AL West News and Notes
-Mariners’ reliever Yoervis Medina recorded his first career. Medina worked a clean 10th inning to secure the save. He becomes the second Mariner in the four games to record his first big league save. Oliver Perez recorded his first save against the A’s on Friday.
-Josh Hamilton had a horrible time at the plate last night. Hamilton grounded into three double player and struck out twice in five at-bats. Angel fans started booing Hamilton after his third double play ground out.
-Four of the five runs scored in last night’s Mariners vs Angels came from solo home runs (Ibanez, Smoak, Trumbo and Pujols). Kendrys Morales had the only RBI that didn’t came from a solo home run. He batted in Kyle Seager to score the game winning run in the 10th. This was the first Mariner win in Anaheim in four games. The Mariners had been outscored 30-4 by the Angels in their first three home games against the M’s.
-Astros’ third baseman Matt Dominguez hit his first career grand slam against the Brewers last night. He hit the slam in the 7th inning off reliever Tom Gorzelanny. Dominguez is having a career year. He has already established career-highs in: games played (68), at-bats (246), runs (26), hits, (58), doubles (12), home runs (10), RBI (40), walks (7) and strikeouts (39).
-Albert Pujols has been tearing up Mariner pitching in the last two games. Pujols is 5-9 with a home run and two RBIs in the first two games of the series.
-Ranger starter Yu Darvish hasn’t won a start since May 16th against the Tigers.
-A’s starter Jarrod Parker has won four of his last five starts. He hasn’t lost a game since May 22nd against the Rangers. Parker pitched 7 innings of two run ball to earn a win against the Rangers last night.
-Joe Blanton struck out 11 Mariners over 6 2/3 innings pitched last night. This has to be some kind of record for most strikeouts in a game for a pitcher with only a win in 14 starts.
-Mariner starter Jeremy Bonderman has performed well since a lackluster first start against the Twins. Bonderman pitched 14 innings of scoreless ball until a Mark Trumbo home run in 2nd inning of last night’s game. He has only allowed two runs over his last 20 innings of work.
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