SEATTLE -- Justin Upton is enjoying his change of scenery into the midst of a playoff race.
Upton had a two-run double in the eighth inning to help Los Angeles avoid a sweep with a 5-3 win over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday, moving the Angels one game out of the second wild card spot.
"It's exciting," said Upton, acquired from Detroit on Aug. 31. "These guys don't know me very well, but we're getting to know each other. To finally get a big hit and help the team win a ballgame, it's exciting."
Mike Trout and Luis Valbuena had solo homers as Los Angeles moved a game behind Minnesota, which lost 11-3 to Kansas City.
Ben Rivera opened the eighth with a pinch-hit single to center off Nick Vincent (3-2), who relieved to start the inning. Brandon Phillips' sacrifice moved Rivera to second and Trout was walked intentionally. Upton followed with a double to the gap in left-center to make it 4-2.
Upton advanced on Albert Pujols' fly out and scored on a wild pitch by Marc Rzepczynski.
"Those situations are fun," said Upton, who raised his season RBI total to 99. "Tie ballgame and you've got a chance to put your team ahead. You don't always come through, but when you do, it's fun."
Jean Segura opened the bottom half with his ninth homer to pull Seattle to 5-3.
Cam Bedrosian (6-4) pitched a scoreless seventh for the victory. Blake Parker struck out the side in the eighth after Segura's homer, and Yusmeiro Petit closed with a perfect ninth for his third save.
"Offensively, I thought we hit some balls really good today," said Mariners manager Scott Servais. "Unfortunately, we hit them to Mike Trout in center field, the deepest part of the ballpark."
Valbuena brought the Angels even at 2-2 with a two-out solo homer off starter Erasmo Ramirez in the seventh, his 19th.
Seattle, which remained three games back in the wild-card chase, erased a 1-0 deficit with two runs in the second off Parker Bridwell. Kyle Seager doubled to open and advanced to third on Mitch Haniger's single. Haniger was thrown out trying to steal second, but Ben Gamel followed with a triple when his fly ball to the gap fell between left fielder Justin Upton and center fielder Trout. Mike Zunino singled in Gamel.
"When people get on, that's all you can do," said Bridwell, who allowed just two singles over the next four innings. "Just give up those two runs and look to minimize the rest.
Trout put the Angels up 1-0 in the first with his 28th homer, a one-out solo shot to center.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Angels: LHP Andrew Heaney left Saturday's game in the third inning with a sore shoulder, but it is not known if he will miss his next scheduled start.
Mariners: RHP Felix Hernandez (right shoulder bursitis) and LHP James Paxton (strained left pectoral muscle) are scheduled to return during the upcoming road trip. Hernandez (5-4, 4.28) is scheduled to start Thursday at Texas, followed by Paxton (12-3, 2.78) on Friday at Houston. Both Hernandez and Paxton are expected to have limited pitch counts initially. "The biggest thing is get those guys out there, hopefully if they feel good and healthy and then build upon that one for the next one," manager Scott Servais said. "We're looking at those guys making four starts for us and hopefully all four are really important."
UP NEXT
Angels: After a day off Monday, the Angels open a three-game series at home against Houston. RHP Garrett Richards (0-0, 1.13) makes his second start after missing 135 games on the DL with a right bicep strain suffered in the season opener. In his first start back, Richards allowed one run on four hits in 3 1/3 with three strikeouts and one walk in a 52- pitch outing against Oakland.
Mariners: LHP Ariel Miranda (8-6, 4.72) makes his team-leading 29th start to open the four-game series at Texas on Monday. In his last start, he pitched six hitless innings, but walked six. Miranda has a no-decision in eight of his last 11 starts.
Upton had a two-run double in the eighth inning to help Los Angeles avoid a sweep with a 5-3 win over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday, moving the Angels one game out of the second wild card spot.
"It's exciting," said Upton, acquired from Detroit on Aug. 31. "These guys don't know me very well, but we're getting to know each other. To finally get a big hit and help the team win a ballgame, it's exciting."
Mike Trout and Luis Valbuena had solo homers as Los Angeles moved a game behind Minnesota, which lost 11-3 to Kansas City.
Ben Rivera opened the eighth with a pinch-hit single to center off Nick Vincent (3-2), who relieved to start the inning. Brandon Phillips' sacrifice moved Rivera to second and Trout was walked intentionally. Upton followed with a double to the gap in left-center to make it 4-2.
Upton advanced on Albert Pujols' fly out and scored on a wild pitch by Marc Rzepczynski.
"Those situations are fun," said Upton, who raised his season RBI total to 99. "Tie ballgame and you've got a chance to put your team ahead. You don't always come through, but when you do, it's fun."
Jean Segura opened the bottom half with his ninth homer to pull Seattle to 5-3.
Cam Bedrosian (6-4) pitched a scoreless seventh for the victory. Blake Parker struck out the side in the eighth after Segura's homer, and Yusmeiro Petit closed with a perfect ninth for his third save.
"Offensively, I thought we hit some balls really good today," said Mariners manager Scott Servais. "Unfortunately, we hit them to Mike Trout in center field, the deepest part of the ballpark."
Valbuena brought the Angels even at 2-2 with a two-out solo homer off starter Erasmo Ramirez in the seventh, his 19th.
Seattle, which remained three games back in the wild-card chase, erased a 1-0 deficit with two runs in the second off Parker Bridwell. Kyle Seager doubled to open and advanced to third on Mitch Haniger's single. Haniger was thrown out trying to steal second, but Ben Gamel followed with a triple when his fly ball to the gap fell between left fielder Justin Upton and center fielder Trout. Mike Zunino singled in Gamel.
