Mariners Keep Blyleven on the Ropes : Angels: Seattle goes on 14-hit attack and Fisher gets first victory in four years in 8-0 decision.

Bert Blyleven will have to wait at least five more days for his next victory, but a wait of nearly four years ended on Wednesday for Seattle right-hander Brian Fisher, who pitched seven shutout innings in the Mariners’ 8-0 romp over the Angels in front of 19,890 at Anaheim Stadium.

Fisher (1-0) recorded his first major league victory since Aug. 9, 1988, when he was with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

A once-promising prospect, Fisher foundered after shoulder and knee injuries. Acquired by Seattle in a preseason trade June 29 with the Cincinnati Reds’ Nashville affiliate, Fisher became the 11th pitcher to start a game for the Mariners when he faced the Yankees last Friday. He got no decision in that game, but Wednesday held the Angels to three hits and benefited from a 14-hit Seattle offense.

Ken Griffey Jr. and Tino Martinez homered against Steve Frey in the ninth for the Mariners’ last two runs. Blyleven (4-5) gave up five runs--four of them earned--in five innings, and in his last seven games has given up 46 hits and 31 earned runs in a span of 29 innings. He has not pitched six full innings since June 16, when he was a 4-1 winner over the Texas Rangers.

Former Angel Lance Parrish had an RBI-single in the Mariners’ three-run second inning and also tripled in the eighth inning, his first triple since 1989. Jay Buhner had three hits and Omar Vizquel added two RBIs for the Mariners, who have won their last two games from the Angels.

Blyleven had a difficult stretch in the second inning when he lacked both location and luck. He gave up three runs, but one was unearned because of shortstop Gary DiSarcina’s error.

Through his struggles, Blyleven has not walked many, but he walked Martinez with one out in the second. Buhner then hit a high fly to center that Junior Felix could not see until it landed about 10 feet in front of him. Martinez advanced to third, Buhner’s third hit in a row over two games.

Parrish, perhaps playing because of his familiarity with Blyleven, hit a 2-and-0 pitch through the left side for a single, scoring Martinez and sending Buhner to second. Parrish was forced at second on rookie Shane Turner’s slow bouncer to short, but Buhner went to third. He scored when Harold Reynolds hit an off-speed pitch through the right side to score Buhner and put Turner on second.

Vizquel, Seattle’s leadoff hitter, hit a bouncer to short that DiSarcina could not handle. He was charged with an error when the ball squirted into left field, allowing Turner to score and Reynolds to take second. Vizquel was credited with a hit. Catcher Ron Tingley’s throw caught Reynolds trying to steal third, ending the inning.

The Angels had only one baserunner in the first three innings, and he did not remain there long. Luis Polonia led off the game with a single to left, but he was thrown out as he tried to increase his league-leading stolen base total to 36.

Polonia got on base again in the fourth, with a single to center, but again did not stick around long. He was doubled off when Sojo lined to short on a hit-and-run.

Blyleven labored through the fourth and fifth innings, but he helped himself with a good fielding play that ended the fourth inning. With Buhner on second after a single and a walk to Parrish, Turner lined to third and Reynolds hit a grounder toward first. Gary Gaetti fielded it cleanly and flipped to Blyleven, who used all the speed in his 41-year-old legs to beat Reynolds to first.

Singles by Vizquel and Edgar Martinez and a grounder to the right side by Griffey put runners on second and third with one out in the fifth, but bad baserunning by the Mariners enabled Blyleven to escape unscathed. Kevin Mitchell grounded to third, trapping Vizquel in a rundown. But Martinez never tried to advance to third, and Tino Martinez ended what might have been a big inning when he lined to first.