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SEATTLE -- Brett Oberholtzer was handed a four-run lead before he even took the mound Friday night for the Los Angeles Angels.It disappeared pretty quickly.Oberholtzer was pulled without getting an out in the second inning, part of a nine-run outburst that sent the Seattle Mariners to an 11-8 victory.Obviously, its not the start we were looking for or he was looking for, Angels manager Mike Scioscia said.Los Angeles mounted a ninth-inning rally but fell short.Mike Trout hit a three-run homer his first time up and Jefry Marte added a solo shot in the first for the Angels, giving Oberholtzer (1-1) a 4-0 advantage.But he walked the first batter he faced and gave up Guillermo Heredias RBI double in the first, then allowed two singles and walked two batters in the second, ending his night.I walked the leadoff hitter and it just snowballed from there, Oberholtzer said. I thought I was making pretty quality pitches, but just going the wrong way.Jhoulys Chacin came on with the bases loaded and promptly walked in a run. The first out of the inning came when Heredia grounded into a fielders choice with the bases loaded, driving in a run. Seattle got a second run on the play on second baseman Gregorio Petits throwing error, giving the Mariners a 5-4 lead.The scoring didnt end there. Five runs in the inning came with two outs, and the bottom of Seattles order did the most damage -- the last four hitters in the lineup all reached base twice.The Mariners sent 14 batters to the plate, getting six hits (all singles) and five walks.Even after building a seven-run lead, the Mariners had a hard time putting this one away. Los Angeles scored four times in the ninth, aided by third baseman Kyle Seagers error, before Edwin Diaz retired Trout with two on for his 12th save.Juan Graterol hit a run-scoring double in his first major league at-bat, and Kole Calhoun had a two-run single with the bases loaded to make it 11-8.Diaz entered and got Trout on a fly to deep center.It was just off the end a little bit, Trout said. Thats baseball. They came back and battled. We came back and battled tonight. To take a positive tonight, we fought to the end and had a chance in the ninth. Thats all you want.Nelson Cruz hit his 33rd homer in the eighth for the Mariners, who remained four games behind Baltimore and Detroit for the final AL playoff spot.Ariel Miranda (2-1) had a rough start for Seattle, falling behind 3-0 after three batters. A walk and a single led to Trouts 26th home run before Marte connected with two outs. Miranda, however, recovered to pitch six innings without allowing another run.FIRST TIME OUTGraterols double drew a big reaction on the bench. The catcher was called up earlier in the year but did not appear in a game before being sent back down. This was his first major league game after 11 years in the minors. Hes worked so hard to get here, Scioscia said. The guys in the dugout felt great for him.ROSTER MOVESBoth teams took advantage of Septembers expanded rosters and added players. The Angels recalled Graterol and LHP Cody Ege, and selected the contract of RHP Andrew Bailey from Triple-A Salt Lake. They also activated 3B Yunel Escobar from the 7-day concussion disabled list.Seattle added OF Ben Gamel, acquired from the Yankees in a trade Wednesday, to the major league roster and recalled C Jesus Sucre from Triple-A Tacoma. 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Reigning world champion Eve Muirhead of Scotland opened with a 12-2 rout of Winnipegs Jennifer Jones in a battle of teams bound for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.There are many ways of measuring success - Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou does so by looking to the future, even as he reflects on the past.Tuesday nights World Cup qualifier against Thailand falls three years, nearly to the day, since the former Brisbane and Melbourne Victory A-League coach took charge of Australia for the first time.For those who watched the Socceroos 1-0 win over Costa Rica in Sydney on November 19, 2013, Postecoglous vision was unambiguous from the outset.His unapologetic demand for possession-based, attacking football was the key to Australias competitive 2014 World Cup display and delivered the historic 2015 Asian Cup when the nations playing stocks were purportedly near an all-time low.Without the so-called golden generation the Socceroos progressed to the final phase of Russia 2018 qualifying via seven wins in eight matches.Now, on the brink of making a fourth consecutive World Cup, Postecoglou is satisfied and also driven to continue his evolution.It was hard for me to envisage anything at the time of taking over, knowing the immediacy of the World Cup and Asian Cup within the first 12 months of my tenure, he said.You try and project and hope to be in a certain space by the time we have the opportunity to qualify for the next World Cup.That meant weeding out the ageing old guard, and Postecoglou showed he wasnt afraid to do what his predecessor Holger Osieck didnt by controversially calling time on the international careers of many of thoose aged 30 and over from Germany 2006.ddddddddddddIn their place came less-experienced youth carrying long-term promise - all part of a grand plan to add much-needed depth.Were now in that bracket I wanted the bulk of the squad to be in terms of age and relevant caps at international level, Postecoglou said.Because you know if you qualify for a World Cup those kinds of things certainly help to have more of an impact.And in terms of the way were playing ... I think were just about there.The best is certainly yet to come, because a lot of these guys will be key players in the next World Cup cycle as well.Many of those faces are the fruits of a global talent sweep early in Postecoglous incumbency.No future star was missed, including those with dual nationality who could choose which country to play for.In the squad to face Thailand are five who played youth international football for other countries in Brad Smith (England), Apo Giannou (Greece), Milos Degenek (Serbia), Jamie Maclaren (Scotland) and Jackson Irvine (Scotland), while Jimmy Jeggo is also still eligible to play for Austria.Its not about convincing them, Postecoglou said.I think all of them wanted to but sometimes, particularly for guys who leave Australia at a young age and go halfway around the world, if we dont show them a little bit of care and attention they could get lost. ' ' '