Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
LA Angels 7, Seattle 1
When: 10:10 PM ET, Friday, June 4, 2010
Where: Safeco Field, Seattle, Washington
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Bob Davidson, 1B - Alfonso Marquez, 2B - Tim Timmons, 3B - Tim Tschida
Attendance: 29230
Hideki Matsui hit a two-run homer and had three RBIs and Joe Saunders limited Seattle to one run as the Los Angeles Angels earned a 7-1 victory over the Mariners on Friday night.

Matsui’s two-run homer to deep right in the second inning was all the runs the Angels needed to take the opener of the three-game series.

Saunders (4-6) allowed eight hits and one run in six innings.

Seattle starter Ian Snell (0-4) struggled through 5 1/3 innings, allowing four runs despite giving up just three hits. He walked four batters and had no strikeouts.

The third inning was Snell’s undoing. He gave up a bunt to Erick Aybar and walked Maicer Izturis and Bobby Abreu, sandwiched around a sacrifice fly. Then Torii Hunter hit a sacrifice fly to left, scoring Aybar, and Matsui singled in Abreu.

The Mariners scored in the fifth on Ichiro Suzuki’s RBI single. Suzuki was 3-for-4, boosting his average to .350.

The Angels put the game out of reach with three runs in the seventh. Juan Rivera made it 5-1 against Sean White with his eighth homer. Howie Kendrick hit a two-run double off Chad Cordero, making his debut after rehabbing last season for shoulder and arm injuries.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
LA Angels   Seattle
Joe Saunders Player Ian Snell
Win W/L Loss
6.0 IP 5.1
1 Strikeouts 0
8 Hits 3
1.50 ERA 5.06
Hitting
LA Angels   Seattle
Hideki Matsui Player Ichiro Suzuki
3 Hits 3
3 RBI 1
1 HR 0
6 TB 3
1.000 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
LA Angels 8 2 16 .250 9 1 7 4 0 0
Seattle 9 0 10 .273 14 5 1 2 1 1