SEATTLE -- Mike Trout provided the capper to a miserable night for the Seattle Mariners.
Trout looped a three-run double just inside the left-field line with two outs in the ninth inning, and the Los Angeles Angels cooled off the Mariners with a 6-3 victory on Thursday night.
Trout's bases-clearing hit off Seattle closer Edwin Diaz (2-5) came after the Mariners staged a three-run rally of their own in the eighth inning to tie the game at 3-all. And it all seemed secondary for the Mariners compared to the concern over the health of lefty James Paxton, who left in the seventh inning with a strained pectoral muscle.
Paxton is hopeful it's a minor injury, but will have an MRI on Friday that should provide the Mariners more clarity how long they could be without their ace in the middle of the playoff chase.
"It hurts. He's been our guy. He's been awesome. He really has," Seattle manager Scott Servais said. "Don't want to get too far ahead of it but fingers crossed that he doesn't miss too much time."
The Angels took advantage of major control problems in the ninth from Diaz, who walked three batters, including Cameron Maybin on a 3-2 pitch to bring Trout to the plate. The reigning MVP pulled a 1-1 breaking ball and just kept it fair and clearing the bases.
"There were a couple walks, so I was assuming I'd take a strike," Trout said. "I was looking for a pitch to hit. But I was kind of undecided on the first pitch, so I just wanted to see one. After that, I saw the slide pop up and hit a double."
The surging Mariners were coming off a 6-3 road trip to move into the second wild-card spot in the American League and used the long ball to rally in the eighth inning after getting nothing going against Angels starter Tyler Skaggs. Making his second start since coming off the disabled list, Skaggs pitched shutout ball into the seven, allowing five hits and striking out five.
But the Mariners got to reliever Bud Norris in the eighth. Jean Segura hit his seventh home run of the season and the duo of Robinson Cano and Nelson Cruz continued to come through for the Mariners. Cano drove a two-out double off Norris (2-5) and Cruz followed with his 27th homer of the season and fifth in the past five games to pull Seattle even.
That was it for the Mariners and after Trout came through Cam Bedrosian pitched the ninth for his fourth save.
"He's the best player in the game. You wouldn't want anybody else up," Skaggs said of Trout. "He put the team on his back. Very simple. It's a pleasure playing with him."
C.J. Cron hit a solo homer in the second inning and Andrelton Simmons added a two-run shot in the fourth, both off of Paxton. It was the first homers allowed by Paxton since June 27 against Philadelphia and the first time he allowed multiple homers in a game since June 1, 2016.
Paxton had tied a franchise record by winning his previous seven starts dating to July 2, when he beat the Angels. But he was not sharp in his attempt at No. 8 and could be headed to the disabled list for the second time this season.
"I don't think it's anything too serious, but obviously don't want to miss time right now," Paxton said. "Hopefully it's nothing big."
INJURY WOES
The latest injury to Paxton only adds to a season of setbacks among Seattle's starting rotation. Drew Smyly never pitched for the Mariners this season. Hisashi Iwakuma has been out since early May with shoulder troubles, Felix Hernandez is in his second stint on the disabled list and Paxton could be joining him.
Paxton was pulled in the middle of an at-bat to Kole Calhoun. He appeared bothered on a 2-2 fastball, but threw two more pitches before he was lifted. Paxton threw 107 pitches.
ROSTER MOVE
The Angels recalled Jefry Marte from Triple-A Salt Lake and he was immediately inserted into the lineup at third base. Marte took the roster spot of RHP Troy Scribner, who was optioned after Wednesday's game. Marte was 0 for 2 and was lifted as part of defensive changes in the sixth inning.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Mariners: OF Mitch Haniger took batting practice and did fielding drills in the outfield as he continues to recover from getting hit in the face late last month. Haniger could be sent out on a rehab assignment in the coming days. ... Iwakuma is expected to throw an extended bullpen session on Friday.
UP NEXT
Angels: Ricky Nolasco (5-12) makes his 24th start, looking for just his fourth win since May. One of those wins was a shutout against the Mariners on July 1.
Mariners: Marco Gonzales (0-0) makes his second start since being called up from Triple-A Tacoma. Gonzales lasted four innings and gave up five runs in his first start with Seattle.
Trout looped a three-run double just inside the left-field line with two outs in the ninth inning, and the Los Angeles Angels cooled off the Mariners with a 6-3 victory on Thursday night.
Trout's bases-clearing hit off Seattle closer Edwin Diaz (2-5) came after the Mariners staged a three-run rally of their own in the eighth inning to tie the game at 3-all. And it all seemed secondary for the Mariners compared to the concern over the health of lefty James Paxton, who left in the seventh inning with a strained pectoral muscle.
Paxton is hopeful it's a minor injury, but will have an MRI on Friday that should provide the Mariners more clarity how long they could be without their ace in the middle of the playoff chase.
"It hurts. He's been our guy. He's been awesome. He really has," Seattle manager Scott Servais said. "Don't want to get too far ahead of it but fingers crossed that he doesn't miss too much time."
