CLEVELAND - Chris Perez was stunned, surprised and shocked.
And he was hardly alone.
The Cleveland Indians somehow pulled out a game they had no business winning.
“Best game I’ve ever been a part of,” said Perez. “It was the craziest, most fun … obviously, it stunk to give up a home run, but it was still fun.”
Yan Gomes hit a three-run home run in the 10th inning as the Indians, revived by Seattle fielding errors in the final two innings, beat the Mariners 10-8 on Monday to complete a four-game sweep and continue a season that’s shaping into one to remember in Cleveland.
Gomes, who also homered in the second, drove a 3-2 pitch from Charlie Furbush (0-3) over the wall in leftfield, giving the Indians their fifth consecutive victory. It was the third time in four days that the Indians beat the Mariners in their last at-bat.
As Gomes reached the plate, he was mobbed by his teammates following the comeback that became necessary after Cleveland’s bullpen gave up home runs in the eighth, ninth and 10th innings.
It was the Indians’ first four-game sweep of Seattle since 1981, and the rally gave Cleveland its 18th victory in 22 games.
Joe Smith (2-0) won despite giving up a go-ahead home run to Justin Smoak in the 10th and the Indians improved to a major league-best 21-7 since April 20.
Ryan Raburn hit a three-run home run for Cleveland.
The Mariners got a tying home run by Kyle Seager in the eighth off Vinnie Pestano and a go-ahead shot by pinch-hitter Endy Chavez in the ninth off Perez, but couldn’t close it out because of their own miscues.
The Indians were an out away from losing in the ninth when Seattle’s Tom Wilhelmsen dropped an underhanded toss from Smoak while covering first, allowing the Indians to tie it at 7-7.
BLUE JAYS 7, RAYS 5 R.A. Dickey won his second consecutive start, Edwin Encarnacion hit a tie breaking, bases-loaded double in the seventh inning, and host Toronto beat Tampa Bay. Dickey (4-5) allowed 3 runs, 2 earned, and 4 hits in a season-high 8 innings.
YANKEES 6, ORIOLES 4 Vernon Wells doubled in the tie breaking run in the 10th inning and the visiting New York Yankees hit four home runs in a victory over Baltimore, extending the Orioles’ losing streak to six games. Travis Hafner, Robinson Cano, David Adams and Lyle Overbay homered for New York.
WHITE SOX 6, RED SOX 4 Adam Dunn hit a three-run home run in the first inning and the host Chicago White Sox handed Jon Lester his first loss of the season with a victory over Boston. ATHLETICS 9, RANGERS 2 Seth Smith homered and scored three times, Bartolo Colon pitched seven innings for his first victory since April 13 and visiting Oakland routed Texas.
ASTROS 6, ROYALS 5 Matt Dominguez hit a three-run home run and Jason Castro also homered to lead Houston past visiting Kansas City.
NATIONAL LEAGUE REDS 4, METS 3 Jay Bruce hit a tiebreaking home run and drove in two runs to back Johnny Cueto’s wild but effective return from the disabled list, and visiting Cincinnati beat the New York Mets. Cueto gave up 3 runs on 3 hits with 8 strikeouts in 5 innings. But he walked four, including one in the third, when Marlon Byrd hit a three-run home run. DODGERS 3, BREWERS 1 Clayton Kershaw scattered three singles in his second complete game this season and Matt Kemp hit a home run, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers over host Milwaukee.
DIAMONDBACKS 5, ROCKIES 1 Patrick Corbin tossed a three-hitter for his complete game and struck out 10 as visiting Arizona beat Colorado.
MARLINS 5, PHILLIES 1 Alex Sanabia allowed 1 run on 7 hits in 6 1/3 innings and host Miami beat Philadelphia.
INTERLEAGUE BRAVES 5, TWINS 1 Julio Teheran pitched 81/3 innings, Dan Uggla hit a three-run home run and host Atlanta won its fourth consecutive game, beating struggling Minnesota.
Monday’s games NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati 4, NY Mets 3 Miami 5, Philadelphia 1 LA Dodgers 3, Milwaukee 1 Arizona 5, Colorado 1 St. Louis at San Diego, (n) Washington at San Francisco, (n) AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland 10, Seattle 8, 10 inn.
Toronto 7, Tampa Bay 5 NY Yankees 6, Baltimore 4, 10 inn.
Oakland 9, Texas 2 Chicago White Sox 6, Boston 4 Houston 6, Kansas City 5 INTERLEAGUE Atlanta 5, Minnesota 1
Sports, Pages 22 on 05/21/2013