Seattle, WA (Sports Network) - Dan Haren tossed his first shutout of the
season to help the LA Angels of Anaheim take down the Seattle Mariners, 3-0,
in the opener of a four-game set Thursday.
Haren (2-5) gave up just four hits with no walks and a career-high 14
strikeouts. His 12th strikeout of the game was the 1,500th of his career.
Albert Pujols went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer, the 450th of his career,
while Kendrys Morales drove in the other run for the Angels, who have won
three straight.
Jason Vargas (5-4) gave up three runs on seven hits with six strikeouts over
seven innings of work for the Mariners, who had won five of six coming into
the game. Ichiro Suzuki's double in the seventh was the lone extra-base hit of
the game for Seattle.
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