Major League Baseball
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LA Angels 4, Seattle 2
When: 10:10 PM ET, Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Where: Safeco Field, Seattle, Washington
Temperature: 67°
Umpires: Home - Jerry Meals, 1B - Scott Barry, 2B - D.J. Reyburn, 3B - Dale Scott
Attendance: 17515
Where: Safeco Field, Seattle, Washington
Temperature: 67°
Umpires: Home - Jerry Meals, 1B - Scott Barry, 2B - D.J. Reyburn, 3B - Dale Scott
Attendance: 17515
Hideki Matsui and Alberto Callaspo hit home runs as the Los Angeles Angels rallied for a 4-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night.
Franklin Gutierrez had two RBIs and gave the Mariners a 2-1 lead with an RBI groundout in the fifth.
But Matsui hit a two-run homer - his 18th - off Jason Vargas (9-8) in the seventh for a 3-2 lead and Callaspo added his 10th homer in the eighth.
Jordan Walden (1-0) earned his first win with a one-hit seventh. Los Angeles starter Trevor Bell allowed two runs on nine hits in seven innings.
Los Angeles improved to 12-4 against the Mariners this season and ended a streak of five consecutive series losses.
Vargas allowed three runs on four hits in seven innings to take the loss.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| LA Angels | Seattle | |
| Trevor Bell | Player | Jason Vargas |
| Win | W/L | Loss |
| 6.0 | IP | 7.0 |
| 6 | Strikeouts | 4 |
| 9 | Hits | 4 |
| 3.00 | ERA | 3.86 |
Hitting
| LA Angels | Seattle | |
| Hideki Matsui | Player | Chone Figgins |
| 1 | Hits | 2 |
| 2 | RBI | 0 |
| 1 | HR | 0 |
| 4 | TB | 2 |
| .500 | Avg | .667 |
Team Stats Summary