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At least the Angels have one lefty who can get the job done on a semi-consistent basis.

The Braves have to be wondering whether they made a huge mistake by signing Upton and allowing Bourn to walk.

The first cut is the deepest. Well, usually. It wasn't in this case. Let's review, however, in summation, what the first cut was here: Fire most of coaching staff, replace with Omar Vizquel , Darin Erstad , Troy Percival , Dino Ebel , Scot Shields , Tim Bogar , Tim Salmon .

The Baltimore Orioles lost two games on the road against the Seattle Mariners, dropping a three-game series for the first time since early April.

When Trumbo faced Gonzalez on Friday night at Angel Stadium, the first pitch he saw was a fastball in a similar location, and he swatted it directly into the grass berm behind the left-field fences for another home run i 1 2 his fourth in five nights.

Allowing just one run on three hits in seven innings last July for the win, Gonzalez still can't believe how quickly time has passed since that start.

Even in the era of Sabermetrics, baseball's still a mystery. Nobody takes the field expecting to turn a triple play, or slides into second knowing he'll have to walk with crutches for the next two weeks.

Delaney will be in Salt Lake City as a member of the AAA Bees who begin an eight-game home stand tonight, a chance for Angels fans to see a better Angels team than the one currently traveling the major league circuit.

Perhaps the return of Yoenis Cespedes will provide the spark the Oakland Athletics have lacked over the last week.

Michael Morse was pretty certain he hit the ball well enough to be a home run, something the Mariners sorely needed.

The April trend continued for the Los Angeles Angels, dropping three of four games against the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field Sunday afternoon.

Listening to the Mariners talk about today's 2-1 win and first series victory of the season - three of four from the Los Angeles Angels - it's pretty clear they got the message that was delivered to them last week.

Mariners 3, Angels 2: Kendrys Morales delivered the go-ahead pinch-hit single and Felix Hernandez pitched eight solid innings as host Seattle knocked off Los Angeles.

Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since August 2005.

It was a sad realization that the Houston Astros could have surpassed the Mariners in the standings with a sweep.

Seattle will host the division-rival Angels for a four-game series starting Thursday, a chance for both teams to steady their footing in the turbulent American League West.

Last season the Twins won their ninth game on May 11, by which point they had lost 23 and were nine games out of first place in the American League Central.

Combined, Mike Trout, Albert Pujols, Josh Hamilton and Mark Trumbo have produced three fewer homers for the Angels than Justin Upton's 11 for the Braves.

As sample sizes grow larger and become more defined over the course of the season, streaming matchups become less about guesswork and more about trends.