 through the right side to score Leonys Martin from second base. Naquin was mobbed his teammates down the right field line after Cleveland's second walkoff win of the season.The hit also provided some good news for the Indians, who placed pitcher Corey Kluber on the 10-day injured list before the game. Kluber broke his right arm after being hit by a line drive Wednesday and is out indefinitely. The Indians said Kluber does not need surgery for now and will be re-examined in three to four weeks.Swarzak (2-1) walked Francisco Lindor on four pitches to start the ninth, snapping a streak of 13 straight retired by Seattle pitchers. Martin fouled off a bunt attempt on the first pitch before hitting a groundball that forced Lindor. Jose Ramirez struck out, but Santana drew another four-pitch walk before Naquin, using one of catcher Kevin Plawecki's bats, came through.Brad Hand (1-1) struck out two in the ninth to earn the win.Rookie left-hander Yusei Kikuchi allowed one run and struck out a career-high 10 in seven innings for the Brewers, who have lost five straight. Kikuchi retired the last 10 hitters he faced, striking out six of the final seven.The Mariners are 5-14 since starting the season with a 13-2 record.Indians starter Shane Bieber allowed one run - a one-out homer by Jay Bruce in the fourth - and struck out eight in a career-high 7 2/3 innings.Bruce's 10th home run of the season came on a 1-1 pitch in the fourth, but the lead was brief. Martin broke an 0-for-21 slump with a leadoff double for Cleveland's first hit. Ramirez singled and Martin scored on Santana's double play grounder.TRAINER'S ROOMMariners: 3B Ryon Healy (groin tightness) was removed in the fifth inning and replaced by Dylan Moore. Healy struck out and grounded out before leaving the game.Indians: Kluber's injury has caused the rotation to be shuffled. RHP Cody Anderson will pitch Sunday and RHP Jefry Rodriguez will start Tuesday against the Chicago White Sox. Both will be called up from Triple-A Columbus. RHP Trevor Bauer will start Monday instead of Sunday.UP NEXTMariners: RHP Mike Leake (2-3, 4.98 ERA) was rocked for nine runs, including five earned, over five innings in a 15-1 loss to Texas on April 27.Indians: RHP Carlos Carrasco (2-3, 5.86 ERA) has only allowed two earned runs in his first two home starts in 2019, going 1-0 with a 2.00 ERA.---More MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports)
Reeling Mariners travel to face depleted Indians What's worse, insult or injury?The Seattle Mariners and Cleveland Indians will put that to the test when they open a three-game series Friday at Progressive Field in Cleveland.The Indians lost ace Corey Kluber, a two-time Cy Young Award winner, when he was hit by a 102-mph line drive from Miami's Brian Anderson in the sixth inning Wednesday. The Mariners have lost four games in a row, all at home, by a combined score of 46-7, making their 13-2 start to the season a distant memory.Kluber sustained a non-displaced fracture of the right ulna, the longer of two bones in his pitching forearm."I worry about the players," Indians manager Terry Francona said. "You always figure that we'll figure something out as a team. But you worry about the guys because you care about them. But you saw it. It looked ugly. You just worry about guys." Kluber was being fitted for a cast and didn't speak to the media after the game. He was to be reevaluated Thursday after the team returned home from its six-game trip.How long Kluber will be out is still in question.The Indians were already without starters Danny Salazar (right shoulder) and Mike Clevinger (upper back strain), who are both on the 60-day injured list."It's tough to see him go, especially (since) he's a big part of our team," Indians catcher Roberto Perez told MLB.com. "I know he's working to get back ... He's going to be Kluber. There's no panic, just got to keep playing baseball." The Mariners managed just one hit in an 11-0 defeat to the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday, after losing 15-1 and 14-1 against Texas over the weekend. Seattle used a non-pitcher to mop up in two of those three games."It's part of baseball. It's part of life," Mariners left-hander Marco Gonzales, who entered Wednesday's game tied for the major league lead with five victories but exited after allowing six runs (three earned) in 1 2/ 3 innings, told MLB.com. "You get punched in the mouth a lot." The Mariners, who have lost 13 of 18 games since that stellar start, are opening a 10-game trip in which they'll face the Indians, New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, all playoff teams in 2018."We have to get back to playing better baseball, bottom line," Mariners manager Scott Servais said. "There's no sugarcoating it. We just didn't play well." In the Mariners' first 15 games, they hit .295 and averaged 7.8 runs per game. Since, they've batted .202 with 4.0 runs a game."We've had a number of guys who've cooled off," Servais said. "They were going great for a long time, really up and down the lineup. That's going to happen. You have to find other ways to stay in ballgames and win ballgames." Mariners left-hander Yusei Kikuchi (1-1, 4.54 ERA) is scheduled to face Indians right-hander Shane Bieber (2-1, 3.68) in the series opener.Bieber allowed one run on four hits in six-plus innings in a 4-2 victory on April 16 at Seattle in his only previous appearance against the Mariners. Kikuchi, a rookie, faced the Indians the previous day, suffering a 6-4 loss in which he allowed three runs on five hits in six innings.--Field Level Media
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