CLEVELAND – Raul Ibanez hit two two-run homers and then doubled in the go-ahead run in the ninth inning to lead the Seattle Mariners to an 8-7 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Monday night.

Jose Vidro started the ninth with a single off Joe Borowski (0-3). Ibanez doubled to right-center with one out for his fifth RBI, leading the Mariners to their fourth straight win and eighth in the last nine games.

Ibanez tripled in the seventh, finishing a single shy of the cycle. It was the sixth time he hit two homers in a game, the last coming on June 24, 2006, at San Diego.

Brandon Morrow (3-0) pitched the last two innings for the win, despite allowing the Indians to tie the game in the eighth.

Trailing 7-0, the Indians scored three runs in the fifth, two in the sixth and two in the eighth.

Ibanez, who came into the game with two home runs in 209 at-bats this season, homered in the third and fourth innings off starter Paul Byrd.

Josh Barfield singled off George Sherrill to start the eighth. Pinch-hitter Victor Martinez singled off Morrow, moving Barfield to third. Grady Sizemore walked on a 3-2 pitch to load the bases. Pinch-hitter David Dellucci hit into a fielder’s choice, scoring Barfield.

Casey Blake’s double into the left field corner tied the game, but Dellucci was thrown out at home. Jhonny Peralta walked to load the bases, but Ryan Garko, in a 1-for-25 slump, struck out.

Cha Seung Baek allowed five runs in 5 1-3 innings. The Mariners used four relief pitchers. Closer J.J Putz, second in the AL with 18 saves, was unavailable because he saved all three games of Seattle’s sweep of San Diego over the weekend.

Jose Lopez added a two-run homer in the third, also off Byrd.

Ibanez is batting .550 (11-for-20) with two home runs and eight RBIs in his career against Byrd, who allowed seven runs and 11 hits in four innings, his shortest outing of the season.

Travis Hafner’s single with the bases loaded scored two runs in the fifth, snapping a 16-inning scoreless streak for the Indians. Cleveland was shut out for 12 innings Sunday in a 1-0 loss to Cincinnati.

Blake, who had three hits, extended his hitting streak to a career-high 20 games.

Notes: The game was a makeup of an April 7 snowout at Jacobs Field. … Indians OF Trot Nixon committed his first error since May 29 of last season in the sixth inning. … The Mariners have won 15 of their last 20. … Several sea gulls invaded the ballpark and spent most of the game milling around in the outfield grass.

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