LA Angels 7, Seattle 3
When: 9:05 PM ET, Monday, September 5, 2011
Where: Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, California
Temperature:
85°
Umpires:
Home -
Scott Barry, 1B -
Victor Carapazza, 2B -
Lazaro Diaz, 3B -
John Hirschbeck
Attendance:
35497
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Mark Trumbo homered and had three RBIs and the Los Angeles Angels moved within 2 1/2 games of first-place Texas in the American League West with a 7-3 victory over the visiting Seattle Mariners on Monday.
Vernon Wells also homered and Torii Hunter had two RBIs as Los Angeles won its third straight contest while picking up a game on the Rangers, who lost to Tampa Bay earlier Monday.
Dan Haren (14-8) gave up three runs in six innings while breaking a two-game losing streak. Haren gave up 10 hits but didn’t walk a batter for the 12th time in 30 starts.
Seattle has lost five straight games and nine of its last 11.
Hunter tripled in a run in the first inning and Trumbo followed with a two-run homer off Anthony Vasquez (1-2) to give the Angels a 3-1 lead. Trumbo added a run-scoring double in the third to give Los Angeles a 6-2 advantage.
Brendan Ryan homered and Justin Smoak and Josh Bard had run-scoring singles for Seattle, which committed a season-high five errors.
Vasquez gave up seven runs (six earned) and six hits in 5 2/3 innings.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Seattle |
|
LA Angels |
Anthony Vasquez |
Player |
Dan Haren
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
5.2 |
IP |
6.0 |
3 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
5 |
Hits |
10 |
4.76 |
ERA |
4.50 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Seattle
|
11 |
1 |
16 |
.297 |
13 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
LA Angels
|
6 |
2 |
14 |
.188 |
10 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
0 |