SEATTLE -- The Seattle Mariners seemed determined not to let Angels' star Mike Trout beat them again with his bat.
But the reigning American League MVP still found a way to get the better of one of the teams the Angels are competing with in the AL wild-card race.
Trout walked three times and scored the go-ahead run from second base on Jean Segura's error in the top of the ninth inning to give the Angels a 6-5 win over the Mariners on Friday night.
For the second straight night, Trout was the source of some ninth-inning misery for the Mariners. He had a three-run double in Thursday's series opener to give the Angels a 6-3 victory. A day later, Trout walked with one out, taking a close 3-2 pitch from James Pazos (3-4). Albert Pujols followed with a single and C.J. Cron chopped a hard grounder that Segura couldn't handle that bounced far enough into left field for Trout to score the go-ahead run.
"We put up good at-bats, guys walk if they don't get good pitches and eventually somebody, lately, has been getting the big hits. And it's everybody really," Angels' shortstop Andrelton Simmons said.
The Angels have taken the first two games of the series, each night providing a little extra blow to the Mariners. Seattle saw ace James Paxton leave Thursday's series opener with a strained pec muscle that has landed him on the disabled list, then the Mariners blew a 5-1 lead on Friday.
Seattle built its lead behind home runs by Nelson Cruz and Mike Zunino, both coming off Angels' starter Ricky Nolasco. But Seattle's shaky pitching situation was exposed and the Angels took advantage against the young right-hander Andrew Moore.
Los Angeles scored four times in the seventh inning, most of the damage coming with two outs. Moore gave up a two-out infield single to Cameron Maybin and walked Trout to load the bases. Pujols delivered a two-run single, Cron added an RBI single, and Simmons capped the rally with an RBI double that tied the game at 5-5.
Amplifying Moore's struggles, Seattle failed to start getting a reliever ready in the bullpen until after Pujols' hit.
"Where we are at right now pitching-wise is going to be a challenge," Seattle manager Scott Servais said. "There's going to be some nights it works out great, there's going to be other nights it's a bit tough."
Cruz hit his 28th homer of the season leading off the second inning. He added a double in the fourth and his double off the wall in right-center field in the sixth scored Robinson Cano to give Seattle a 4-1 lead and end Nolasco's night. Cruz later scored on Jarrod Dyson's two-out single. Nolasco allowed five runs on seven hits over five innings.
But that was it as Eduardo Parades and Keynan Middleton (3-0) shut down the Mariners for three innings. Yusmeiro Petit pitched the ninth for his second save.
"We've got to continue to play good baseball regardless of who we're playing against really," Simmons said. "But it's even bigger when it's somebody that's fighting for the same thing."
HOMER HAPPY
Nolasco threw a complete-game shutout against the Mariners earlier this year but fell victim to the long ball on Friday. Cruz homered on a 3-0 pitch in the second and Zunino's shot in the fifth was the 30th home run allowed this season by Nolasco, the most in the American League.
MINOR MOVE
In need of possible arms for the rotation, the Mariners have acquired left-hander Andrew Albers from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for cash considerations on Friday. Albers has pitched entirely in the minors this season. The 31-year-old is 12-3 with a 2.61 ERA pitching for Triple-A Gwinnett this season. He will report to Triple-A Tacoma.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Angels: RHP Andrew Bailey rejoined the club and could be activated off the DL this weekend. Bailey has been on the DL since early April because of shoulder issues.
Mariners: Paxton was placed on the 10-day DL with a left pectoral strain, a major blow to Seattle's already thin starting rotation. Paxton joins fellow starters Felix Hernandez and Hisashi Iwakuma on the DL.
UP NEXT
Angels: JC Ramirez (10-10) makes his 23rd start of the season. It will be his second appearance and first start against Seattle this year.
Mariners: Erasmo Ramirez (4-4) makes his third start since being traded from Tampa Bay to Seattle. Ramirez lost his last start against Kansas City.
But the reigning American League MVP still found a way to get the better of one of the teams the Angels are competing with in the AL wild-card race.
Trout walked three times and scored the go-ahead run from second base on Jean Segura's error in the top of the ninth inning to give the Angels a 6-5 win over the Mariners on Friday night.
For the second straight night, Trout was the source of some ninth-inning misery for the Mariners. He had a three-run double in Thursday's series opener to give the Angels a 6-3 victory. A day later, Trout walked with one out, taking a close 3-2 pitch from James Pazos (3-4). Albert Pujols followed with a single and C.J. Cron chopped a hard grounder that Segura couldn't handle that bounced far enough into left field for Trout to score the go-ahead run.
"We put up good at-bats, guys walk if they don't get good pitches and eventually somebody, lately, has been getting the big hits. And it's everybody really," Angels' shortstop Andrelton Simmons said.
