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Lackey, Angels set to clinch division vs. Mariners

Sep 23, 2007 - 2:12 PM Seattle (83-71) at LA Angels (91-64) 3:35 pm EDT

ANAHEIM, California (Ticker) - John Lackey is one of a handful of contenders left for the American League Cy Young Award. He will try to pad his resume while leading the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim past the Seattle Mariners in the finale of a four-game series on Sunday.

The Angels took the series opener on Thursday to cut their magic number for clinching the AL West Division to one, but have had trouble closing out the second-place Mariners the past two days, getting shut out 6-0 on Friday and watching the offense sputter to a 3-2 defeat again on Saturday.

Lackey (17-9, 3.13 ERA) is the pitcher Seattle least wants to face when attempting to keep alive its slim postseason hopes. In three starts against the Mariners this season, the 28-year-old righthander has yet to allow a run.

He has tossed a pair of complete-game shutouts this season, both against Seattle.

Lackey ranks third in the AL in ERA, but will likely need to earn wins in his last two starts this season to make a serious run at the Cy Young, with Boston's Josh Beckett reaching the 20-win mark on Friday and Cleveland's C.C. Sabathia and Fausto Carmona already with 18 victories apiece.

The Mariners will counter with Jeff Weaver (7-12, 6.21). The veteran righthander has been terrible of late, going 1-2 with a 10.02 ERA over his last five starts.

He has been particularly awful this season against Anaheim, going 0-2 in three starts while surrendering 14 runs in 11 1/3 innings.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    SEATTLE 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 4 9 1
    LA ANGELS 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 x 7 10 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: SEA - JEFF WEAVER, SEAN GREEN (6TH), RYAN ROWLAND-SMITH (6TH),
    BRANDON MORROW (7TH), ERIC O'FLAHERTY (8TH) AND JAMIE BURKE
    LAA - JOHN LACKEY, SCOT SHIELDS (8TH), JU

    Sep 23 6:37 PM


  • AL
    AT LA ANGELS - SCORING UPDATE
    WILD PITCH BY JUSTIN SPEIER ALLOWED RAUL IBANEZ TO SCORE.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J GUILLEN ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 4
    LA ANGELS 7 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: J VIDRO (.316, 0-FOR-3)

    Mariners vs. AngelsSep 23 6:21 PM


  • AL
    AT LA ANGELS - SCORING UPDATE
    WILD PITCH BY JUSTIN SPEIER SCORED ADRIAN BELTRE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J GUILLEN ON SECOND, R IBANEZ ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 3
    LA ANGELS 7 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: J VIDRO (.316, 0-FOR-3)

    Mariners vs. AngelsSep 23 6:20 PM


  • AL
    AT LA ANGELS - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY CHONE FIGGINS SCORED MAICER IZTURIS.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, 1 LEFT ON, 3 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 2
    LA ANGELS 7 END BOTTOM, 7TH

    Mariners vs. AngelsSep 23 6:06 PM


  • AL
    AT LA ANGELS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY HOWIE KENDRICK SCORED CASEY KOTCHMAN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, H KENDRICK ON FIRST, M IZTURIS ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 2
    LA ANGELS 6 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: J MATHIS (.217, 0-FOR-2, BB)

    Mariners vs. AngelsSep 23 5:58 PM


  • AL
    AT LA ANGELS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ORLANDO CABRERA SCORED HOWIE KENDRICK.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, O CABRERA ON FIRST, J MATHIS ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 2
    LA ANGELS 5 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: V GUERRERO (.323, 1-FOR-2, BB)

    Mariners vs. AngelsSep 23 5:26 PM


  • AL
    AT LA ANGELS - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY CHONE FIGGINS SCORED MAICER IZTURIS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J MATHIS ON FIRST, H KENDRICK ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 2
    LA ANGELS 4 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: O CABRERA (.303, 1-FOR-2, HBP)

    Mariners vs. AngelsSep 23 5:25 PM


  • AL
    AT LA ANGELS - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY BEN BROUSSARD SCORED RAUL IBANEZ.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, B BROUSSARD ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 2
    LA ANGELS 3 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: J VIDRO (.316, 0-FOR-2)

    Mariners vs. AngelsSep 23 5:03 PM


  • AL
    AT LA ANGELS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JOSE LOPEZ SCORED BEN BROUSSARD.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J LOPEZ ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 1
    LA ANGELS 3 TOP, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR SEATTLE: J BURKE (.308, 0-FOR-1)

    Mariners vs. AngelsSep 23 4:40 PM


  • AL
    AT LA ANGELS - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY MAICER IZTURIS (6) TO RIGHT CENTER WITH
    0 OUT IN THE 2ND OFF JEFF WEAVER SCORED GARY MATTHEWS JR.
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 0, LA ANGELS 3
    DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: H KENDRICK (.322, 5 HR, 37 RBI)

    Mariners vs. AngelsSep 23 4:01 PM


  • AL
    AT LA ANGELS - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY CASEY KOTCHMAN (10) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 2ND OFF JEFF WEAVER.
    CURRENT SCORE: SEATTLE 0, LA ANGELS 1
    DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: G MATTHEWS JR (.256, 18 HR, 72 RBI)

    Mariners vs. AngelsSep 23 3:57 PM

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