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Angels look like a different team

Weaver holds Mariners hitless for 6 2/3 innings and L.A. ends an seven-game skid

Updated: May 8, 2010, 1:53 PM ET
By Mark Saxon | ESPNLosAngeles.com

SEATTLE -- Maybe it was the crisp, cool Northwest air after a week of humidity and intermittent thunder back east.

Maybe it was the familiar surroundings of Safeco Field, one of their three homes away from home.

Maybe it was the players-only meeting before the game, when -- according to Torii Hunter -- players "cleared up some things."

It could just have been that their opponent is in even worse shape than they are.

Or, maybe they were simply due.

The reason doesn't ...

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