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Matt Calkins: Angels deserve most of the blame for brawl with Mariners

So ... anything happen in the Mariners game Sunday?

Hot as the M's were after winning five straight on the road, tempers got a whole lot hotter in the second inning vs. the Angels. After throwing behind Seattle's Julio Rodriguez in the first, Halos pitcher Andrew Wantz hit Jesse Winker just above the hip, sending the outfielder into a rage as he charged toward Angels interim manager Phil Nevin.

Winker's thinking — and it's hard to argue against his logic — was that Nevin ordered the guided missile as payback for the previous night, when Mariners pitcher Erik Swanson nearly nailed Mike Trout in the noggin with a 95-mph fastball in the bottom of the ninth.

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