The Angels have taken the first two games of the series, each night providing a little extra blow to the Mariners. Seattle saw ace James Paxton leave Thursday's series opener with a strained pec muscle that has landed him on the disabled list, then the Mariners blew a 5-1 lead on Friday.
Seattle built its lead behind home runs by Nelson Cruz and Mike Zunino, both coming off Angels' starter Ricky Nolasco. But Seattle's shaky pitching situation was exposed and the Angels took advantage against the young right-hander Andrew Moore.
Los Angeles scored four times in the seventh inning, most of the damage coming with two outs. Moore gave up a two-out infield single to Cameron Maybin and walked Trout to load the bases. Pujols delivered a two-run single, Cron added an RBI single, and Simmons capped the rally with an RBI double that tied the game at 5-5.
Amplifying Moore's struggles, Seattle failed to start getting a reliever ready in the bullpen until after Pujols' hit.
"Where we are at right now pitching-wise is going to be a challenge," Seattle manager Scott Servais said. "There's going to be some nights it works out great, there's going to be other nights it's a bit tough."
Cruz hit his 28th homer of the season leading off the second inning. He added a double in the fourth and his double off the wall in right-center field in the sixth scored Robinson Cano to give Seattle a 4-1 lead and end Nolasco's night. Cruz later scored on Jarrod Dyson's two-out single. Nolasco allowed five runs on seven hits over five innings.
But that was it as Eduardo Parades and Keynan Middleton (3-0) shut down the Mariners for three innings. Yusmeiro Petit pitched the ninth for his second save.
"We've got to continue to play good baseball regardless of who we're playing against really," Simmons said. "But it's even bigger when it's somebody that's fighting for the same thing."
HOMER HAPPY
Nolasco threw a complete-game shutout against the Mariners earlier this year but fell victim to the long ball on Friday. Cruz homered on a 3-0 pitch in the second and Zunino's shot in the fifth was the 30th home run allowed this season by Nolasco, the most in the American League.
MINOR MOVE
In need of possible arms for the rotation, the Mariners have acquired left-hander Andrew Albers from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for cash considerations on Friday. Albers has pitched entirely in the minors this season. The 31-year-old is 12-3 with a 2.61 ERA pitching for Triple-A Gwinnett this season. He will report to Triple-A Tacoma.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Angels: RHP Andrew Bailey rejoined the club and could be activated off the DL this weekend. Bailey has been on the DL since early April because of shoulder issues.
Mariners: Paxton was placed on the 10-day DL with a left pectoral strain, a major blow to Seattle's already thin starting rotation. Paxton joins fellow starters Felix Hernandez and Hisashi Iwakuma on the DL.
UP NEXT
Angels: JC Ramirez (10-10) makes his 23rd start of the season. It will be his second appearance and first start against Seattle this year.
Mariners: Erasmo Ramirez (4-4) makes his third start since being traded from Tampa Bay to Seattle. Ramirez lost his last start against Kansas City.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Los Angeles - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Marco Gonzales pitching for Seattle | LAA | SEA |
| Maybin flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Trout flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Pujols grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Ricky Nolasco pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | SEA |
| Segura grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Alonso struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Canó lined out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Marco Gonzales pitching for Seattle | LAA | SEA |
| Cron lined out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Simmons grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Marte homered to left center (363 feet). | 1 | 0 |
| Calhoun lined out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Ricky Nolasco pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | SEA |
| Cruz homered to center (425 feet). | 1 | 1 |
| Seager grounded out to catcher. | 1 | 1 |
| Gamel struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Dyson fouled out to catcher. | 1 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Marco Gonzales pitching for Seattle | LAA | SEA |
| Maldonado flied out to right. | 1 | 1 |
| Pennington grounded out to first. | 1 | 1 |
| Maybin grounded out to first. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Ricky Nolasco pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | SEA |
| Zunino struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Martín grounded out to first. | 1 | 1 |
| Segura doubled to left. | 1 | 1 |
| Alonso grounded out to second. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Marco Gonzales pitching for Seattle | LAA | SEA |
| Trout walked. | 1 | 1 |
| Pujols flied out to right. | 1 | 1 |
| Cron flied out to right. | 1 | 1 |
| Simmons singled to right, Trout to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Marte grounded into fielder's choice to third, Simmons out at second. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Ricky Nolasco pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | SEA |
| Canó grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 1 |
| Cruz doubled to left. | 1 | 1 |
| Seager grounded out to first, Cruz to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Gamel popped out to shortstop. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Marco Gonzales pitching for Seattle | LAA | SEA |
