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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
LA Angels 9, Seattle 3
When: 9:05 PM ET, Saturday, July 9, 2011
Where: Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, California
Temperature: 74°
Umpires: Home - Todd Tichenor, 1B - Gerry Davis, 2B - Greg Gibson, 3B - Sam Holbrook
Attendance: 44111

Torii Hunter homered twice and drove in five runs, and prized prospect Mike Trout scored twice as the Los Angeles Angels recorded their sixth straight victory, 9-3 over the visiting Seattle Mariners on Saturday night.

Rookie Mark Trumbo belted a solo homer and Howard Kendrick extended his career-high hitting streak to 17 games for Los Angeles, which has won 18 of its last 24 overall.

Hunter belted a three-run homer in the third inning and a two-run shot in the fifth for his 10th and 11 homers of the season.

Joel Pineiro (5-3) allowed three runs on 10 hits in seven innings to collect his third straight win against his former club.

Miguel Olivo drove in two runs on a pair of hits and rookie Dustin Ackley had an RBI single for Seattle, which has lost four in a row overall and 15 of its last 17 on the road against the Angels.

Rookie Michael Pineda (8-6) permitted seven runs on six hits in five innings to suffer his fourth loss in six decisions.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Seattle   LA Angels
Michael Pineda Player Joel Pineiro
Loss W/L Win
5.0 IP 7.0
7 Strikeouts 7
6 Hits 10
12.60 ERA 3.86
Hitting
Seattle   LA Angels
Greg HalmanPlayer Torii Hunter
2 Hits 3
0 RBI 5
0 HR 2
2 TB 9
.500 Avg .600
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Seattle 12 0 14 .300 17 8 3 1 1 1
LA Angels 12 3 22 .333 15 7 8 4 0 1