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Blake Beavan leads Mariners to 5-1 victory over Angels

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Blake Beavan was snapping his head back, almost as much as he whipped his arm to the plate to provide a ground.

And defenders, he glanced behind him was put on a clinic Saturday night, soaking up every ground ball and fly pop generated by the Mariners in the first year of starting. It was more than enough for a 5-1 victory against the Angels in Los Angeles that moved over the record books Beavan franchise.

Beavan past teammate Michael Pineda for most quality starts - at least six innings, allowed three points or less - in the history of browsers to start his career.Six quality starts for Beavan are also the most of any major league pitcher to start a career since Jered Weaver of the Angels had nine in 2006.

"I can not stress enough how good our defense was there," Beavan said after launching a career-high eight innings of one-run ball. "You try to do the best you can throw strikes and let your defense do the work. I'm not a guy blocked. I try to find everything and when I miss, I get hit. So it was a priority for me. "

Weaver sat watching from the opposing dugout Beavan was spotted an early lead and cruising from there in front of 42,017 fans at Angel Stadium. Former Angels playoff hero Adam Kennedy stroked a two-run double off Tyler Chatwood to get his new club rolling against his old team.

Jack Wilson doubled and scored on a Mike Carp double in the third. Carp then scored on a Miguel Olivo single to double Seattle's lead to 4-0.

Trayvon Robinson hit his first home run in only his second career game, taking Chatwood over the center-field wall on a two-strike count in the seventh.

"It's the best feeling, the best feeling," said Robinson, who grew up in South Central Los Angeles. "It's been the best week of my life. Every day, there's something new. We'll see what I can do tomorrow."

After the ball cleared the wall, Robinson pulled in to second base and stopped — not realizing it had gone over until second-base umpire Jerry Meals signaled for him to keep going.

"I thought, good I hit a double, because I'd only hit nine doubles this year in the minors," said Robinson, who clubbed 26 home runs in Class AAA for the Dodgers before being traded to Seattle. "So, I was like 'OK, I hit double-digits. Then, I saw the umpire put up his hand and I was like 'That's even sweeter, OK!' "

Beavan wasn't complaining about the sudden wealth of offensive riches. He has now seen the Mariners pile up 13 runs his last two outings after they had managed just eight total in his first four starts.

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