While the Mariners flail away in the AL West cellar, the Angels are fighting to stay above water. Despite that, the Angels are only 5-8 against the Mariners this season, but they lost the first 5 early in the season when the Mariners were on a roll. Since then, the Angels are 5-3 with 55 runs scored (6.9 per game).
The last time the Mariners and Angels met up, the two clubs’ records looked almost identical to how they’ll look at the outset of this series, with the Mariners double-digit numbers under .500 and the Angels closer to shouting distance of the .