brian Dozier hit his first career homer. He believes that better days are ahead for baseball's worst team.

"We're playing good baseball right now," Dozier said. "We'll get things going."

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BOSTON -- Jarrod Saltalamacchia homered during a six-run seventh inning and drove in five runs and the suddenly successful Boston Red Sox routed the Cleveland Indians 12-1 on Sunday.

Rookie Will Middlebrooks hit his fourth homer for the Red Sox, who have rebounded from a 1-8 skid with three straight wins.

Daniel Bard (3-4) survived some early control problems and held the Indians to one run despite walking four and allowing six hits over six innings.

Justin Masterson(1-2) also had control issues, falling behind 4-0 while facing all nine Boston batters in the first inning. He lasted six innings, allowing six runs on seven hits and hit three batters.

Daniel Nava was 2-for-2 with three RBIs and three runs scored. Adrian Gonzalezdoubled twice and Saltalamacchia finished 3-for-4 as the Red Sox had 12 hits against the Indians, who lost their third straight and for the fifth time in six games.

The Red Sox held Cleveland to one run for the second straight game and needed just 2 1-2 hours to dispatch the Indians, the same amount of time it took in a 4-1 win Saturday night.

Dustin Pedroia extended his hitting streak to 14 with a leadoff double in the seventh, starting a six-run rally that extended the lead to 12-1. David Ortiz drove in Pedroia with a single, Gonzalez followed with his second double of the game and Middlebrooks walked on a wild pitch that allowed Ortiz to score from third. Nava drove in two with a double before Wheeler finally got the first out of the inning when Cody Rossgrounded out to second.

Wheeler wasn't out of trouble yet. The next batter was Saltalamacchia, who drove a 1-1 pitch into the black batter's-eye in straightaway center.

Masterson needed just four pitches to get out the first two batters, then started having control problems that led to a 4-0 lead for the Red Sox before the inning was over. Ortiz walked with two outs, Adrian Gonzalez doubled, Will Middlebrooks hit an RBI single and Daniel Nava hit another double.

Masterson then hit Ross with a pitch, and Jarrod Saltalamacchia singled to drive in Middlebrooks and Nava. The inning finally ended when Mike Aviles-- the ninth batter -- popped out to short.

Bard struggled with control in the second when he walked two straight batters, Jason Kipnis singled to load the bases and then Bard walked Asdrubal Cabrerato give Cleveland its only run.

Middlebrooks hit a line-drive homer to left, just clearing the top of the Green Monster to put the Red Sox up 5-1. It was the fourth homer of the season for Middlebrooks, who was playing in just his 10th game since being called up from Triple-A Pawtucket.

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BOSTON (AP) -- Felix Doubront pitched six strong innings and Cody Ross homered to lead Boston to a 4-1 win over the Cleveland Indians on Saturday night, giving the Red Sox their first winning streak in May.

Doubront (3-1) allowed one run on three hits, which was all the Indians would get as relievers Andrew Miller , Vicente Padilla and Alfredo Aceves didn't allow a baserunner over the final three innings. Aceves got his seventh save with a perfect ninth, striking out Carlos Santana to end it just 2 hours, 30 minutes after it started. Doubront was pulled before the seventh after throwing 109 pitches through six innings. He walked two and struck out five. It was by far the best pitching game in weeks for the Red Sox, who have slumped into last place in the AL East.

Boston had allowed four runs or more in every game since a 1-0 shutout of the Chicago White Sox on April 28. The Red Sox have won two straight, their first winning streak since a 5-0 stretch at the end of April.

Zach McAllister (1-1) got the start for Cleveland after being recalled from Triple-A Columbus earlier in the day. He also had a strong outing, scattering eight hits over eight innings and striking out eight - but he didn't get much run support.

McAllister was still looking strong in the sixth, striking out Will Middlebrooks and Daniel Nava for two quick outs and had a 1-2 count on Ross, but he left the next pitch over the plate and Ross drove it all the way out of the park - clearing the Green Monster and sign above it with several feet to spare for his sixth homer of the season.

 Dustin Pedroia put Boston up 1-0 in the third with a double high off the wall in left field, driving in Mike Aviles after he led off the inning with a single. David Ortiz followed with a line drive to deep left-center and rumbled his way to second safely for an RBI double. Nava led off the fourth with a single, went to third on a Jarrod Saltalamacchia 's ground-rule double and scored on a sacrifice fly by Aviles.

 The fly ball to left wasn't particularly deep and Shelley Duncan made a great throw to home, but Nava slid between catcher Lou Marsdon's legs just ahead of the tag. Marsdon led off the sixth with a double to right, went to third on a fielder's choice and scored Cleveland's first run on Jason Kipnis ' infield single. That was all Cleveland would score in its second straight loss.

