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SEATTLE -- James Paxton had maybe the best start of his young career Sunday. In even better news for the Seattle Mariners, hes doing well after taking a line drive off his pitching arm.Paxton took a four-hitter into the ninth inning before he was forced from the game by the line drive, and the Mariners beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-1 to sweep the three-game series.X-rays on Paxton were negative, and the left-hander has just a contusion on his left elbow. Hes listed as day-to-day.Paxton, whose dominant day included striking out Mike Trout four times, was on the verge of his first career complete game when he was struck with one out in the ninth by the line drive from Andrelton Simmons, who reached on the infield single.I just feel sick to my stomach for him and everybody involved, to pitch the ballgame he did, Seattle manager Scott Servais said. It was an opportunity for him to try to close it out. I thought his stuff was great and I felt good about having him out there in the ninth inning.Mike Freeman, making his Mariners debut after being called up earlier in the day from Triple-A Tacoma, had his first two major league hits, including an RBI single to cap the decisive three-run fourth inning.Tom Wilhelmsen got the final two outs for his first save since Oct. 4, 2015. Paxton struck out six with one walk in a career-high 8 1/3 innings.Its awful, clearly, Wilhelmsen said. He was throwing a gem and did everything he did to really help a taxing bullpen right now. He just did a tremendous job and youd like to see him finish that off. A laser beam like that off any part of your body, let alone your throwing arm, is really scary.Matt Shoemaker (6-12) allowed three runs and seven hits in seven innings, striking out three, but hitting three batters.Seattle erased a 1-0 deficit with three runs in the fourth inning, although the Angels prevented a bigger inning with two stellar defensive plays.Seth Smith, Kyle Seager and Nelson Cruz opened with consecutive singles for the first run. After Adam Lind was hit by a pitch to load the bases, Trout prevented a grand slam with a leaping catch above the center-field wall on Leonys Martins sacrifice fly that made it 2-1.Mike Zunino then bounced to shortstop Simmons, who threw out Cruz at home. Freeman, who singled in his first at-bat in the third, followed with an RBI single.Paxton had good stuff and pitched a strong game. Shoe had his back up against the wall, Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. In the fourth inning we made some nice defensive plays to keep ourselves in, but those guys kept pressuring us and got the three runs.Freeman, who had played in four games at Tacoma after being acquired from Arizona on waivers on Monday, was 0 for 9 with two walks in 11 plate appearances with the Diamondbacks.Obviously, there was nerves, said Freeman, who did not yet have a nameplate above his locker. I feel nervous pretty much before any game, but just to be back in the big leagues, a lot of excitement.The Angels pushed across an unearned run in the third after shortstop Sean OMalley booted Shane Robinsons one-out chopper. Robinson came around on singles by Kole Calhoun and Albert Pujols.Trout, celebrating his 25th birthday, struck out four times for the fourth time in his career. The last was Sept. 7, 2014, also against Paxton.I cant pick his stuff up. I dont know. It was just one of those days, Trout said. Just not picking it up, not getting my foot down.CANOS STREAK ENDSSeattle 2B Robinson Cano was given the day off, ending his consecutive games started streak at 167, the longest in the majors.TRAINING ROOMAngels: 3B Yunel Escobar, who injured his left knee on the final play Saturday, was scratched Sunday from the leadoff spot after the knee bothered him during pregame warm-ups.Mariners: SS Ketel Marte, on the 15-day DL with mononucleosis, was scheduled to play again Sunday night with Triple-A Tacoma. Im hopeful we get him before we go on the road trip, Servais said, referring to the three-game series at Oakland that begins Friday. ... RHP Nick Vincent was activated off the 15-day DL (mid-back strain). Vincent is 2/3 with a 3.47 ERA and one save in 35 games with Seattle. He made one rehab appearance with Class A Short-Season Everett, striking out three in one scoreless inning. ... INF Luis Sardinas and RHP Cody Martin were optioned to Tacoma.UP NEXTAngels: After a day off Monday, Los Angeles heads to Chicago for a two-game series against the Cubs at Wrigley Field. In two career starts against the Cubs, RHP Jered Weaver (8-8, 5.11) has allowed just one earned run in 13 innings.Mariners: RHP Hisashi Iwakuma (12-7, 3.99 ERA) opens the three-game series against Detroit on Monday, the final set of a 10-game homestand. Iwakuma is 11-3 in his last 14 starts. Custom Flames T-shirts . Rob Manfred, baseballs chief operating officer, testified last week during the grievance filed by the players union to overturn Rodriguezs 211-game suspension. A person familiar with the hearing, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Associated Press on Saturday that Manfred testified the sport wasnt concerned whether Bosch distributed performance-enhancing drugs to minors because MLBs interest was his relationship with players under investigation. Custom Flames Jersey China ., and Rudi Swiegers of Kipling, Sask., took sixth spot on Saturday in pairs at the NHK Trophy ISU Grand Prix figure skating competition. http://www.customflamesjersey.com/ . -- Charlie Graham stopped 67 shots as the Belleville Bulls edged the visiting Guelph Storm 6-5 on Saturday in Ontario Hockey League action. Cheap Flames Jerseys .ca! Kerry, Two nights after the Scott-Eriksson incident in Buffalo, the Bruins returned home to play San Jose. In that game, Zdeno Chara put a check on Tommy Wingels that clearly targeted his head. Cheap Custom Flames Jersey . Tracey comes to the Blue Bombers after spending over a decade with Queens University. Most recently he was the schools assistant football coach. Athens, Ga. -- Georgia soccer played its best game of the season in a 3-0 victory over the Ole Miss Rebels Thursday night at the Turner Soccer Complex. With the win, Georgia improves to 5-10-1 on season with a 2-7 mark in Southeastern Conference play. Ole Miss falls to 9-8, 4-5 SEC.Marion Crowder scored her seventh goal of the season, marking the 28th of her career, which ties her for third in Georgia history for career goals.This is the fourth shutout victory of the season for Georgia goalkeeper, Louise Hogrell, putting her at fifth in the Georgia record books for career shutouts with 14.Weve been doing a lot of things pretty well up to now but we havent gotten the results, and today it seemed like all the pieces came together, Georgia head coach Billy Lesesne said. Im really proud of the seniors over the past couple of days because in training theyve talked about not wanting their season to end and today in this game they put their words into actions.Georgia came out on the attack, controlling the ball and owning possession for a majority of the game.The Bulldogs scored in the 12th minute of play after Kelsey Killean broke free in a 1-v-1 with the goalkeeper and found the back of the net, marking her fourth goal of the season.Georgia keppt Ole Miss off the shot chart through the first 27 minutes of play and carried the 1-0 lead through the first half.ddddddddddddGeorgia had quality looks on goal to extend its lead, including a great play in the 64th minute by Killean who fed the ball to Crowder and booted the ball just wide of the net on the finish.Georgia dominated on corner kicks having eight to Ole Miss three. The Bulldogs were able to capitalize on the corners enabling them to get into scoring position.Crowder capitalized on her attempt in the 74th minute as she fired the ball from the top of the box off of a corner kick from Lauren Tanner to make Georgias lead 2-0.Ten minutes later, with six minutes remaining in the contest, Caroline Waters found Alexa Antetomasos head to seal a 3-0 victory for the Bulldogs.Georgia held Ole Miss to eight shots on the night, including four on goal, while the Bulldogs fired 21 shots, with ten on target.Georgia returns to action on Sunday in the home finale against Missouri. The game will be broadcast live on the SEC Network with a start time of 4 p.m. Georgia will honor its eight seniors prior to the match. ' ' '