Last night Felix Hernandez took to the
mound for his seventh time on opening day. The game started out on
the negative side for Mr. Hernandez but with his usual great command
and a late surge he once once again showed why he is the king. After
Mr. Hernandez left the game the bullpen came in and with a stellar
performance game Felix the win to boost the team record to 7 wins out
of the 7 opening days with Felix on the mound.
Before the game started the Los Angeles
Angels experienced a bad omen when coach Don Baylor broke his leg
when catching the ceremonial first pitch. Once Mr. Baylor was carried
off of the field pitcher Jerod Weaver took to the mound where he was
able to retire the Seattle Mariners in order despite giving up a
leadoff single to rookie outfielder Abram Almonte. In the bottom of
the 1st things were looking up for the Angels when Felix
Hernandez gave up a leadoff single to Kole Calhoun and a 2-run homer
to Mike Trout.
The Seattle Mariners threatened to tie
up the game when Justin Smoak belted out a double. Then with one out
a fielding error allow Justin Smoak to take third and put Kyle Seager
on first. Michael Saunders followed up with a sacrifice fly to put
the Mariners on the board. Dustin Ackley flew out to Mike Trout to
end the rally. In the bottom of the 2nd Felix Hernandez
was able to get the Angels out in order.
In the top of the 3rd inning
Mr. Weaver quickly got the Mariners out in order. In the bottom of
the 3rd the Angles increased their lead when Erick Aybar
started off the inning and reached based when Kyle Seager committed
an error. With two outs Albert Pujols knocked out a double for an
RBI.
The game remained 3-1 Angels until the
6th inning when with two outs Mr. Weaver walked Justin
Smoak. He then walked Logan Morrison putting Mr. Smoak on second.
Kyle Seager then smacked a double to bring in Justin Smoak to tie the
game at 3-2. In the bottom of the inning Felix Hernandez keep the
Angels from taking the lead again when he stranded Josh Hamilton at
first by getting the next three batters out.
In the top of the 7th, with
one out, Dustin Ackley hit a single. Mike Zunino followed him with a
triple to bring Ackley home. Abraham Almonte blasted out a double to
bring Zunino in for the Mariners first lead to put Felix Hernandez in
line to get the win. In the bottom of the 7th the bullpen
took over to shut the angles down.
The Seattle Mariners weren't done with
their scoring when in the top of the 9th inning Justin
Smoak blasted a 3-run homer. Later in that same inning Dustin Ackley
hit a bases clearing triple. In the bottom of the inning the Mariners
bullpen once again made quick work of the Angels to give the Mariners
a 10-3 win.
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