Mariners defeat Indians, 3-2.
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Not even Mariners third-base coach Lee "Send 'Em In'' Tinsley could save the Indians on Friday night.
Seattle overcame two bad decisions by Tinsley to defeat the Tribe, 3-2, at Progressive Field.
Right-hander David Pauley earned his first major-league victory in his 19th appearance, 11 of which have been starts. He gave up two runs on seven hits in six innings.
Pauley was an eighth-round pick by San Diego in 2001. He had been 0-7 in the majors.
The Mariners (45-71) are 3-1 under interim manager Daren Brown.
The Indians (48-68) have lost five of six. They are 0-2 against managers in their first road games with a new club post-All-Star break. Baltimore's Buck Showalter beat the Tribe on Tuesday.
The Indians lost despite their pitchers having whiffed Ichiro Suzuki in his final three at-bats.
Suzuki's speed carried the Mariners to a 1-0 lead in the first.
Suzuki led off with a softly struck grounder over the mound. Shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera charged, picked and threw on-target -- but Suzuki beat it.
With Chone Figgins batting, Suzuki stole second. He moved to third on Figgins' grounder to first and scored on Russell Branyan's grounder to second. Jason Donald, as part of a shift, erased Branyan from shallow right field.
The Indians tied it in the second on back-to-back doubles by Donald and Chris Gimenez with two outs. Both were hit to left.
The Mariners pulled ahead 2-1 in the fourth. They might have produced more if not for an ill-advised judgment call by Tinsley.
Branyan, acquired from the Indians on June 26, led off with a double to left. With one out, Branyan moved to third on former Indian Franklin Gutierrez's grounder to second baseman Donald, who was shaded up the middle.
Casey Kotchman chopped to the mound. Carmona reached up to get a glove on the ball but failed to secure it. Cabrera, cutting across, did not make the play, either. It was correctly ruled an RBI single.
Adam Moore singled to center, Kotchman stopping at second. Michael Saunders singled sharply to right, Shin-Soo Choo fielding cleanly.
Inexplicably, Tinsley, stationed two-thirds of the way down the line, pinwheeled the speed-challenged Kotchman. Even a fast runner would have been in trouble based on when Choo secured the ball.
Choo fired to catcher Chris Gimenez, who patiently waited until Kotchman lumbered home.
It did not seem possible, but Tinsley out-did himself in the sixth.
After the Indians tied the score in the fifth on Choo's two-out, RBI single, the Mariners resumed staggering Carmona.
Jose Lopez opened the sixth with a single to right. Gutierrez doubled into the left-field corner.
Never mind that there was none out: Tinsley waved in Lopez. Cabrera relayed Trevor Crowe's throw and cut down Lopez with room to spare. Gutierrez scooted to third on the throw.
Donald held Gutierrez while fielding Kotchman's grounder. Moments later, though, Donald mishandled a grounder by Moore, enabling Seattle to take the 3-2 lead.