Notes: McAllister was making just his second start of the season for the Indians. He was recalled earlier Saturday from Triple-A Columbus, less than a week after only other start - a win over the Chicago White Sox on May 7. ... Marsdon ended an 0-for-13 slump with a leadoff double in the sixth. ... Cleveland's Travis Hafner was thrown out in the second while trying to stretch a single into a double. ... The Indians placed RHP Josh Tomlin on the 15-day disabled list with soreness in his right wrist. The club filled his roster spot with McAllister. ... The Red Sox last won two in a row during a five-game streak from April 24-28.

BOSTON -- When manager Bobby Valentine visited Clay Buchholz on the mound in the first inning on Friday night, he came with a message.

"I just wanted Clay to understand that I believed in him and everyone behind him thought he was a good pitcher. Prove it to the guys in front of him," Valentine said. "Now he can look at his record of four wins and say that he's really building on something. He's coming off a good outing the next time he goes out there."

Buchholz pitched effectively into the seventh inning, and Dustin Pedroia had three hits and three RBIs as the Red Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 7-5 to snap a three-game skid.

Will Middlebrooks hit a two-run double off Ubaldo Jimenez, and Daniel Nava, called up from the minors Thursday, made a pair of outstanding defensive plays to help the last-place Red Sox (13-19) win for only the second time this month.

Boston had lost 11 of its previous 12 home games and eight of nine overall.

David Ortizwent 1 for 3 and scored a run but left in the seventh because of a sore left heel. Ortiz was involved in a minor car accident on his way to Fenway Park but said before the game that he was uninjured.

Valentine said he thought Ortiz got hurt striding toward the bag on his infield hit in the fifth.

Buchholz (4-1) allowed four runs -- three earned -- and eight hits over 6 1/3 innings. He walked three and did not have a strikeout.

"It still wasn't easy tonight. There were still times when things could have gotten bad," said Buchholz, who had given up five or more earned runs in each of his first six starts this season.

Five relievers followed Buchholz, with Alfredo Acevesearning his sixth save in eight chances.

Buchholz got off to a shaky start. He retired his first two batters but allowed a walk and consecutive base hits by Travis Hafner and Carlos Santanato give the Indians a 1-0 lead.

The right-hander then hit Shin-Soo Choo with a pitch, and Valentine went out to the mound. Buchholz retired Michael Brantleyto end the inning.

"I think our opportunities were early in the game, but then after that, he got into a very good groove and he moved his fastball in and out and used that changeup of his. It's a very good pitch," Indians manager Manny Acta said. "He's as tough as it gets when he's going well."

Buchholz toyed with trouble in the second and third, but Nava made two excellent plays in the outfield. In the second, he came up firing after Jason Kipnis' single to cut down Jack Hannahan at the plate. Nava was aided by catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia, who blocked the plate and tagged out Hannahan after he missed it.

In the third inning, with runners on second and third, Nava made a running catch near the left-field stands to end the threat.

"In the losing streak, that ball drops and it's a continuation inning," Valentine said.

Buchholz retired 10 of 11 hitters before loading the bases on consecutive singles and a walk in the seventh. Rich Hill and Andrew Millerclosed out the inning, but not before the Indians cut the lead to 7-4.

Aceves allowed one run in the ninth.

Leading 1-0 after Santana's RBI in the first, Jimenez (3-3) walked Pedroia and Ortiz, and hit Adrian Gonzalezwith a pitch to load the bases. Middlebrooks drilled a double into left field to give the Red Sox a 2-1 advantage.

Pedroia doubled home Nick Punto, who singled to snap an 0-for-19 slide, and Ryan Sweeneyto extend Boston's lead to 4-1 in the second.

The Red Sox chased Jimenez in the fifth. Nava walked and scored on a double by Cody Ross, who scored on a base hit by Ryan Sweeney to put Boston up 6-1. Pedroia's sacrifice fly off reliever Dan Wheelermade it 7-1.

"It's obviously been tough for us, but it's good to get back in the win column and get something going," Ross said. "There is a sense of urgency to play like we're capable of."

Jimenez, who has struggled with control problems this season, walked five, hit a batter with a pitch and allowed nine hits over 4 1/3 innings. He has walked 30 batters in 40 innings this season.

"He's human, just like you and I. I wish every single one of them could go seven innings, two hits, no runs. But that's not reality," Acta said. "He's going through some mechanical adjustments. How long is it going to take? I don't know. He's going to have some good ones and some bad ones."

Santana had two RBIs, and Hafner was 2-for-3 with an RBI for the Indians, who dropped to 10-4 on the road this season.

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