September 2: Indians WIN 6-3
September 3: Indians lose 0-1
September 4: Indians WIN 4-2
September 5: Indians lose 0-3

Indians 2010 Record: 55-82

Josh Tomlin battled his way through a three run third inning to eventually give the Indians six strong innings.  That third inning saw the Tribe fall behind the Mariners on the strength of two former Indians (Franklin Gutierrez drove in one with a sacrifice fly and Russell Branyan connected for a mammoth two-run home run).  In the sixth, the Indians got some payback when former mariner Shin-Soo Choo cleared the bases with a double to tie the game.  Travis Hafner singled Choo home to give the Tribe the lead.  The Cleveland bullpen, which had been lambasted in the previous Chicago series, pitched three shutout innings, while Choo struck again in the ninth with a two run home run to give Chris Perez some breathing room in earning the save and snapping the team's losing streak at four.

Fausto Carmona yielded an early run to the ariners in the first then let them load the bases with nobody out before pitching his way out of it.  He had solid stuff all night long, pitching a complete game and giving up only that run in the first inning.  Still, it wasn't enough as Luke French held the Indians hitless into the seventh inning, combining with two Seattle relievers for a three hit shutout of the Tribe's anemic offense.

The Indians got another strong pitching performance, this time from Mitch Talbot, who allowed only an unearned run over his 6 2/3 innings.  Travis Hafner, Asdrubal Cabrera, Shin-Soo Choo and Michael Brantley each singled in a run as the Indians built a 4-0 lead before Seattle pushed across an unearned run in the seventh.  Chris Perez came on in the eighth and worked 1 1/3 innings for the save.

Jeanmar Gomez got the start for the Indians and delivered once again, allowing only two runs over six innings.  Felix Hernandez, though, was better - shutting the Indians out for eight innings before turning it over to David Aardsma in the ninth for the save and the second shutout in three days for the Tribe, earning a split for the lowly Mariners.

This series told you everything you need to know about the Indians' offense.  Tribe ptiching allowed only nine runs in four games and the team still had to settle for a split, getting shut out twice.  The fact that the Indians outscored the Mariners (with 10 runs) over the course of the series speaks to the team's inconsistency.  The pitching rotation is looking like less of a concern for next season, with youngsters like Jeanmar Gomez excelling and players like Mitch Talbot and Fausto Carmona settling in, but the offense continues to stink up the field more often than not.