Tim Lincecum designated for assignment by Angels

O’Malley hit his second home run of the season to put the Mariners ahead 8-6 on a night when Mike Trout belted a first-inning homer that gave Los Angeles a 3-0 lead for the second straight game.

On Tuesday, Los Angeles is scheduled to face former Angel John Lackey for the first time since July 7, 2013, when the Angels beat Lackey and the Boston Red Sox 3-0.

Per Alden Gonzalez of MLB.com, manager Mike Scioscia was asked after the game whether Lincecum would make another start. “I thought his stuff was great and I felt good about having him out there in the ninth inning”. “I don’t know. It was just one of those days”, said Trout, who struck out four times for the fourth time in his career, the last time also against Paxton on September 7, 2014.

The good news was that X-rays came up negative, and he was initially diagnosed with a contusion following a scary finish to an otherwise outstanding afternoon. He’s listed as day-to-day. Servais hadn’t named a starter because he wanted LeBlanc to be available out of the bullpen over the first two games of the Angels series over the weekend.

The six runs in the first were the most allowed in a single inning in Lincecum’s career.

Seattle answered back immediately, consecutive singles from Seth Smith, Kyle Seager and Nelson Cruz knotting the score at one.

Martin delivered a sacrifice fly, which got the game to O’Malley, who drove a Guerra fastball over the right-field wall.

Machado hit another two-run homer in the third off Matt Albers. Diaz now has 56 strikeouts in 28 innings since being called up from the minors. Then with one down in the ninth of a 3-1 win, Andrelton Simmons smashed a line drive off Paxton’s throwing arm, forcing him from the game clutching his arm in pain. He also made four straight All-Star teams from 2008-2011, before rapidly falling off, leading the league in losses and earned runs as soon as 2012.

“Everything that’s happened in our bullpen is directly connected to our rotation”, manager Mike Scioscia said. The fact it ended like that, it just seemed like a Griffey kind of night.

Los Angeles (49-61) opened the scoring in the top of the third, turning a one-out error by shortstop Shawn O’Malley into an unearned run via Kole Calhoun’s two-out single. Storen (2-3) retired Albert Pujols on a fly to right for the final out. Tom Wilhelmsen came on and allowed a two-out walk to pinch-hitter Ji-Man Choi, but got Johnny Giavotella on a game-ending ground out to short. Trout’s homer went 444 feet.

Rockies 12, Marlins 6: Colorado moved within three games of Miami and St. Louis for the second N.L. wild card, but the night belonged to the offensive exploits of the Marlins’ Ichiro Suzuki and Giancarlo Stanton.

According to oddsmakers from online sports book Bovada.lv, the Mariners are -122 money line favorites versus the Angels, who have odds of +112 to pull off the upset today in Seattle. He set the major league record for hits in a single season with 262 in 2004.

Angels: After a day off Monday, Los Angeles heads to Chicago for a two-game series against the Cubs at Wrigley Field.