The Angels took advantage of major control problems in the ninth from Diaz, who walked three batters, including Cameron Maybin on a 3-2 pitch to bring Trout to the plate. The reigning MVP pulled a 1-1 breaking ball and just kept it fair and clearing the bases.
"There were a couple walks, so I was assuming I'd take a strike," Trout said. "I was looking for a pitch to hit. But I was kind of undecided on the first pitch, so I just wanted to see one. After that, I saw the slide pop up and hit a double."
The surging Mariners were coming off a 6-3 road trip to move into the second wild-card spot in the American League and used the long ball to rally in the eighth inning after getting nothing going against Angels starter Tyler Skaggs. Making his second start since coming off the disabled list, Skaggs pitched shutout ball into the seven, allowing five hits and striking out five.
But the Mariners got to reliever Bud Norris in the eighth. Jean Segura hit his seventh home run of the season and the duo of Robinson Cano and Nelson Cruz continued to come through for the Mariners. Cano drove a two-out double off Norris (2-5) and Cruz followed with his 27th homer of the season and fifth in the past five games to pull Seattle even.
That was it for the Mariners and after Trout came through Cam Bedrosian pitched the ninth for his fourth save.
"He's the best player in the game. You wouldn't want anybody else up," Skaggs said of Trout. "He put the team on his back. Very simple. It's a pleasure playing with him."
C.J. Cron hit a solo homer in the second inning and Andrelton Simmons added a two-run shot in the fourth, both off of Paxton. It was the first homers allowed by Paxton since June 27 against Philadelphia and the first time he allowed multiple homers in a game since June 1, 2016.
Paxton had tied a franchise record by winning his previous seven starts dating to July 2, when he beat the Angels. But he was not sharp in his attempt at No. 8 and could be headed to the disabled list for the second time this season.
"I don't think it's anything too serious, but obviously don't want to miss time right now," Paxton said. "Hopefully it's nothing big."
INJURY WOES
The latest injury to Paxton only adds to a season of setbacks among Seattle's starting rotation. Drew Smyly never pitched for the Mariners this season. Hisashi Iwakuma has been out since early May with shoulder troubles, Felix Hernandez is in his second stint on the disabled list and Paxton could be joining him.
Paxton was pulled in the middle of an at-bat to Kole Calhoun. He appeared bothered on a 2-2 fastball, but threw two more pitches before he was lifted. Paxton threw 107 pitches.
ROSTER MOVE
The Angels recalled Jefry Marte from Triple-A Salt Lake and he was immediately inserted into the lineup at third base. Marte took the roster spot of RHP Troy Scribner, who was optioned after Wednesday's game. Marte was 0 for 2 and was lifted as part of defensive changes in the sixth inning.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Mariners: OF Mitch Haniger took batting practice and did fielding drills in the outfield as he continues to recover from getting hit in the face late last month. Haniger could be sent out on a rehab assignment in the coming days. ... Iwakuma is expected to throw an extended bullpen session on Friday.
UP NEXT
Angels: Ricky Nolasco (5-12) makes his 24th start, looking for just his fourth win since May. One of those wins was a shutout against the Mariners on July 1.
Mariners: Marco Gonzales (0-0) makes his second start since being called up from Triple-A Tacoma. Gonzales lasted four innings and gave up five runs in his first start with Seattle.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Los Angeles - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| James Paxton pitching for Seattle | LAA | SEA |
| Maybin grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Trout grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Pujols grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Tyler Skaggs pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | SEA |
| Segura singled to left center. | 0 | 0 |
| Valencia grounded into double play, third to second to first, Segura out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| Canó singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Cruz struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| James Paxton pitching for Seattle | LAA | SEA |
| Cron homered to left center (430 feet). | 1 | 0 |
| Simmons popped out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| Marte grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Calhoun grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Tyler Skaggs pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | SEA |
| Seager flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Heredia doubled to deep center. | 1 | 0 |
| Gamel struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Zunino grounded out to third. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| James Paxton pitching for Seattle | LAA | SEA |
| Maldonado struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Cowart struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Maybin struck out looking. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Tyler Skaggs pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | SEA |
| Dyson grounded out to catcher. | 1 | 0 |
| Segura walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Valencia grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Segura out at second. | 1 | 0 |
| Canó lined out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| James Paxton pitching for Seattle | LAA | SEA |
| Trout grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| Pujols lined out to right. | 1 | 0 |
| Cron walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Simmons homered to left (413 feet), Cron scored. | 3 | 0 |
| Marte flied out to right. | 3 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Skaggs pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | SEA |
| Cruz struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Seager struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Heredia walked. | 3 | 0 |
