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and Garrett Richards looked pretty sharp after his own DL stint.
Calhoun hit a two-run homer, Richards pitched effectively into the sixth
inning and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Mariners 7-4 on Wednesday to snap
Seattle¡¯s eight-game winning streak.
Batting in the leadoff spot for only the fourth time this season, Calhoun had
three hits and drove in three runs to help lift Richards (5-4) in his
return.
Calhoun¡¯s towering homer in the sixth gave the Angels a 6-2 lead. He also had
a single in the fourth inning for his first RBI. Calhoun is batting .306 with
four homers and eight RBIs since coming off the DL on June 18. He was hitting
.145 before that break.
¡±Kole did his job today,¡± Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. ¡±That¡¯s what we
need from the guys at the top of the order. It gave us a lot of opportunities
today.¡±
Richards, who went on the DL on June 15 with a left hamstring strain, allowed
three runs, including back-to-back homers to Kyle Seager and Ryon Healy, over 5
1/3 innings. He struck out eight.
¡±I just overthrew a couple of heaters there,¡± Richards said of the home runs.
¡±But I felt good. The hamstring felt good. I knew I would be on a leash (80
pitches), so I just tried to execute pitches.¡±
Richards retired 10 of the next 11 hitters he faced after the home runs.
¡±Garrett just exhaled (after the homers) and made some really good pitches,¡±
Scioscia said. ¡±He gave us a chance to win the game.¡±
Blake Parker pitched out of trouble in the ninth for his 10th save. Mike
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but Dee Gordon flied out to center and Zunino was thrown out at the plate on
Jean Segura¡¯s grounder to Albert Pujols at first. Mitch Haniger ended it with a
groundout to third.
Parker failed to cover first on the grounder to Pujols, so Pujols had no
choice but to throw home.
¡±Pujols getting that guy at the plate was a huge out,¡± Scioscia said. ¡±The
pitcher didn¡¯t cover there, so Albert made a great decision and threw a strike
to the plate.¡±
The Mariners had their chances, including a bases-loaded, no-outs situation
in the seventh inning when trailing 6-3. After Gordon and Span struck out,
Segura hit a broken-bat flare that looked like it might drop behind second base
and score two runs, but Angels second baseman David Fletcher made a leaping
catch to end the inning.
¡±I got a pretty good read off the bat,¡± Fletcher said. ¡±I kind of felt I had
a bead on it all the way. It was a nice feeling to save those runs from
scoring.¡±
The Mariners struck out 15 times and left eight men on base.
Mike Leake (8-5) allowed four runs and nine hits before leaving with no one
out in the fifth. He had allowed two runs or less in seven of his previous eight
starts.
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Luis Valbuena drove in two runs for the Angels and Shohei Ohtani and two hits
and scored two runs.
TRAINER¡¯S ROOM
Angels: OF Chris Young was placed on the 10-day DL a day after straining his
hamstring. LHP Tyler Skaggs was also placed on the DL with a thigh strain.
Skaggs said hopes to miss only one start. OF Jabari Blash and RHP Deck McGuire
were recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake, with INF Kaleb Cowart also optioned to
Triple-A. ¡ LHP John Lamb will undergo Tommy John surgery on his left elbow
early next week. He¡¯ll become the fourth Angels pitcher to have the procedure
this season.
Mariners: Manager Scott Servais said RHP Erasmo Ramirez could begin a rehab
assignment soon. Ramirez has been on the DL since May 1 because of a right teres
major muscle strain in his pitching shoulder. Ramirez said is willing to pitch
in relief if that¡¯s where he¡¯s needed.
UP NEXT
Angels RHP Jaime Barria (5-4, 3.40) will start Thursday¡¯s series finale in
place of Skaggs. Barria is making his 12th start of the season and has given up
two earned runs or fewer in four of his last five starts. LHP Marco Gonzales
(8-5, 3.77) will make his 18th start for Seattle. Gonzales pitched the first
complete game of his career in his last start, a 4-1 victory over Kansas City
when he allowed six hits and didn¡¯t walk a batter.
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The Detroit Tigers fired pitching coach Chris Bosio, saying he made
insensitive comments to another employee of the team.
¡±I have to take seriously what the comments were,¡± Tigers general manager Al
Avila said, declining to give details. ¡±And, the action we took was
appropriate.¡±
The Tigers promoted bullpen coach Rick Anderson to replace Bosio. Roving
pitching instructor A.J. Sager will be the team¡¯s bullpen coach until Triple-A
Toledo pitching coach Jeff Pico takes his place next week.
Avila said Bosio made the comments recently and they were brought to Avila¡¯s
attention Tuesday. Avila decided Wednesday to terminate Bosio¡¯s contract after
the team investigated the situation and spoke to all of the people involved.
Avila said what Bosio said violated team policy and his contract, though
Avila otherwise spoke highly of Bosio¡¯s job performance.
¡±He definitely was a good pitching coach,¡± Avila said.
Tigers right-hander Alex Wilson said he and teammates heard rumors of what
had taken place.
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Wilson said. ¡±It¡¯s not a good day here. It¡¯s a sad day. But we¡¯re going to move
forward, and hopefully this brings us closer than we¡¯ve ever been.¡±
Bosio, a former major league pitcher, was in his first season as Detroit¡¯s
pitching coach after serving in the same role for six years with the Chicago
Cubs. The Cubs didn¡¯t renew Bosio¡¯s contract after last season and hired Jim
Hickey to replace him, reuniting manager Joe Maddon with his pitching coach in
Tampa Bay.
The 55-year-old Bosio was 94-93 over an 11-season career, mostly as a
starter, with Milwaukee and Seattle. The right-hander threw a no-hitter in 1993
for the Mariners against the Boston Red Sox.
Bosio was hailed for his work with the Cubs¡¯ pitchers, helping them have the
lowest ERA in the major leagues from 2015 through 2017. Chicago won the 2016
World Series and reached the NL Championship Series last year and three years
ago with Bosio as its pitching coach.
His first job in the majors was in 2003 as the pitching coach for Lou
Piniella in Tampa Bay. He also has worked as a pitching coach in the minor
leagues and an advance scout for the Brewers, who named him interim pitching
coach in 2009.
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