It has been a while but the Mariners beat the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday 9-3 to take two out of three from the Angels The last time the Mariners won a series was back on May 13 and 14 when they beat the Oakland A's in a two-game series. Before that, we have to go back to April 18 thru April 21 when the Mariners beat these Angels three out of four games again took place in Anaheim.
The Mariners had another long ball day hitting six home runs. It started off with catcher Tom Murphy hitting a two-run homer in the second inning. It was the first of two home runs that Murphy hit on Sunday. The Angels had a home run off of Wade LeBlanc in the third inning making it 2-1.
No scoring again happened until the sixth inning when Edwin Encarnacion hit a two-run homer followed by Daniel Vogelbach massive home run making it back to back. Also, Encarnacion hit another home run in the seventh inning making it #400 on his career. The Mariners had a final home run in the ninth inning by Kyle Seager to conclude the scoring after the Angels scored a run on reliever Gerson Batista who made his second outing after being recalled from a rehab assignment.
Wade LeBlanc pitched another fine game going six innings giving up six hits, two runs, a walk, and struck out eight. He came in the second inning after Austin Adams pitched a scoreless first inning. Adams struck out two of the three batters he faced on sixteen pitches.
The Mariners now have Monday off before playing three games in Minnesota and three more in Oakland before returning home. Dee Gordon is expected to come off the injured list and resume playing second base. The Mariners are expected to send down a reliever to Tacoma in his place.
In sad news, former Mariner farmhand and Boston great David Ortiz was shot in his native Dominican Republic on Sunday. The good news he is going to be OK. So give out your prayers to him.
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