Hello. Happy Independence Day. Today we celebrate the day the Mariners broke free fro—no, the day England collapsed into a pile o—yeah, whatever. DAY BASEBALL AND LAGER! The Mariners are red hot and the Anaheim Angels are... not. Tyler Skaggs went on the DL today. So did Chris Young. Also, Albert Pujols is batting fifth for the first time since 2001. No word if he’ll blame that on Jerry Dipoto, too. On the Mariners side of things, Mike Zunino gets a day off after going 3 for his last 39. Come back soon, July-nino. I’m still workshopping that one.

Let’s make it 9, Mariners. It’s what George Washington would have wanted. It was right there in his farewell address.

GAMEDAY NOTES

TV: Root Sports, MLB.tv

Radio: MLB.com, 710 ESPN Seattle

First Pitch: 1:10 PM