Mariners sweep reeling Angels, stay within 2.5 of Blue Jays
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Eugenio Suárez delivered an RBI single within the tenth inning, and the Seattle Mariners accomplished a four-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels with a 3-2 victory Sunday.
J.P. Crawford homered on the primary pitch of the sport and Teoscar Hernández hit a tiebreaking homer within the seventh for the Mariners (60-52), who’ve gained 5 straight and 13 of 17 to maneuver 4 1/2 video games forward of their AL West rival Angels (56-57) within the wild card standings.
“Everybody is happy, and we’re playing great baseball,” mentioned Tayler Saucedo, who pitched two innings of hitless aid for the win. “We’re just trying to win every series, but a sweep is even better.”
One day after Suárez’s streak of 10 straight video games with an RBI ended, the veteran slugger was 0 for 4 with three strikeouts till he drove in Ty France on a full-count pitch from Jaime Barria (2-6) within the tenth.
Saucedo (3-1) gained it for Seattle regardless of giving up a 362-foot flyout by Mike Moustakas within the ninth that will have been a game-ending homer in all however 4 main league ballparks.
The Mariners are 22-10 out of the All-Star break, tied with Baltimore for the perfect file within the majors.
“We’ve got a fired-up team in there,” Seattle supervisor Scott Servais mentioned.
Seattle gained it a couple of innings after Los Angeles’ Chase Silseth and Seattle’s Bryce Miller turned the primary pair of rookie starters to file at the very least 10 strikeouts apiece in the identical sport since 1906, in accordance with MLB analysis.
Silseth set profession highs with 12 strikeouts over seven innings, whereas Miller tied his profession excessive with 10 strikeouts in 5 innings of five-hit ball for Seattle. The duo mixed for 18 strikeouts within the first 4 innings alone.
“I felt probably the best I’ve felt all year,” Miller mentioned. “It’s always tough to sweep, particularly on the road and in a four-game series, but we’re getting hot. We’re playing good baseball right now.”
Matt Thaiss hit a tying homer within the seventh and Moustakas had an early RBI double for the Angels, who matched their season low with their sixth consecutive loss. The Halos haven’t gained because the MLB commerce deadline, badly damaging their bid for his or her first playoff look since 2014.
“We show up tomorrow and work and play hard,” Angels supervisor Phil Nevin mentioned. “I know everybody is now done with us, counted us out. That’s fine. We’ve got 26 guys in there plus staff that know we have it. They know we’re still here. We know what’s in front of us.”
Shohei Ohtani went 1 for 4 and scored a run for the Angels.
Crawford hammered Silseth’s first pitch 397 ft for his tenth homer of the season. It was the sixth profession leadoff homer and the third of the season for the native of close by Lakewood, California.
Ohtani singled and scored on Moustakas’ double as Los Angeles tied it with three straight hits within the first.
Both pitchers took management after that: Miller racked up 5 consecutive strikeouts after the Angels’ rally, whereas Silseth had 9 strikeouts in his first 4 innings. Silseth yielded 4 hits in his third straight glorious begin since getting again into the Angels’ rotation quickly.
Ohtani fouled a pitch off his proper leg within the third inning, leaving the AL MVP frontrunner in apparent ache for a number of moments. Ohtani stayed within the sport and struck out on the following pitch earlier than strolling gingerly again to the dugout.
Hernández put Seattle forward together with his seventeenth homer within the seventh, however Thaiss tied it once more with a 419-foot blast off Trent Thornton.
“That’s a good team over there,” Nevin mentioned. “They’re hot. They’re playing well. They’re making good plays defensively. They’re tough to beat right now, and obviously took it to us this weekend.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Angels: New reliever Reynaldo López went on the bereavement checklist as a result of a demise within the household. López is headed house to the Dominican Republic and will probably be away indefinitely.
UP NEXT
Mariners: After a day without work, Logan Gilbert (9-5, 3.86 ERA) takes the mound in Seattle on Tuesday for the interleague sequence opener in opposition to San Diego.
Angels: Patrick Sandoval (6-8, 4.11 ERA) takes the mound coming off his solely loss since June when Los Angeles hosts San Francisco to open a three-game sequence Monday.
