Los Angeles Angels pitcher Matt Shoemaker was hit by a ball off the bat at Safeco Field.
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When Matt Shoemaker crumpled to the ground, bleeding from a 105 miles per hour line drive that had struck him squarely in the head, two dugouts of players and coaches and a ballpark full of fans suddenly were united.
The ball off the bat of Kyle Seager was 105 miles per hour.
Shoemaker immediately went to the ground as trainers rushed to the field.
The Angels are 4-0 in their last 4 during game 3 of a series and 2-8 in Shoemakers last 10 road starts.
Against the Mariners this season, Calhoun is hitting.352 (19×54) with 3 doubles, 4 home runs and 9 RBI in 16 games. Seattle totaled seven hits against the relievers but only got the two runs.
Shoemaker was taken to a nearby hospital where he underwent a CT scan and other tests. With Matt Shoemaker set to oppose Hisashi Iwakuma in the pitching matchup, the over/under now sits at 8 runs. Shoemaker never lost consciousness.
The Angels hit back-to-back-to-back home runs in the 1st inning when Kole Calhoun, Mike Trout and Albert Pujols all hit home runs…the last time the Angels hit three consecutive home runs was April 13, 2014 (Mike Trout, Albert Pujols, Raul Ibanez). Seattle (69-67) has dropped 10 of its past 12 and is five games out of the final AL wild-card with 26 games to go. Who cares about the game?’ When you see the trainers on the field like that, you don’t care about a stupid game at that point. Jose Alvarez (1), Mike Morin (1), Cody Ege (1), J.C. Ramirez (2) followed and Andrew Bailey pitched a scoreless ninth for his first save.
Pujols added an RBI single in the sixth inning off Iwakuma, and Andrelton Simmons had an RBI single in the eighth inning off reliever Dan Altavilla.
That made for a happier getaway day, as the Angels packed for Oakland, with their thoughts still on Shoemaker as he stayed behind in Seattle.
Cano hit his 31 home run, and Cruz crept closer to his third 40-homer season in a row with No. 35. Storen had been sidelined by shoulder inflammation, and the pair gives manager Scott Servais a few more options for the later innings with Seattle’s starters struggling to get deep into games of late. “I was just glad to help our team win tonight and be able to contribute, especially after a tough loss last night”.
Mariners: Felix Hernandez (9-5) looks to rebound from one of his worst outings of the season as Seattle opens a series against Texas.
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Seattle used a nine-run second inning to rally after falling behind by four runs before even getting a chance to bat in Friday’s 11-8 triumph, but it yielded six more first-inning runs in Saturday’s 10-3 setback.
