As much of an advantage as it might seem for Mike Trout and the Los Angeles Angels to avoid facing Felix Hernandez, their assignment isn't necessarily any easier now.
Hours after Hernandez was scratched due to an illness, the Seattle Mariners look for Hisashi Iwakuma to continue his long-standing success against the Angels on Friday night.
This game was supposed to be the one in which Hernandez broke a tie with Randy Johnson as the Mariners' all-time strikeout leader, but the Mariners said that the flu will prevent him from taking the mound.