Edgar Martinez singled. John Olerud singled. So by the time Halama went to the mound in the bottom of the fifth inning, he had a four-run lead and a relatively low pitch count. Both changed quickly. Five of the first seven Angels to bat in the inning singled, though four of the hits were almost comedic.
Angels runs and kept the bases full.
After finishing the seventh inning, Tomko shut out Anaheim in the eighth inning, working around a two-out bloop double to the opposite field by getting three fly balls, each of them hit to the warning track. But I was just testing the outfield dimensions here. The move will allow Meche to pitch on his regular amount of rest instead of missing a start during the All-Star break. He will pitch Sunday for Tacoma and will be called up by the Mariners after the break, the Mariners said. Meche is 4-4 with a 3.78 ERA in 15 starts with Seattle.