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The Seattle Times
The Seattle Times
SEATTLE — The storyline is simple, familiar and expected: Mike Trout 4, Mariners 1. And as the kids like to say, the Angels star continues “live rent-free” in the heads of the Seattle Mariners, their fans and the magenta palace that is T-Mobile Park for much of his illustrious career. Why? Cause the owner doesn’t need to pay rent. That ownership continued in the Angels’ victory Thursday in the opener of four-day, five-game series at T-Mobile Park with Trout hammering a pair of two-run homers to send the Mariners to their fifth loss in seven games. The Mariners did nothing against Angels starte…