Santiago limited the Mariners to a Leonys Martin sac fly in the second and a Nelson Cruz solo home run in the sixth, dropping his ERA to 2.70. The 28-year-old left-hander scattered four hits, walked two and struck out seven in six innings, then turned the game over to his bullpen, which kept Seattle scoreless through the last three frames.
Trout helped that cause with his throwing arm, playing an Adam Lind line drive perfectly off the center-field wall and gunning him down at second base in the seventh inning. The Angels then picked up a key insurance run in the eighth on a two-out, opposite-field single by Kole Calhoun.
Trout's spectacular throw
SEA@LAA: Trout fires a great throw to nab Lind
Mike Trout handles Adam Lind's hit off the wall in center field and fires a great throw to second base for the out
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
Dethroning the King: Trout's sixth-inning home run was merely the continuation of his unfathomable dominance against one of the game's premier pitchers. It was his fifth time going deep against Hernandez, more than he has against any pitcher. Only Mark Teixeira (six) has more home runs vs. King Felix. Trout is batting .368 (25-for-68) against him.
The King passes Big Unit: Hernandez wasted no time breaking Randy Johnson's franchise record for strikeouts for the Mariners as he whiffed Rafael Ortega -- the second batter he faced -- in the first inning to give him 2,163 career Ks. Hernandez got Ortega on a foul tip that catcher Chris Iannetta gloved on a 2-2 changeup. Hernandez, whose start was delayed a day by the flu, finished with four strikeouts in his seven-inning stint while allowing five hits and three runs. More >
Felix's record-setting strikeout
SEA@LAA: Felix sets the Mariners' all-time K record
Felix Hernandez strikes out Rafael Ortega to pass Randy Johnson on the Mariners' all-time strikeout list with his 2,163rd K
Glove gangster: Andrelton Simmons, widely regarded the best defensive shortstop in the game, turned in a couple of slick plays. With a runner on third and two outs in the first, he ranged well into left-center field to make a nifty, over-the-shoulder catch on Cruz's fly ball. To start the eighth, Simmons ranged deep in the hole to make a backhand play on Nori Aoki's grounder and quickly got rid of it to throw out the speedy outfielder.
Simmons' over-the-shoulder grab
SEA@LAA: Simmons makes a tough over-the-shoulder grab
Andrelton Simmons tracks down Nelson Cruz's popup into shallow left field and makes the nice over-the-shoulder catch
Cruz clubs another: The Mariners DH seems to be warming up as he homered for his second straight game, this one a sixth-inning shot to left off Santiago that gave the Mariners a momentary 2-1 lead before Trout answered with his own launch. Cruz, who finished second in the Majors with 44 homers last year, now has four on the year, along with 11 RBIs. Cruz showed last year that he tends to hit homers in bunches, so keep an eye on the big man.
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Albert Pujols went 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts and will enter Sunday's game riding a career-long 0-for-26 hitless streak. His previous high was 25 at-bats, done Sept. 12-19 of last season. His batting average is down to .132.
Hernandez has allowed more walks (15) than hits (14) in his 25 innings this season.
MILESTONE MOMENT
Ji-Man Choi picked up his first Major League hit in the seventh inning, hitting a clean single to center field against Hernandez, but then promptly got picked off. Choi, a Rule 5 Draft pick, also lined out to left field and drew a walk while starting for the first time in 10 games. He needs to produce on the rare times he sees action. If not, he could be sent back to the Orioles when Daniel Nava comes off the disabled list.
Choi's first MLB hit
SEA@LAA: Choi singles for his first Major League hit
Ji-Man Choi grounds a single to center field for the first hit of his Major League career
WHAT'S NEXT
Mariners: Lefty Wade Miley closes out the nine-game road trip with Sunday's 12:35 p.m. PT start at Angel Stadium. Miley (0-2, 8.04 ERA) lasted just 3 2/3 innings in his last outing at Yankee Stadium when he allowed three runs on nine hits and four walks in 3 2/3 frames. He was 1-0, 0.60 ERA in two starts vs. the Angels last year with Boston.
Angels: Matt Shoemaker takes the ball for the series finale, hoping to build on a couple of solid starts. The 29-year-old right-hander held the A's to one hit in six innings on April 13 and pitched 6 1/3 innings of two-run ball against the White Sox on Tuesday. Shoemaker has a 2.88 ERA in 40 2/3 career innings against the Mariners.
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Greg Johns has covered the Mariners since 1997, and for MLB.com since 2011. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB and listen to his podcast.
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