SB Nation Los Angeles - Angels Win Another Marathon, With Bobby Abreu Walk-Off Home Runhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48949/la-fave.png2010-09-11T02:12:02-07:00http://losangeles.sbnation.com/rss/stream/14447102010-09-11T02:12:02-07:002010-09-11T02:12:02-07:00Abreu's 14th-Inning Blast Gives Angels Second Straight Extra-Inning Victory
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<p>Anaheim, CA (Sports Network) – Bobby Abreu’s solo homer off Brian Sweeney in the bottom of the 14th inning lifted the Angels over the Mariners, 4-3, in the opener of a three-game series.</p>
<p>Sweeney (1-2), who pitched a scoreless 13th, stayed on the hill for the Mariners to start the 14th. After Alberto Callaspo grounded out, Abreu blasted Sweeney’s offering over the wall in left-center to give Los Angeles the victory.</p>
<p>“I just wanted to make contact and get on base,” Abreu said. “I was looking for a fastball down the middle and I made pretty good contact.”</p>
<p>Jeff Mathis drove in two runs for the Angels, who were coming off a 4-3, 16- inning win over the Indians on Wednesday. Jered Weaver was solid in eight innings, allowing one run on five hits. Rich Thompson (1-0) tossed two scoreless frames of relief to record his first victory in the majors.</p>
<p>Casey Kotchman and Jose Lopez had an <span class="caps">RBI</span> apiece for the Mariners, who have lost three of four. David Pauley went 6 2/3 innings in the start, giving up three runs on five hits.</p>
<p>The Angels scored twice in the fourth to break a scoreless tie. Hideki Matsui singled and Mike Napoli was hit by a pitch. The runners moved up one base on a sacrifice bunt. Howie Kendrick’s sacrifice fly and Mathis’ <span class="caps">RBI</span> single made it 2-0.</p>
<p>Seattle was able to get one run back in the fifth. Kotchman singled before Adam Moore struck out. Michael Saunders followed with a single to right, and Torii Hunter’s throwing error allowed Kotchman to cross the plate.</p>
<p>LA added a run in the sixth to make it a 3-1 contest. Erick Aybar singled, moved to third on Kendrick’s groundout, and crossed the plate on Mathis’ suicide squeeze bunt.</p>
<p>Fernando Rodney came on for the save in the ninth. Franklin Gutierrez hit a one-out single and crossed the plate on Lopez’s double to left-center field. Kotchman tied the contest with an <span class="caps">RBI</span> double to left.</p>
<p>Brandon League pitched a perfect home ninth to send the game into extras.</p>
<p>The Angels stranded men on first and second in the 10th and 11th innings.</p>
<p>“A tough loss. I’m proud of the way we battled back in the ninth inning,” Mariners interim manager Daren Brown said. “We showed character but we didn’t get a couple of hits that we needed.”</p>
<p>The Angels lead the season series with the Mariners, 13-4…Ichiro Suzuki went 1-for-6 to extend his hitting streak to 11 games. He is 16 hits away from extending his own major league record of consecutive 200-hit seasons to 10…Los Angeles is 50-24 versus Seattle since the start of the 2007 season, going 25-11 at home in the series over that time…The Angels have won back- to-back games for the first time since August 10-11…Rodney suffered his fifth blown save of the season.</p>
https://losangeles.sbnation.com/2010/9/11/1682171/angels-mariners-bobby-abreu-home-run-14-inningsEric Stephen2010-09-10T16:03:05-07:002010-09-10T16:03:05-07:00Tonight's Angels-Mariners Lineups
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<p>Here are tonight’s lineups:</p>
<p><strong>Mariners</strong><br>
Ichiro RF<br>
Figgins 2B<br>
Branyan DH<br>
Gutierrez CF<br>
Lopez 3B<br>
Kotchman 1B<br>
Moore C<br>
Saunders LF<br>
Wilson SS<br>
Pauley P</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://twitter.com/OCR_DanWoike/statuses/24144260813" target="new">Angels</a></strong><br>
Callaspo 3B<br>
Abreu LF<br>
Hunter RF<br>
Matsui DH<br>
Napoli 1B<br>
Aybar SS<br>
Kendrick 2B<br>
Mathis C<br>
Bourjos CF<br>
Weaver P</p>
https://losangeles.sbnation.com/2010/9/10/1681671/angels-mariners-lineupsEric Stephen2010-09-10T08:15:26-07:002010-09-10T08:15:26-07:00Weaver, Angels Open Series With Mariners
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<p>(Sports Network) - It's been over a month since <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/teams/los-angeles-angels">Angels</a> starter <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/713/Jered_Weaver">Jered Weaver</a> recorded a victory, but a meeting with the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/teams/seattle-mariners">Mariners</a> could change that in a hurry.</p>
