Heading into the season a lot of experts agreed the Seattle Mariners were the team to beat in the AL West. The Angels despite a plethora of injuries seemed to have a quite confidence that they were being underestimated. This past week and really all season long the Angels have proven their point. In the past series the Angels took care of the Mariners with a style that is becoming more familiar to baseball fans every passing week. The Angels delivered with timely offensive production and outstanding pitching from starters right down to the pen. Today was no different.

The Angels wasted no time in getting out to an early lead with Howie Kendrick and Torii Hunter combining for three RBI’s to get the ball rolling. The Angels, who never trailed in the contest, added two more runs in the fourth inning and for Jered Weaver and Co. that was just enough. Weaver who gave up four runs in six innings of work turned the game over to the bullpen and they did not disappoint. As they have so often this season Darren Oliver and Justin Speier pitched shutout baseball in order to get the ball in the hands of Fransisco Rodriguez. K-Rod naturally did the job for  Mike Scioscia picking up his league leading 24th save to secure the 5-4 win and series sweep for LA. After taking care of Seattle the Angels have a record of 37-24 and trail only the Chicago Cubs for the best record in baseball. For a team still trying to get healthy could this season possibly have started any better? That being said on the night when the defending World Series champion Red Sox have caught Tampa Bay in the East the Angels I’m sure remember no pennants are awarded in June.

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