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4:10 pm EDT Sat Jun 5, 2010

Of all the reasons the surging Los Angeles Angels have climbed above .500 for the first time since April, Ervin Santana may be near the top of the list. The red-hot right-hander looks to win his fifth straight start as the visiting Angels try for their fourth straight victory Saturday afternoon against the Seattle Mariners. Santana hasn’t lost since May 9, when he allowed five runs in 6 2-3 innings of an 8-1 defeat at Safeco Field. Since then, Santana has gone 4-0 with a 1.86 ERA in four outings, striking out 28 in 29 innings. Kansas City manager Ned Yost called Santana’s slider “just short of devastating” after he held Kansas City to one run in seven innings of a 7-1 victory Monday. There isn’t much the Angels aren’t doing consistently as they recover from a surprisingly slow start. They’ve won three straight and eight of 10, continuing to score runs in bunches even after RBI leader Kendry Morales broke his leg celebrating a walk-off grand slam in a 5-1 home win over the Mariners last Saturday.

Los Angeles has scored seven or more runs four times in six games since Morales’ injury, with Hideki Matsui making perhaps the biggest impact. Matsui has raised his average from .229 to .265 with four consecutive multi-hit games. Matsui went 3 for 3 with a home run and three RBIs in Friday night’s 7-1 series-opening win, helping give the Angels a winning record for the first time since they were 12-11 on April 29. The Mariners had won three straight before Friday’s defeat, which dropped them to 2-5 against Los Angeles this season. In order to improve that record Saturday, they’ll have to overcome the absence of scheduled starter Doug Fister, who has been scratched due to tightness and fatigue in his shoulder. While Fister ranks third in the AL with a 2.45 ERA, replacement Ryan Rowland-Smith was dropped from the Mariners’ rotation last month following his woeful start. Rowland-Smith allowed 10 home runs in 39 innings as a starter. He surrendered two long balls and seven runs in 2 2-3 innings during his most recent start, an 8-4 loss at Oakland on May 17.