In the process, Shoemaker also became the second American League pitcher in the past century to collect at least 30 strikeouts without issuing a walk in a three-game span, after the Tampa Bay Rays’ Chris Archer first accomplished the feat previous year.
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Seattle Mariners center fielder Leonys Martin, right, smiles with second baseman Robinson Cano after sliding to catch a fly ball hit by Los Angeles Angels’ Cliff Pennington during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Wednes. The 35-year-old native of Tokyo scattered 10 hits over 14 1/3 scoreless innings in home victories over Boston and the Tigers before giving up three runs over 5 1/3 frames in a win at Oakland on Saturday. He walked two batters, struck out five and lowered his ERA at Angel Stadium to 3.10.
In five home starts since June 1, Shoemaker has given up a mere four runs.
Shoemaker, the runner-up to the Chicago White Sox’s Jose Abreu for American League Rookie of the Year in 2014, began the season 1-5 with a 9.12 ERA.
“In big situations, most of the time he’s come through”, Trout said.
The Angels meanwhile head into tonight’s game in a full on tailspin and occupy the basement of the AL West division and will need a full overhaul in the offseason if they’re going to play their way back into relevance in the standings.
Scioscia believes the phenomenon isn’t unique to Shoemaker. Rather, it’s a basic byproduct of constructing a roster. “The home run pitches were definitely not where I want them, but overall, I was happy”.
Stats: Trout is hitting.309 (129 for 418) with 23 home runs, 94 runs and 77 RBIs in 120 games.
The loss forced the Mariners to settle for a split in their four-game series against the Angels, who entered the week with a 10-game losing streak. He walked and then scored on an Andrelton Simmons single, helped along the bases by an error from Seattle’s Kyle Seager that also scored Escobar. Seager attempted to backhand the ball, then watched it skip past him into left field, scoring Escobar. Zunino’s hit was for his 4th double of the season, this one off of LAA RHP Jhoulys Chacin.
Jett Bandy of the Angels would spoil Iwakuma’s night and capitalize when the Mariners couldn’t by hitting a home run that was almost identical to his screaming line drive solo shot on Tuesday.
Drew Storen (3-3) pitched 1/3 innings for the win.
Cody Martin’s first major-league start in nearly a year didn’t get off to an auspicious beginning.
Bandy, the rookie catcher from West Hills, had three hits in the series.
“Baseball’s about rhythm”, he said. Diaz then walked Albert Pujols to load the bases with just one out.
Vincent took over for Iwakuma in the eighth inning and for the second time in the series, had trouble getting around Pujols. Pujols crushed a slider into the left-center field gap, and wound up on second base with a two-run double. It was his 14th double of the season and the 597th of his career, which surpassed Luis Gonzalez for 16th place on MLB’s all-time list. He walked one and struck out two.The Mariners cut the margin to 6-4 in the ninth inning on a two-run home run by Mike Zunino off reliever Fernando Salas. “Cano and Cruz are two of the top sluggers in the league, but he didn’t give Seattle much besides that”.
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“Baseball’s baseball”, Bandy said. Also, he most likely won’t make a rehab start, and will just pitch bullpens ahead of his next start.
