SEATTLE — Felix Hernandez took a shutout bid into the ninth inning, coming within one out of his first complete game since August 2012 as the Seattle Mariners beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-1 on Wednesday night.
Mike Zunino homered and drove in all of Seattle’s runs.
Hernandez (7-1) became the seventh pitcher in Mariners history with seven victories before June 1. He won his fourth consecutive start with his most dominant performance of the season.
Zunino gave Hernandez the lead with a two-out, two-run single in the second inning. He led off the eighth with a home run against C.J. Wilson (6-4).
Burnett on the shelf
Angels reliever Sean Burnett is expected to miss the rest of the season after tearing a ligament in his pitching elbow.
Burnett was diagnosed with having a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow on Wednesday, a day after being removed from the game in the seventh inning after throwing a pitch to Seattle’s Michael Saunders. Burnett had just made his debut with the Angels last weekend after having elbow surgery last August.
Angels manager Mike Scioscia said Burnett would have a second opinion by Dr. James Andrews next week. Andrews performed the surgery on Burnett’s elbow last year.
With Burnett going on the disabled list, the Angels recalled right-hander Matt Shoemaker to start today’s series finale against Seattle. Wade LeBlanc, the Angels’ expected starter today, will now work out of the bullpen.