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- Updated: August 6, 2016
SEATTLE — Scott Servais was kidding, but the Mariners manager does wonder what it’s going to take to get Felix Hernandez off to faster starts after Seattle’s ace survived another rocky first inning before settling in for a 6-4 win over the Angels on Friday.
“Maybe we should start a reliever in the first inning and then bring him in, that might be better,” Servais said after Hernandez allowed three runs before recording an out, then rebooted and wound up throwing eight innings of three-hit ball to pick up his sixth win of the season.
What’s up with the penchant for slow starts since coming off the disabled list following a seven-week absence with a strained right calf?
“That’s a good question,” Hernandez said. “I don’t know. I’ve got to figure it out. I have to make good pitches in the first inning. I have to keep the ball in the stadium and get the ball down.”
Hernandez allowed four runs in the first two frames of his initial two games after coming off the disabled list and was down 3-0 after eight pitches Friday.
Yunel Escobar ripped Hernandez’s first pitch for a double, Kole Calhoun followed with a four-pitch walk and Mike Trout promptly unloaded a three-run …
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