Tuesday: Trout went 0 for 1 with a run scored, an RBI, two walks, a sacrifice fly and a strikeout in the Angels’ 7-6 win over the Seattle Mariners. The American League’s 2010 Cy Young Award victor retired 11 of 12 batters between the third and seventh innings. He received a no-decision against Boston when he gave up two runs and eight hits in six innings in his Seattle debut on August 4 and picked up the win in relief versus Detroit in his latest appearance August 9.Chacin moved back into the rotation after Tim Lincecum was designated for assignment and the results weren’t good as he was mashed for seven runs, six hits and three walks in 1 1/3 innings in a loss to Cleveland on Thursday.
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Edwin Diaz earned the save with a flawless ninth inning. He puffed back up to a vigorous 1787 in the bottom half of the inning as Arquimedes Caminero gave up his first run as a Mariner on a solo home run to Jefry Marte to tie the game, then gave up one more with a Cliff Pennington RBI triple to give the Angels the lead.
PLAY OF THE GAME: Another day, another athletic play by first baseman Adam Lind. The Angels are 1-4 in their last 5 during game 2 of a series and 0-4 in Chacins last 4 starts. Hernandez left a 1-1 curveball over the middle of the plate and Trout hit his 23rd homer.
PHOENIX – Welington Castillo tied a career high with four hits, drove in two runs and had two of Arizona’s seven doubles in its victory over NY at Chase Field.
Miranda started the first inning by walking Yunel Escobar, who went to third on Calhoun’s double into the left-field corner. The loss was just their second in 11 games, but it allowed the Angels to break an 11-game losing streak.
DETROIT – Ian Kennedy pitched 6 2/3 strong innings to collect his first victory since June 26 and suddenly resurgent Kansas City edged Detroit at Comerica Park. When the Mariners hit at least one homer, they have a 51-36 record.
Eric Hosmer, Raul Mondesi and Lorenzo Cain drove in the Royals’ runs.
With its win on Monday, Seattle has now won 9 of its past 10 games overall. Offensively, the story of the night came from RF Nelson Cruz, who delivered in the fifth inning. He has trouble at times with his command as he walked four, but was able to keep the Angels quiet with 8 strikeouts.
The Rays won their second straight, while the Padres fell for the sixth time in eight games. After a four-pitch walk to Trout, Pujols popped out. Castillo doubled twice, drove in two runs and scored twice for the last-place Diamondbacks, who swept three games from the defending NL champions last week in NY. He allowed three runs in 51/3 innings while working out of a few early jams. They stranded two more runners in the third. Miami used six relievers to back up Phelps’ effort. Mike Trout hitting bombs off of King Felix is pretty much a given, but the rest of the team retreating into their own shells and leaving the starting pitching (this time Ricky Nolasco) is also pretty much a given.
He was pulled after giving up a one-out single to Ivan De Jesus with a 4-1 lead in the sixth inning. The Nationals kicked off a nine-game road trip with their third straight win and fourth in five games.
That lead lasted until the Mariners answered with two runs in the fourth.
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The victory moved Seattle only two games behind the second and final wildcard spot in the American League.
