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Impressive performance by Lackey coming off of a injury...

Lackey (6-3) shut out Seattle for six innings, allowing four hits and striking out four. After Ichiro Suzuki lined his first pitch for a single, Lackey stymied the Mariners until Johjima's liner in the fifth. The ball hit off Lackey's ankle and ricocheted to third baseman Chone Figgins, but he had no play on the infield single.

Seattle starter Cha Seung Baek (1-1) was nearly Lackey's equal, but lost for the first time in five starts. Baek's only problems came in the first when the Angels packaged three hits and a walk.

Reggie Willits doubled to right-center on the second pitch of the game. After a walk to Vladimir Guerrero, Gary Matthews Jr. and Casey Kotchman followed with consecutive RBI singles to provide all the offense Lackey needed.

Baek scattered three hits after the first and left with one out in the seventh and Mike Napoli on first following a fielder's choice. Napoli later scored on Willits' single off reliever Eric O'Flaherty, and Orlando Cabrera chopped a two-run single through a drawn-in infield off Chris Reitsma for a 5-0 lead.

MLB - Los Angeles Angels/Seattle Mariners Recap Wednesday May 16, 2007 - Yahoo! Sports