ANGELS CAN'T USE BROOM IN SEATTLE SEATTLE 7, ANGELS 3.Byline: Joe Haakenson Staff Writer SEATTLE - The Angels had an opportunity to do something no other team has done this season, but by late Sunday afternoon there was a swoon in Seattle. No team has swept the Seattle Mariners The Seattle Mariners are a professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington. The Mariners are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Mariners have played in Safeco Field. at Safeco Field • • [ this season, or on the road for that matter, and that remained the case after the Mariners beat the Angels 7-3 before a sellout crowd of 45,722. The Mariners are the only team in the majors not to be swept this season. The Angels had won the first two games of the series with outstanding pitching, holding the Mariners to a combined two runs. But the Mariners doubled that amount in the first inning alone Sunday against Angels starter Scott Schoeneweis Scott David Schoeneweis [SHOW-en-WEISS] (born October 2, 1973, in Long Branch, New Jersey) is an American left-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. He plays for the New York Mets. (6-6). Schoeneweis gave up seven runs and eight hits in five innings, only the second time this season he hasn't pitched into the sixth inning. He was hit hard early, giving up four runs and four hits before he could register the second out of the first inning. ``I just had a bad performance, we lost, bottom line,'' Schoeneweis said. ``There's nothing I can say. It's a bad game. That's it.'' Mike Cameron Michael Terrance Cameron (born January 8 1973 in LaGrange, Georgia) is an outfielder in Major League Baseball with the San Diego Padres. Overview Mike Cameron was a standout player at LaGrange High School. had two doubles and Bret Boone Boone was born in El Cajon, California to Susan G. homered and singled to lead a Mariners offense that was reluctantly impressed with the Angels pitching after the first two games of the series. The Mariners hitters were patient against Schoeneweis, waiting for the sinkerball sink·er·ball n. Baseball A pitched ball that sinks sharply as it reaches the plate; a sinker. pitcher to get the ball up in the strike zone. ``They went up there and had a plan,'' Angels catcher Jorge Fabregas said. ``A lot of teams don't make adjustments against him. But when they went up there, I sensed they were waiting for him to get the ball up. They weren't swinging early in the count. ``They're not just up there trying to hit home runs, even though they can. They give you good at-bats, and you string those together, you're bound to score some runs.'' Boone's home run was his 20th of the season, matching the most ever by a Mariners second baseman second baseman n. Baseball The infielder who is positioned near and to the first-base side of second base. Noun 1. second baseman - (baseball) the person who plays second base second sacker , and the season's not even half over. And it impressed the Angels because he hit it on what they considered a good pitch, a fastball low and away that Boone drove over the fence in Verb 1. fence in - enclose with a fence; "we fenced in our yard" fence inclose, shut in, close in, enclose - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" 2. right- center field. ``I'd say it was millimeters (off the ground),'' Fabregas said. ``When I got to second base (later in the game) I told him, 'Man, we have to get your bat checked.' It was a great piece of hitting.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Angels pitcher Scott Schoeneweis delivers during Anaheim's loss to the Seattle Mariners on Sunday. Frank Franklin II/Associated Press |
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