Seattle Mariners vs Los Angeles Angels Live Streaming
Saturday, July 17, 2010
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9:05 pm EDT Sat Jul 17, 2010
The Los Angeles Angels struggled down the stretch of the first half of the season. A matchup with the lowly Seattle Mariners has helped them get back on track. Angels starter Joe Saunders looks to maintain his dominance over the Mariners on Saturday night when Los Angeles tries to win its eighth straight in this AL West rivalry. Leading the division by one-half game on June 7, the Angels lost eight of 10 and fell 4 1/2 games behind Texas at the All-Star break. Los Angeles, though, has kept pace with the first-place Rangers by winning the first two of this four-game set against the division-worst Mariners. After tagging Seattle pitching for 16 hits in Thursday’s 8-3 victory, the Angels had 10 hits in Friday’s 3-2 win. The Angels, who averaged 2.8 runs and batted .213 in the 10 games leading up to this series, will try to win three in a row for the first time since June 26-29. Saunders is 1-0 with a 5.06 ERA in three starts against the Mariners this season and 8-1 with a 3.58 ERA in 13 career outings against them. Los Angeles has won Saunders’ last 10 starts against Seattle.
Seattle has been heading the wrong direction all month. Since ending June on a 9-3 tear, the Mariners have lost 11 of 13 to fall a season-worst 17 games out of first place. An ineffective offense is the major reason for this slide. Seattle, which is averaging an AL-low 3.4 runs, is scoring just 2.6 per game this month while batting .216. Rookie first baseman Justin Smoak, acquired last week in the deal that sent Cliff Lee to Texas, was 1 for 12 in his first three games with the Mariners before going 2 for 3 with a two-run homer Friday. He is batting .077 against the Angels. Ichiro Suzuki, who is batting .429 in 11 games versus Los Angeles this season, went 0 for 4 Friday to end his 14-game hitting streak. He is 12 for 36 lifetime against Saunders.
