SEATTLE (Ticker) - Seattle Mariners pitcher Jorge Campillo left Wednesday’s game against the Cleveland Indians in the bottom of the sixth inning with an undisclosed injury to his right hand.

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Pitching equals playoffs. Josh Beckett and Jake Peavy lead the pack for Cy Young honors.

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The Seattle Mariners missed the playoffs for a sixth consecutive season and sprayed beer all over their clubhouse anyway. Felix Hernandez pitched into the ninth inning and J.J. Putz got one out to earn his career-high 40th save, leading the Mariners to a 4-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Sunday. Seattle won its final five games to finish 88-74, a 10-game improvement over last season and good for…

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Miguel Batista finished his first year with the Seattle Mariners in style. Batista limited Texas to three hits in eight innings, Jose Guillen went 4-for-4 and the Mariners beat the Rangers 5-1 Saturday night. Batista (16-11) struck out five, walked two and won his third straight decision. He retired 15 of 16 batters over one stretch and allowed only one hit after the second inning.

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Mariners right-hander Jorge Campillo left the first game of Wednesday’s doubleheader with the Cleveland Indians in the sixth inning after getting hit in the right arm by a line drive from Casey Blake. With the bases loaded and no outs, Blake lined Campillo’s pitch back to the mound. The ball ricocheted off Campillo’s lower forearm over to third baseman Mike Morse, who threw out Blake.

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The Cleveland Indians finally finished off their prolonged, snowed-out series from April that took nearly six months to complete. Then the Indians watched a major postseason concern flare up yet again — closer Joe Borowski — and for the second straight night. Pinch-hitter Jeff Clement hit his first career homer with two outs in the ninth off Borowski to tie the game at 2, and Mike Morse singled…

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Cleveland pitcher Paul Byrd likes the idea of playing meaningful games this time of year. Of course, the Indians would prefer to win them. The Seattle Mariners beat the Indians 4-2 on Thursday night, their second straight win over Cleveland to deny the Indians sole possession of the best record in the American League.

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