Kluber strikes out 10, Tribe hits 5 homers

Corey Kluber struck out 10 in 8 2/3 innings and the Indians hit five solo home runs, including three in the first inning, to beat the Seattle Mariners, 6-5, on April 27 at Progressive Field.

Kluber (4-1) reached double figures in strikeouts for the 41st time and avenged his only loss this season, when Nelson Cruz hit a tworun homer at Seattle on opening day in the Mariners’ 2-1 win. The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner left with a 6-2 lead after Kyle Seager’s two-out single in the ninth, the Mariners’ fourth hit.

Cody Allen gave up Mitch Haniger’s single and Mike Zunino’s three-run homer, then retired Ben

Gamel on a lineout to shortstop Francisco Lindor.

Kluber was charged with three runs. He walked three and threw 116 pitches.

Lindor, Michael Brantley and Edwin Encarnacion homered in the first, and Yonder Alonso and Yan Gomes hit consecutive drives in the sixth for a 6-0 lead against Erasmo Ramirez (0-2), who made his second start this season. Brantley added a sacrifice fly in the third and hit the Indians’ first triple this season in the fifth. Brantley and Lindor each had three hits.

Kluber retired 11 in a row after two singles in the third. Haniger hit a two-run homer in the seventh.

Ramirez, who began the season on the disabled list with a strained lat, has allowed seven home runs in 9 2/3 innings.

On a night when the start was delayed by rain for 10 minutes, the Indians hit three homers in the first inning for the first time since Carlos Santana, Jason Kipnis and Lonnie Chisenhall connected against the New York Yankees’ Chad Green on July 8, 2016.

OF Jayson Werth would get a $1 million, one-year contract if added to Seattle’s 40-man roster. He would earn a $150,000 bonus if he spends 100 days on the active major league roster or a major league disabled list.

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TONY DEJAK — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Indians’ Michael Brantley watches his sacrifice fly in the third inning against the Mariners. Jason Kipnis scored on the play.