The sweep was the first of the Angels by Seattle since September 26-28, 2014.
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Seattle Mariners’ Shawn O’Malley, right, is greeted at home by Kyle Seager after O’Malley’s three-run home run against the Los Angeles Angels during the seventh inning of a baseball game Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016, in Seattle. “That goes back to being aggressive in the zone and when I get 0-2 to be aggressive down in the zone”. “But I’m a Mariner now”. Also, while he his letting up more hits per game than in 2015, Shoemaker has done a good job of bearing down in troubling situations because of his distinct ability to get swings and misses.
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.
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. O’Malley turned on an 0-1 pitch from Deolis Guerra and drove it into the right-field seats for his second home run of the season.
“He just lost his release point”, Scioscia said.
Against Paxton, Trout is 2 for 20 with 10 strikeouts.
The Angels designated former Cy Young victor Tim Lincecum for assignment on Saturday. “Just not picking it up, not getting my foot down”.
Paxton (4-5), who was on the verge of his first career complete game, struck out six with one walk in a career-high 8 1/3 innings.
“You kind of have to play the cards you have”, Scioscia said of his bullpen’s struggles this season.
Cody Martin, Drew Storen, Tim Wilhelmsen and Edwin Diaz combined for four scoreless innings. Trout had two homers, a triple and seven RBIs in the series, but also struck out seven times in 11 at-bats.
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That finished Angels starter Tyler Skaggs.
Seattle’s first run came on Robinson Cano’s RBI double in the first inning.
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 a three-run fourth inning. Ichiro became the 30th player in Major League Baseball history to get 3,000 hits, and Freeman recorded his first Major League Baseball hit – and later his first RBI – in his Mariners debut.
Hernandez (6-4) settled down after the first. “We’re starting to see him emerge before our eyes, and that’s why I am obviously really, really hoping everything is OK”. “But I just had to keep grinding”.
“Oh my God … as soon as I hit that ball, I knew it was going to be gone”, Martin said.
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To Trout’s credit, he made the play of the game defensively. To clear roster spots, the Mariners designated RHPs Blake Parker and Donn Roach for assignment.
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“He hasn’t progressed from his first couple starts”. Marte has been on the disabled list since July 23 with mononucleosis and could be activated later this weekend. Richards received a stem-cell injection in May in an attempt to avoid Tommy John surgery. Trout joined Mickey Mantle, Tony Conigliaro, Ken Griffey Jr. and Alex Rodriguez.
