LA Angels 7, Seattle 1
When: 10:10 PM ET, Friday, June 4, 2010
Where: Safeco Field, Seattle, Washington
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Bob Davidson, 1B -
Alfonso Marquez, 2B -
Tim Timmons, 3B -
Tim Tschida
Attendance:
29230
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Hideki Matsui hit a two-run homer and had three RBIs and Joe Saunders limited Seattle to one run as the Los Angeles Angels earned a 7-1 victory over the Mariners on Friday night.
Matsui’s two-run homer to deep right in the second inning was all the runs the Angels needed to take the opener of the three-game series.
Saunders (4-6) allowed eight hits and one run in six innings.
Seattle starter Ian Snell (0-4) struggled through 5 1/3 innings, allowing four runs despite giving up just three hits. He walked four batters and had no strikeouts.
The third inning was Snell’s undoing. He gave up a bunt to Erick Aybar and walked Maicer Izturis and Bobby Abreu, sandwiched around a sacrifice fly. Then Torii Hunter hit a sacrifice fly to left, scoring Aybar, and Matsui singled in Abreu.
The Mariners scored in the fifth on Ichiro Suzuki’s RBI single. Suzuki was 3-for-4, boosting his average to .350.
The Angels put the game out of reach with three runs in the seventh. Juan Rivera made it 5-1 against Sean White with his eighth homer. Howie Kendrick hit a two-run double off Chad Cordero, making his debut after rehabbing last season for shoulder and arm injuries.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| LA Angels |
|
Seattle |
|
Joe Saunders
|
Player |
Ian Snell
|
|
Win |
W/L |
Loss |
|
6.0 |
IP |
5.1 |
|
1 |
Strikeouts |
0 |
|
8 |
Hits |
3 |
|
1.50 |
ERA |
5.06 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| LA Angels
|
8 |
2 |
16 |
.250 |
9 |
1 |
7 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| Seattle
|
9 |
0 |
10 |
.273 |
14 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
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