| Gamel flied out to center. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| James Paxton pitching for Seattle | LAA | SEA |
| Calhoun singled to right. | 3 | 0 |
| Maldonado struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Cowart struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Maybin singled to center, Calhoun to third. | 3 | 0 |
| Trout fouled out to right. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Skaggs pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | SEA |
| Zunino struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Dyson singled to shallow left. | 3 | 0 |
| Segura grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Dyson out at second. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| James Paxton pitching for Seattle | LAA | SEA |
| Pujols grounded out to second. | 3 | 0 |
| Cron singled to center. | 3 | 0 |
| Simmons grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Cron out at second. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Skaggs pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | SEA |
| Pennington at second base. | 3 | 0 |
| Cowart at third base. | 3 | 0 |
| Valencia walked. | 3 | 0 |
| Canó grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Valencia out at second. | 3 | 0 |
| Cruz grounded out to third. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| James Paxton pitching for Seattle | LAA | SEA |
| Pennington struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Lawrence relieved Paxton. | 3 | 0 |
| Calhoun struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Maldonado walked. | 3 | 0 |
| Cowart grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Skaggs pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | SEA |
| Seager lined out to shortstop. | 3 | 0 |
| Heredia doubled to left. | 3 | 0 |
| Parker relieved Skaggs. | 3 | 0 |
| Gamel grounded out to pitcher, Heredia to third. | 3 | 0 |
| Alonso hit for Zunino. | 3 | 0 |
| Alonso struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Casey Lawrence pitching for Seattle | LAA | SEA |
| Ruiz catching. | 3 | 0 |
| Maybin struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Trout singled to left. | 3 | 0 |
| Pujols singled to left, Trout to second. | 3 | 0 |
| Cron lined out to left. | 3 | 0 |
| Simmons fouled out to first. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Bud Norris pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | SEA |
| Norris relieved Parker. | 3 | 0 |
| Dyson struck out looking. | 3 | 0 |
| Segura homered to center (395 feet). | 3 | 1 |
| Valencia grounded out to pitcher. | 3 | 1 |
| Canó doubled to left center. | 3 | 1 |
| Cruz homered to center (426 feet), Canó scored. | 3 | 3 |
| Seager popped out to shortstop. | 3 | 3 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Edwin Diaz pitching for Seattle | LAA | SEA |
| Díaz relieved Lawrence. | 3 | 3 |
| Pennington walked. | 3 | 3 |
| Calhoun walked, Pennington to second. | 3 | 3 |
| Maldonado bunted into fielder's choice to first, Pennington out at third, Calhoun to second. | 3 | 3 |
| Revere hit for Cowart. | 3 | 3 |
| Revere grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Maldonado out at second, Calhoun to third. | 3 | 3 |
| Revere stole second. | 3 | 3 |
| Maybin walked. | 3 | 3 |
| Trout doubled to left, Calhoun, Revere and Maybin scored. | 6 | 3 |
| Zych relieved Díaz. | 6 | 3 |
| Pujols flied out to center. | 6 | 3 |
| 3 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Cam Bedrosian pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | SEA |
| Valbuena at third base. | 6 | 3 |
| Bedrosian relieved Norris. | 6 | 3 |
| Heredia struck out swinging. | 6 | 3 |
| Gamel grounded out to shortstop. | 6 | 3 |
| Ruiz struck out swinging. | 6 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles Angels | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Maybin LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 28 | .235 | .339 | .360 |
| Trout CF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .348 | .467 | .708 |
| Pujols DH | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .226 | .269 | .374 |
| Cron 1B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | .258 | .311 | .433 |
| Simmons SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .304 | .357 | .461 |
| Marte 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .173 | .270 | .291 |
Pennington 2B
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .243 | .308 | .300 |
| Calhoun RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | .245 | .320 | .375 |
| Maldonado C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 23 | .226 | .293 | .381 |
| Cowart 2B-3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .333 | .400 | .533 |
a-Revere PH
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .257 | .286 | .327 |
Valbuena 3B
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .186 | .260 | .364 |
| Totals | 34 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 175 | |||
| a-grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop for K Cowart in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Trout (18, Díaz) HR: Cron (8, 2nd inning off Paxton 0 on, 0 Out); Simmons (12, 4th inning off Paxton 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: Cron (30), Simmons 2 (52), Trout 3 (55) 2-out RBI: Simmons 2, Trout 3 GIDP: Simmons Angels RISP: 1-7 (Maldonado 0-1, Cron 0-1, Simmons 0-1, Revere 0-1, Trout 1-2, Pujols 0-1) Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Revere (17, 2nd base off Díaz/Ruiz) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 3 (Marte-Cowart-Cron, Simmons-Cowart-Cron, Pennington-Simmons-Cron). | ||||||||||
Game Notes
| P PAXTON (LEFT PECTORAL STRAIN) LEFT GAME TOP 7TH |
Game Information
| Stadium | Safeco Field, Seattle, WA |
| Attendance | 35,021 (73.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:14 |
| Weather | 82 degrees, cloudy |
| Wind | 1 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Will Little, First Base - Jeff Kellogg, Second Base - James Hoye, Third Base - Chris Segal |
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