Anaheim Angles Baseball Team

The alignment of the planets and the sun and the moon had nothing to do with this one. Angel pitcher Scott Schoeneweis, who felt he was a victim of bad luck in his previous start, was a victim of bad pitching Sunday. There were no supernatural forces at work, just the relentless bats of the Seattle Mariners, who pounded Schoeneweis for seven runs and eight hits in five innings of a 7-3 victory over the Angels before 45,722 in Safeco Field.

It has been a dream season for the Seattle Mariners, one that will be difficult, maybe impossible, to duplicate in 2002, but that shouldn't give the Angels any more hope. The American League West may be the strongest division in baseball, and if the Angels don't improve significantly in 2002, they'll be far out of the playoff picture again. "This division is stacked, and you know it's going to improve," Angel center fielder Darin Erstad said.

It has been a dream season for the Seattle Mariners, one that will be difficult, maybe impossible, to duplicate in 2002, but that shouldn't give the Angels any more hope. The American League West may be the strongest division in baseball, and if the Angels don't improve significantly in 2002, they'll be far out of the playoff picture again. "This division is stacked, and you know it's going to improve," Angel center fielder Darin Erstad said.

The alignment of the planets and the sun and the moon had nothing to do with this one. Angel pitcher Scott Schoeneweis, who felt he was a victim of bad luck in his previous start, was a victim of bad pitching Sunday. There were no supernatural forces at work, just the relentless bats of the Seattle Mariners, who pounded Schoeneweis for seven runs and eight hits in five innings of a 7-3 victory over the Angels before 45,722 in Safeco Field.