| Calhoun fouled out to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Maldonado singled to left. | 1 | 1 |
| Pennington singled to left, Maldonado to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Pagan relieved Gonzales. | 1 | 1 |
| Maybin flied out to right. | 1 | 1 |
| Trout flied out to right. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Ricky Nolasco pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | SEA |
| Dyson singled to center. | 1 | 1 |
| Zunino homered to left center (450 feet), Dyson scored. | 1 | 3 |
| Martín grounded out to first. | 1 | 3 |
| Segura walked. | 1 | 3 |
| Alonso lined into double play, to first, Segura doubled off first. | 1 | 3 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Andrew Moore pitching for Seattle | LAA | SEA |
| Moore relieved Pagan. | 1 | 3 |
| Pujols singled to left center. | 1 | 3 |
| Cron popped out to first. | 1 | 3 |
| Simmons fouled out to catcher. | 1 | 3 |
| Marte struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Ricky Nolasco pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | SEA |
| Canó doubled to right. | 1 | 3 |
| Cruz doubled to deep right, Canó scored. | 1 | 4 |
| Paredes relieved Nolasco. | 1 | 4 |
| Seager flied out to center. | 1 | 4 |
| Gamel lined out to center, Cruz to third. | 1 | 4 |
| Dyson singled to shallow left, Cruz scored. | 1 | 5 |
| Zunino struck out swinging. | 1 | 5 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Andrew Moore pitching for Seattle | LAA | SEA |
| Calhoun flied out to right. | 1 | 5 |
| Maldonado singled to right center. | 1 | 5 |
| Pennington flied out to center. | 1 | 5 |
| Maybin reached on infield single to second, Maldonado to second. | 1 | 5 |
| Trout walked, Maldonado to third, Maybin to second. | 1 | 5 |
| Pujols singled to center, Maldonado and Maybin scored, Trout to third. | 3 | 5 |
| Cron singled to left, Trout scored, Pujols to second. | 4 | 5 |
| Simmons doubled to shallow left, Pujols scored, Cron to third. | 5 | 5 |
| Pazos relieved Moore. | 5 | 5 |
| Marte flied out to right. | 5 | 5 |
| 4 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Eduardo Paredes pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | SEA |
| Cowart at third base. | 5 | 5 |
| Martín flied out to center. | 5 | 5 |
| Segura singled to center. | 5 | 5 |
| Alonso grounded into double play, shortstop to first, Segura out at second. | 5 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| James Pazos pitching for Seattle | LAA | SEA |
| Calhoun popped out to third. | 5 | 5 |
| Maldonado struck out looking. | 5 | 5 |
| Pennington grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Keynan Middleton pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | SEA |
| Middleton relieved Paredes. | 5 | 5 |
| Canó flied out to left. | 5 | 5 |
| Cruz struck out swinging. | 5 | 5 |
| Seager reached on infield single to shortstop. | 5 | 5 |
| Gamel struck out swinging. | 5 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| James Pazos pitching for Seattle | LAA | SEA |
| Maybin grounded out to second. | 5 | 5 |
| Trout walked. | 5 | 5 |
| Pujols singled to center, Trout to second. | 5 | 5 |
| Cron grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Trout scored on error by shortstop Segura, Pujols safe at second on error by shortstop Segura. | 6 | 5 |
| Revere ran for Pujols. | 6 | 5 |
| Rzepczynski relieved Pazos. | 6 | 5 |
| Simmons walked, Revere to third, Cron to second. | 6 | 5 |
| Cowart grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Simmons out at second. | 6 | 5 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Yusmeiro Petit pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | SEA |
| Petit relieved Middleton. | 6 | 5 |
| Dyson fouled out to catcher. | 6 | 5 |
| Zunino struck out swinging. | 6 | 5 |
| Martín struck out swinging. | 6 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles Angels | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Maybin LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .235 | .337 | .357 |
| Trout CF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | .345 | .469 | .702 |
| Pujols DH | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .231 | .273 | .376 |
Revere PR-DH
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .286 | .327 |
| Cron 1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .257 | .308 | .426 |
| Simmons SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | .305 | .359 | .464 |
| Marte 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .175 | .269 | .316 |
Cowart 3B
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .326 | .392 | .522 |
| Calhoun RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .242 | .317 | .372 |
| Maldonado C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .229 | .296 | .382 |
| Pennington 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .243 | .306 | .299 |
| Totals | 38 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 153 | |||
| BATTING 2B: Simmons (28, Moore) HR: Marte (4, 2nd inning off Gonzales 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: Marte (14), Pujols 2 (70), Cron (31), Simmons (53) 2-out RBI: Marte, Pujols 2, Cron, Simmons GIDP: Cowart Angels RISP: 3-9 (Cron 1-2, Cowart 0-1, Simmons 1-1, Marte 0-2, Pujols 1-1, Maybin 0-1, Trout 0-1) Team LOB: 9 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 2 (Cron, Simmons-Cron). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Safeco Field, Seattle, WA |
| Attendance | 38,206 (80.3% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:04 |
| Weather | 71 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 3 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Jeff Kellogg, First Base - James Hoye, Second Base - Chris Segal, Third Base - Will Little |
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