 got his first win since April 27 with one of the best starts of the 22-year-old's young career. He did not walk a batter and struck out eight, matching his career high. Smith, batting cleanup for the first time this season with Robinson Cano out sick, hit a 2-1 pitch from Trevor Bauer (4-2) into the right-center seats in the sixth inning. It scored Nelson Cruz, who had singled. The Mariners have homered in eight straight games and 13 of their last 14. Fernando Rodney had trouble in the ninth, allowing a pinch-hit, run-scoring single by Ryan Raburn, but still earned his 14th save in 16 opportunities. Bauer went seven innings, allowing two runs, six hits with three walks and 10 strikeouts. TRAINER'S ROOMMariners: LHP James Paxton was placed on the 15-day DL Friday with a strained tendon in his middle finger. RHP Dominic Leone was called up to replace him. ... RHP Hisashi Iwakuma (strained lat), on the DL since April 24, threw catch from 90 feet Friday with no timetable for a return. ... LHP Joe Beimel was placed on the restricted list to attend his son's high school graduation. ... LHP Lucas Luetge was called up from Triple-A Tacoma. ... 2B Cano missed the game with flu-like symptoms. Indians: INF Carlos Santana is on the restricted list to be with his wife Brittany, who gave birth Thursday morning to a girl. He will fly from Cleveland Saturday night and is expected to be available for Sunday's game. UP NEXTMariners: LHP Roenis Elias (2-1, 2.56) started the season at Triple-A Tacoma but after five starts has become an integral part of the Mariners injury-riddled rotation. Elias has won his past two starts and has not allowed more than three runs in any start. Indians: RHP Shawn Marcum (1-0, 6.28) will try to rebound from a poor start Monday against Texas. He lasted just 2 2/3 innings, allowing seven runs and four hits. He gave up two home runs, had six strikeouts and three walks. He is 1-2 with a 4.00 ERA in five career starts against Seattle. PEERLESS KIPNISIndians 2B Jason Kipnis went 1 for 3 with a walk after entering the game hitting .449 in May with 13 doubles, three triples, four home runs and 16 RBIs. From May 9-16, he had club-record-matching 19 hits over seven games and his 49 hits this month is the most for the franchise since at least 1914. ''He's in the midst of a really good run here,'' Indians manager Terry Francona said. ''Right now you're seeing a good player who feels good, and fun to watch. His level when he feels good is pretty damn high.'' STRIKEOUT STREAKThe Mariners are going through a particularly tough stretch of strikeout pitchers. It started Wednesday, facing Tampa's Chris Archer, second in the AL with 82 (he had 12). On Thursday, they faced Cleveland's Corey Cluber, the leader with 96 (he had 13). Bauer, who came in with 55, had 10. On Sunday, Cleveland's Danny Salazar, tied for fifth with 66, is scheduled, and on Monday the Yankees' Michael Pineda, fourth with 67, is expected to start. PUT HIM IN COACHWith two hits Friday, Cruz is batting .376 with 15 HRs and 30 RBIs when he starts in right field. As a DH, he is batting .286 with three HRs and 8 RBIs.
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Time: 10:10 P.M. EST Venue: Safeco Field
After snapping the Seattle Mariners' modest winning streak, the Cleveland Indians hope Trevor Bauer can help them continue their success on the road. The right-hander can win three straight starts for the first time and lead the Indians to a fifth consecutive road victory Friday night against the Mariners. Bauer (4-1, 3.02 ERA) has a 1.21 ERA in three starts since he allowed 11 runs over 9 1-3 innings in his previous two. He's given up one run and pitched into the eighth in each of the last three, highlighted Sunday when he lasted a season-high 7 2-3 innings and didn't yield a walk during the 5-2 win over Cincinnati." With the way he's improved at holding runners, and he's not walking people, it certainly gives him a lot more chances of having success because he's not that easy to hit," manager Terry Francona said of Bauer, who has made strides despite leading the club with 22 walks. Bauer hopes this outing goes better than last season's two starts against the Mariners (23-24), when he went 0-2 with a 6.75 ERA. Cleveland (22-25) kept Seattle from a fourth consecutive victory by winning 5-3 on Thursday. Brandon Moss homered and Jason Kipnis continued his torrid May with two hits and two RBIs as the Indians improved to 12-11 away from home by extending their season-high road winning streak to four games. Kipnis' .449 average and .532 on-base percentage this month lead the majors. He's also recorded 16 RBIs and is slugging at a .738 clip over 26 May contests. Moss, meanwhile, is 7 for 21 with four home runs and five RBIs in his last six games at Seattle. Hitless in four at-bats versus Taijuan Walker (1-5, 7.33), Moss is the only Indian to face the Mariners right-hander. Though Walker is 0-1 in three home starts, he has a 3.31 ERA compared to a 9.79 ERA while going to 1-4 through six on the road. He's allowed four runs in each of the last two that happened to come away for home. In Sunday's 8-2 defeat at Toronto, he surrendered a pair of two-run homers and went 5 2-3 innings. Walker, however, still believes he has something to build on." I felt like my command was pretty good," he told MLB's official website. "I just missed with two pitches." Teammate Robinson Cano was held out of the starting lineup for the first time this season with flu-like symptoms Thursday, but he did line out as a pinch-hitter in the ninth. He's 4 for 24 in his last seven contests. Kyle Seager is 3 for 6 with a double versus Bauer, but was responsible for three of the season-high 16 strikeouts the Mariners recorded in the series opener. Seager is 0 for 8 in the last two games after batting .400 during a 12-game hitting streak. Cleveland is without first baseman Carlos Santana, who could miss the entire series while on the paternity list." He's going to be welcomed back, believe me, as soon as he can, but we're trying to be sensible about it," Francona said about Santana, who has two homers and eight RBIs in his last eight games.
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