ANAHEIM — On the third try, Kyle Hendricks reached a significant milestone.
The right-hander picked up career victory No. 100 as the Angels beat the Seattle Mariners, 5-4, on Friday night.
Hendricks has said that milestone would mean a little more because former Angels pitcher Clyde Wright finished his career with exactly 100. Wright was Hendricks’ first pitching coach when he was growing up in Orange County.
Hendricks gave up four runs in six innings, and the bullpen handled the rest without much trouble.
Right-hander Ryan Zeferjahn, who typically handles the best hitters before the ninth inning, went through the top of the Mariners order in the seventh. He pitched a perfect inning on 10 pitches.
Left-hander Reid Detmers, whose three-game nightmare stretch a month ago began with a game in Seattle, struck out two in a scoreless inning, including Mariners star Cal Raleigh.
Closer Kenley Jansen worked the ninth.
Hendricks had failed to get No. 100 in his previous two starts, even though both were decent starts. He had a quality start on May 25 against the Miami Marlins, but the Angels didn’t score. He left with a lead last weekend in Cleveland, but the bullpen let it get away.
Hendricks has done a good job keeping the Angels in games even though he has a 5.40 ERA. He’s left with the lead in six of his 12 starts, and they’ve never trailed by more than three when he’s left the game.
Hendricks gave up one run through the first three innings, with the Mariners putting little pressure on him.
In the fourth, they loaded the bases with no outs on a bloop single, and infield single – that could have been a double play if shortstop Zach Neto had handled it – and a walk.
Rowdy Tellez then hit a fly ball that was headed over the short right field fence for a grand slam, but Jorge Soler grabbed it. The Mariners got one run on a sacrifice fly, and then another on a groundout.
After that, Hendricks got through two more innings, allowing one more run.
The offensive support came mostly from the bottom of the lineup.
No. 9 hitter Chris Taylor had his first multi-hit game out of the seven he’s played with the Angels.
Taylor singled in the third and scored on a Zach Neto hit, tying the game 1-1. In the fifth, he doubled into the gap in left-center, driving in Jo Adell with the tying run.
An out later, Nolan Schanuel lined a hit into right field, knocking in Taylor to give the Angels a 5-4 lead.
In between, Travis d’Arnaud hit a two-run homer, his second of the season.
D’Arnaud’s bat is showing signs of life, with two hits on Friday after a three-hit game on Wednesday in Boston. His OPS is up to .648, the highest it’s been all season.
More to come on this story.
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