<p>Weaver guns for his fifth straight winning decision over Seattle, which begins a three-game set this evening with hosting Los Angeles hoping to avoid a 13th loss this year in the season series.</p>
<p>The 27-year-old Weaver is winless in five starts since his last victory on Aug. 6, dropping each of his last four starts. After a tough-luck loss versus the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/teams/baltimore-orioles">Orioles</a> on Aug. 29 in which he struck out 11 and allowed just one run over eight innings of a 1-0 setback, Weaver yielded three runs over seven innings in 3-1 loss in Oakland six days later.</p>
<p>The one run marked the first time in four starts that the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.halosheaven.com/">Angels</a> had scored in a game that Weaver had started. The righty is 11-11 with a 3.14 earned run average this year and 5-3 with a 1.60 ERA in 13 starts at home.</p>
<p>"We didn't get anything going on the offensive side to help make that game Jered's," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said.</p>
<p>Run support might not be too much of an issue tonight for Weaver, who hasn't lost to Seattle since April 15 of last year and is 2-0 with a 0.84 ERA in three starts against them this year.</p>
<p>The Angels enjoyed a much-needed day off yesterday following Wednesday's 4-3 victory over the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/teams/cleveland-indians">Indians</a> in 16 innings. After <span>Fernando Rodney</span> blew a ninth- inning save, leading to the marathon, <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/718/Jeff_Mathis">Jeff Mathis</a> finally made Los Angeles a winner when his sac fly scored <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/650/Torii_Hunter">Torii Hunter</a>.</p>
<p>The Angels snapped a five-game home losing streak and won for the second time in six games to avoid the three-game sweep. They stand a good chance at posting back-to-back victories for the first time since Aug. 10-11 given that they have won 12 of 16 over the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.lookoutlanding.com/">Mariners</a> this year.</p>
<p>Los Angeles is 49-24 versus Seattle since the start of the 2007 season, going 24-11 at home in the series over that time.</p>
<p>The Mariners come in having lost two of three to the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/teams/oakland-athletics">Athletics</a> to begin the week. They dropped Wednesday's rubber match, 4-3, as starter <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/71722/Luke_French">Luke French</a> gave up all four runs over 5 1/3 innings.</p>
<p>"I keep talking about a big hit that puts the ballgame away. We didn't get it. Those things come back and bite you in the end," said Seattle interim manager Daren Brown.</p>
<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/210/Russell_Branyan">Russell Branyan</a> hit a two-run homer in the first inning and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/32276/Matt_Tuiasosopo">Matt Tuiasosopo</a> added a solo shot in the second frame for a three-run lead the M's could not hold.</p>
<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/851/Ichiro_Suzuki">Ichiro Suzuki</a> had two hits to extend his hitting streak to 10 games. He is hitting .409 (18-for-44) in that span with eight multi-hit games and is 17 hits away from extending his own major league record of consecutive 200-hit seasons to 10.</p>
<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/31322/David_Pauley">David Pauley</a> will try to snap a three-start losing streak this evening, a skid in which he has allowed four runs in each setback. The 27-year-old was tagged for seven hits and three walks over six innings of his most recent defeat on Saturday versus the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.letsgotribe.com/">Indians</a>, falling to 2-7 with a 4.42 ERA this year.</p>
<p>The right-handed Pauley is 0-1 with a 7.84 ERA in two career meetings with the Angels. That losing decision came on Aug. 30 after he gave up three homers to <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/33374/Peter_Bourjos">Peter Bourjos</a>, <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/600/Bobby_Abreu">Bobby Abreu</a> and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/605/Hideki_Matsui">Hideki Matsui</a> -- all in the sixth inning.</p>
https://losangeles.sbnation.com/2010/9/10/2320756/weaver-angels-open-series-with-marinersEric Stephen