Hernandez (6-4) settled down after giving up a three-run shot to Mike Trout in the first.
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The Los Angeles Angels bullpen failed to finish what Trout started.
Seattle Mariners’ Shawn O’Malley watches his three-run home run against the Los Angeles Angels during the seventh inning of a baseball game Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016, in Seattle.
“It’s just a process of being in those situations in the minor leagues and trusting yourself, getting into an 0-2 count and being able to work it back”, Zunino said. Paxton was in total command before a liner off the bat of Angels shortstop Andrelton Simmons hit him flush in the left elbow. He’s listed as day-to-day. Paxton struck out six with one walk in 8 1/3 innings. Matt Shoemaker gets the nod, and he’s 6-11 with a 4.08 ERA and 120 strikeouts this season. Seth Smith would get things started with an infield single, and Kyle Seager drove one back up the middle as well.
Mike Zunino would fail to bring in a run on a fielder’s choice, but today’s call-up Mike Freeman would come through with a base hit to score Lind, who didn’t at the plate and was barely safe.
Mike Freeman, making his Mariners debut after being called up earlier in the day from Triple-A Tacoma, had his first two major league hits, including an RBI single to cap the decisive three-run fourth inning. If that’s the case, he will have to hope another team is willing to give him a chance to prove he can rediscover the form that made him one of the best pitchers in the game five years ago.
Seattle erased a 1-0 deficit with three runs in the fourth inning, although the Angels prevented a bigger inning with two stellar defensive plays.
The 32-year-old right-hander was roughed up for six runs and nine hits in 3 1/3 innings in a loss to the Seattle Mariners on Friday. Drew Storen (2-3) retired Albert Pujols on a fly to right for the final out. Stanton hit a 504-foot home run, the longest in the majors this season and the longest in Coors Field history, and Suzuki had a pinch-hit infield single in the eighth inning for No. 2,999 career hit. Tom Wilhelmsen came on and allowed a two-out walk to pinch-hitter Ji-Man Choi, but got Johnny Giavotella on a game-ending ground out to short.
The sweep was the first of the Angels by Seattle since September 26-28, 2014. They’re also 8-2 in their last 10 home games versus a right-handed starter, are 8-2 in their last 10 games when their opponent allows five runs or more in their previous game and 4-1 in their last five games versus a team with a losing record. The Mariners played without second baseman Robinson Cano, who took his first full day off of the season after playing in 109 consecutive games.
Yankees 13, Indians 7: Starlin Castro hit a third-inning grand slam off Josh Tomlin that gave the Yankees a six-run lead, Mark Teixeira got two hits after tearfully announcing this will be his final big league season and NY beat Cleveland.
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Angels: After a day off Monday, Los Angeles heads to Chicago for a two-game series against the Cubs at Wrigley Field.
