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Seattle Mariners Complete Sweep Of Angels

By Dan Hughes

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Mandatory Credit: Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports

The Mariners made a statement Wednesday. That statement was delivered by James Paxton, who continued the opening week of solid pitching performances as the Mariners came within three outs of a shut out, but still won 8-2.

Paxton threw 7 scoreless innings of two hit ball, walking two and striking out nine. In the first three games of the year, Mariners starters have pitched 20 innings allowing 12 hits and 5 ER, walking three and striking out 26.

The offense continued their hot start as six Mariners each had two hits, led by Mike Zunino who his his first homer of the season and drove in three runs.

Stefen Romero collected his first big league hit, a single in the 4th. In addition to Zunino’s homer, Justin Smoak hit his 2nd of the season and Corey Hart hit his first.

The Mariners outscored the Angels 26-8 in the three games and sit atop the AL West at 3-0.

Cautious optimism is the phrase that pays for Mariners fans. The Mariners won two of their first three games in 2011, 2102 and 2013 only to have losing seasons in all three. However, the last time the Mariners started a season 3-0 was the “Refuse To Lose” 1995 season.

No rest for the weary as the Mariners now head up the coast to Oakland for a four-game series with the back-to-back AL West champion Athletics.

BOX SCORE

Seattle Batting

BattersABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Almonte, A, CF3000213.231
Miller, B, SS5121032.333
Cano, 2B4021101.455
Smoak, 1B5221024.462
Hart, DH5221013.333
Romero, S, RF3121000.286
  Saunders, M, RF2000001.000
Ackley, LF4000003.364
Zunino, C4123010.333
Bloomquist, 3B3110110.333
Totals3881384917

BATTING
2B: Miller, B (1, Santiago, H), Romero, S (1, Salas).
HR: Zunino (1, 6th inning off Salas, 2 on, 1 out), Smoak (2, 9th inning off Frieri, 0 on, 2 out), Hart (1, 9th inning off Frieri, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Cano 2; Romero, S 3; Zunino 5; Smoak 5; Bloomquist; Hart 5; Miller, B 3.
RBI: Cano (1), Miller, B (4), Romero, S (1), Zunino 3 (4), Smoak (7), Hart (1).
2-out RBI: Cano; Miller, B; Smoak; Hart.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hart; Cano.
GIDP: Ackley, Almonte, A.
Team RISP: 4-for-9.
Team LOB: 7.

FIELDING
DP: (Bloomquist-Cano-Smoak).

LA Angels Batting

BattersABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Calhoun, RF4110010.167
Trout, CF3121100.400
Pujols, 1B4000014.167
Freese, 3B2001101.100
Hamilton, LF4000042.300
Kendrick, H, 2B3000012.000
Ibanez, DH3000020.182
Iannetta, C3000010.000
Aybar, SS3000010.100
Totals292322119

BATTING
2B: Calhoun (1, Paxton), Trout (1, Paxton).
3B: Trout (1, Noesi).
TB: Trout 5; Calhoun 2.
RBI: Trout (3), Freese (1).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Freese; Kendrick, H.
SF: Freese.
GIDP: Pujols.
Team RISP: 0-for-6.
Team LOB: 3.

FIELDING
E: Hamilton (1, throw).
DP: 2 (Kendrick, H-Aybar-Pujols, Freese-Pujols).

Seattle Pitching

PitchersIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Paxton (W, 1-0)7.02002900.00
Beimel1.00000000.00
Noesi1.012202018.00

LA Angels Pitching

PitchersIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Santiago, H (L, 0-1)5.07443407.20
Salas1.022212110.80
Maronde1.01000106.75
Smith, J1.01000100.00
Frieri1.022201218.00

Santiago, H pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.

WP: Noesi.
Pitches-strikes: Paxton 99-64, Beimel 8-7, Noesi 25-15, Santiago, H 83-46, Salas 19-13, Maronde 16-9, Smith, J 17-12, Frieri 20-15.
Groundouts-flyouts: Paxton 7-0, Beimel 2-1, Noesi 0-0, Santiago, H 5-3, Salas 1-0, Maronde 0-1, Smith, J 1-0, Frieri 0-2.
Batters faced: Paxton 24, Beimel 3, Noesi 5, Santiago, H 23, Salas 6, Maronde 4, Smith, J 4, Frieri 5.
Inherited runners-scored: Salas 2-2.
Umpires: HP: Rob Drake. 1B: Alan Porter. 2B: Joe West. 3B: Marty Foster.
Weather: 57 degrees, clear.
Wind: 15 mph, L to R.
T: 2:39.
Att: 38,007.
Venue: Angel Stadium of Anaheim.
April 2, 2014

Seattle Batting

LA Angels Batting

Seattle Pitching

LA Angels Pitching

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