9 - 2 - 10 at Seattle W, 6 - 3 54 - 80
While the entire state of Ohio was watching the Buckeyes' season opener, Shin - Soo Choo and the Indians were having their own little party in Seattle. Choo drove in five runs as the Tribe took the series opener in the Emerald City.
The Mariners took an early 3 - 0 lead, and it was the man the Indians traded away earlier in the season, who did most of the damage. Russell Branyan absolutely crushed a two - run homer off the facing of the upper deck in the bottom of the 3rd.
Three singles by Luis Valbuena, Michael Brantley, and Asdrubal Cabrera, set the table for Choo's first big hit of the night. Choo drilled a fastball off the wall in right - cneter field, and the trio of base runners got a great jump, and the game was tied. The next hitter, Travis Hafner, hit a bullet to right that scored Choo and gave Cleveland the advantage.
Choo tacked on some insurance in the 9th when he lofted a two - run shot over the wall in left.
All of that offense made Josh Tomlin the winning pitcher for the third time in his big league career.
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