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- Updated: August 6, 2016
SEATTLE — Felix Hernandez overcame a horrendous start to out-pitch fellow former Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum as the Mariners kicked off Ken Griffey Jr. weekend with a 6-4 win over the Angels in Friday’s series opener at Safeco Field.
Hernandez fell behind 3-0 after three batters as Mike Trout unloaded a three-run blast in the first inning. But after the Mariners responded with six runs in the bottom of the first off Lincecum, Hernandez settled in and wound up allowing just one more hit — a Jett Bandy homer — over the next seven innings.
The Mariners ace finished with three hits and four runs allowed in eight frames as he improved to 6-4 with a 3.55 ERA on the season, while rookie Edwin Diaz struck out the side to rack up his third save since replacing Steve Cishek. Hernandez is 2-0 with a 5.26 ERA in four starts since …
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