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Angels at Mariners
The Seattle Mariners offense looks to bounce back and help their fading playoff hopes when they continue a three-game series with the Los Angeles on Tuesday.The Westleading Angels continued their tear at the plate Monday, beating Seattle 10-0. It was their fourth win in six contests and gave them a six-game lead over Texas and an 11-game cushion on Seattle in the division.The Mariners will get two of their best hitters back Tuesday as Suzuki and Beltre return. The Mariners will need to pick up the offense, which has been held to four total hits in the last two games although the Angels have scored 33 runs in their last four contests. Vladimir Guerrero homered twice and Juan Rivera hit a three-run shot Monday night. Guerrero is hitting .341 in the last 10 games and has three multi-home run games this season. Los Angeles will go for its third straight sending Ervin Santana (7-7, 5.94 ERA) to the mound.Santana had his four-game winning streak snapped Thursday after he allowed two runs in six innings of a 2-0 loss to Oakland. The right-hander has a 2.67 ERA in his last four starts as he is 6-3 with a 4.36 ERA against Seattle.The Mariners will counter with rookie Doug Fister (1-1, 3.42), who is making his fifth start and sixth appearance this year. Fister is facing the Angels for the first time as he struggled Thursday against Kansas City, yielding five runs and three homers over six innings of an 8-4 loss. The Angeles offense is just simply to hot and Seattle's offense can't keep up with their run total facing Santana.
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Angels at Mariners
The Seattle Mariners offense looks to bounce back and help their fading playoff hopes when they continue a three-game series with the Los Angeles on Tuesday.The Westleading Angels continued their tear at the plate Monday, beating Seattle 10-0. It was their fourth win in six contests and gave them a six-game lead over Texas and an 11-game cushion on Seattle in the division.The Mariners will get two of their best hitters back Tuesday as Suzuki and Beltre return. The Mariners will need to pick up the offense, which has been held to four total hits in the last two games although the Angels have scored 33 runs in their last four contests. Vladimir Guerrero homered twice and Juan Rivera hit a three-run shot Monday night. Guerrero is hitting .341 in the last 10 games and has three multi-home run games this season. Los Angeles will go for its third straight sending Ervin Santana (7-7, 5.94 ERA) to the mound.Santana had his four-game winning streak snapped Thursday after he allowed two runs in six innings of a 2-0 loss to Oakland. The right-hander has a 2.67 ERA in his last four starts as he is 6-3 with a 4.36 ERA against Seattle.The Mariners will counter with rookie Doug Fister (1-1, 3.42), who is making his fifth start and sixth appearance this year. Fister is facing the Angels for the first time as he struggled Thursday against Kansas City, yielding five runs and three homers over six innings of an 8-4 loss. The Angeles offense is just simply to hot and Seattle's offense can't keep up with their run total facing Santana.
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