“I probably would have chased a pitch or two in there and be over aggressive and not trust myself”, Zunino said. “Usually, I see him pretty well, but I don’t know what it was today”.
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Paxton (4-5) was on the verge of his first career complete game when he was hit with one out in the ninth by the line drive from Andrelton Simmons, who reached on the infield single.
The Mariners (57-53) used a three-run fourth inning, overcoming a handsome Trout catch over the wall, to win for the fifth time in six games.
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.
Seager actually scored what would prove to be the game-winning run on Martin’s sacrifice fly.
“Paxton had good stuff and pitched a strong game”.
On Friday, the Mariners faced Tim Lincecum and responded with six runs. It was the walks that hurt him, and again with the Angels, where he walked 5.4 men per nine innings, by far the highest mark of his career.
O’Malley capped Seattle’s comeback with a three-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning and the Mariners rallied from a four-run deficit for an 8-6 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night.
LA roughed up Taijuan Walker for six runs over four innings in his first start since July 5, but the Mariners’ bullpen delivered a lockdown performance that provided an opportunity for a comeback. Nelson Cruz tied the score 1-1 with a single to right, then Seattle took its first lead on a sacrifice fly when Trout went over the wall to steal a grand slam from Leonys Martin.
Mike Trout then crushed a three-run homer.
Angels manager Mike Scioscia said the club hopes Lincecum will accept an assignment to Triple-A and that his pitching issues can’t be solved in the majors.
An injury-riddled starting rotation put the Los Angeles Angels in the market for starting pitching early this season, and they brought in two-time Cy Young Award victor Tim Lincecum after he a promising workout where he showed he was full recovered from hip surgery. Kole Calhoun followed by driving a first-pitch fastball into the left-center gap for a double that moved Escobar to third. The Angels are 7-4 in the last 11 meetings. “Just not picking it up, not getting my foot down”. The Mariners played without second baseman Robinson Cano, who took his first full day off of the season after playing in 109 consecutive games.
Shoemaker allowed three runs on seven hits in seven innings, striking out three and hitting three batters.
Due to their off day Monday, that will not be until a week from Saturday, in Cleveland, if the Angels so choose. In the wild-card race, it pulled within 3.5 games of Detroit – which it hosts Monday through Wednesday in a suddenly pivotal three-game series at Safeco.
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Rays 7, Twins 3: Evan Longoria, Bobby Wilson and Logan Forsythe homered to back starter Chris Archer in Tampa Bay’s victory over Minnesota.
