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Angels Don’t Slow Mariners

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TIMES STAFF WRITER

It appeared to be just your average Angel loss as the Seattle Mariners were on their way to trouncing the Angels, 14-5, Tuesday night at Edison Field, but in the sixth inning, it became special.

The Angels had ho-hummed themselves into a four-run deficit the old fashioned way: giving up clutch hits while unable to get one.

They trailed, 7-3, when Lou Pote hit Edgar Martinez in the forearm with a pitch during the sixth inning and Martinez charged Pote, causing both benches and bullpens to clear and adding some spice to an otherwise dull drubbing.

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The normally subdued Martinez, fuming in the middle of the melee, was ejected for charging the mound. Pote remained in the game. It was the third time Martinez had been hit by the Angels this season.

In the eighth inning, Seattle pitcher Jose Piniero hit Troy Glaus in apparent retaliation and he was immediately ejected.

There was no incident when Glaus was hit by Piniero.

But those weren’t the only lowlights of this Angel loss. he Angels gave up 21 hits, a season-high, and the 14 runs were one short of the season high they gave up against the Chicago White Sox on Aug. 8.

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Pote relieved starter Jarrod Washburn in the fifth, and gave up six runs on eight hits in two innings. Washburn, who took the loss, wasn’t much better. He gave up six runs on nine hits in four innings as his record fell to 11-10.

Seattle, which long ago clinched the American League West title and a spot in the playoffs, is 112-45 and is still chasing history.

The Mariners need to win two of their remaining five games to tie the 1998 Yankees for the most victories by an American League team and four more victories to tie the 1906 Cubs for most by a major league club.

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Paul Abbott (17-4) became the third Mariner with 17 wins, joining Freddy Garcia and Jamie Moyer.

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