CLEVELAND — Benton’s Cliff Lee won for the first time in more than a month, allowing one run in his second complete game of the season and Cleveland beat Seattle 4-1 on Thursday night.

Lee (5-9) hadn’t won since a three-hit shutout against St. Louis on June 14, a game in which he took a no-hitter into the eighth inning.

The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner had lost three straight starts. The Indians scored three runs or less in 11 of his 20 starts.

“He showed why he was the Cy Young winner last year,” Seattle manager Don Wakamatsu said. “He never kept anyth...

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