"When people get on, that's all you can do," said Bridwell, who allowed just two singles over the next four innings. "Just give up those two runs and look to minimize the rest.
Trout put the Angels up 1-0 in the first with his 28th homer, a one-out solo shot to center.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Angels: LHP Andrew Heaney left Saturday's game in the third inning with a sore shoulder, but it is not known if he will miss his next scheduled start.
Mariners: RHP Felix Hernandez (right shoulder bursitis) and LHP James Paxton (strained left pectoral muscle) are scheduled to return during the upcoming road trip. Hernandez (5-4, 4.28) is scheduled to start Thursday at Texas, followed by Paxton (12-3, 2.78) on Friday at Houston. Both Hernandez and Paxton are expected to have limited pitch counts initially. "The biggest thing is get those guys out there, hopefully if they feel good and healthy and then build upon that one for the next one," manager Scott Servais said. "We're looking at those guys making four starts for us and hopefully all four are really important."
UP NEXT
Angels: After a day off Monday, the Angels open a three-game series at home against Houston. RHP Garrett Richards (0-0, 1.13) makes his second start after missing 135 games on the DL with a right bicep strain suffered in the season opener. In his first start back, Richards allowed one run on four hits in 3 1/3 with three strikeouts and one walk in a 52- pitch outing against Oakland.
Mariners: LHP Ariel Miranda (8-6, 4.72) makes his team-leading 29th start to open the four-game series at Texas on Monday. In his last start, he pitched six hitless innings, but walked six. Miranda has a no-decision in eight of his last 11 starts.
4:10PM,EDT,September 10,2017
Safeco Field, Seattle,Washington
Safeco Field, Seattle,Washington
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Los Angeles - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Erasmo Ramirez pitching for Seattle | LAA | SEA |
| Phillips grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Trout homered to center (401 feet). | 1 | 0 |
| Upton grounded out to first. | 1 | 0 |
| Pujols singled to right. | 1 | 0 |
| Pujols stole second. | 1 | 0 |
| Calhoun grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Parker Bridwell pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | SEA |
| Segura grounded out to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Alonso struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Canó flied out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Erasmo Ramirez pitching for Seattle | LAA | SEA |
| Simmons flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Valbuena struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Cron singled to left. | 1 | 0 |
| Maldonado popped out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Parker Bridwell pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | SEA |
| Cruz lined out to right. | 1 | 0 |
| Seager doubled to right. | 1 | 0 |
| Haniger singled to right, Seager to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Haniger caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| Gamel tripled to left, Seager scored. | 1 | 1 |
| Zunino singled to right, Gamel scored. | 1 | 2 |
| Heredia singled to right center, Zunino to second. | 1 | 2 |
| Segura grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Heredia out at second. | 1 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Erasmo Ramirez pitching for Seattle | LAA | SEA |
| Phillips lined out to first. | 1 | 2 |
| Trout grounded out to third. | 1 | 2 |
| Upton struck out swinging. | 1 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Parker Bridwell pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | SEA |
| Alonso flied out to right. | 1 | 2 |
| Canó lined out to center. | 1 | 2 |
| Cruz singled to deep left. | 1 | 2 |
| Cruz out at second on runner's fielder's choice. | 1 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Erasmo Ramirez pitching for Seattle | LAA | SEA |
| Pujols grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 2 |
| Calhoun grounded out to third. | 1 | 2 |
| Simmons doubled to deep left. | 1 | 2 |
| Valbuena struck out swinging. | 1 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Parker Bridwell pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | SEA |
| Seager walked. | 1 | 2 |
| Haniger flied out to center. | 1 | 2 |
| Gamel lined out to center. | 1 | 2 |
| Zunino struck out looking. | 1 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Erasmo Ramirez pitching for Seattle | LAA | SEA |
| Cron struck out swinging. | 1 | 2 |
| Maldonado struck out looking. | 1 | 2 |
| Phillips grounded out to third. | 1 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Parker Bridwell pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | SEA |
| Heredia flied out to center. | 1 | 2 |
| Segura grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 2 |
| Alonso flied out to right. | 1 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Erasmo Ramirez pitching for Seattle | LAA | SEA |
| Trout struck out looking. | 1 | 2 |
| Upton grounded out to second. | 1 | 2 |
| Pujols struck out swinging. | 1 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Parker Bridwell pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | SEA |
| Canó flied out to center. | 1 | 2 |
| Cruz singled to left center. | 1 | 2 |
| Seager lined out to second. | 1 | 2 |
| Haniger flied out to left. | 1 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Erasmo Ramirez pitching for Seattle | LAA | SEA |
| Calhoun grounded out to third. | 1 | 2 |
| Simmons flied out to left. | 1 | 2 |
| Valbuena homered to center (398 feet). | 2 | 2 |
| Pagan relieved Ramírez. | 2 | 2 |
| Cron flied out to left. | 2 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Cam Bedrosian pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | SEA |
| Bedrosian relieved Bridwell. | 2 | 2 |
| Gamel grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 2 |
| Zunino struck out swinging. | 2 | 2 |
| Heredia lined out to right. | 2 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Nick Vincent pitching for Seattle | LAA | SEA |
| Vincent relieved Pagan. | 2 | 2 |
| Revere hit for Maldonado. | 2 | 2 |
| Revere singled to center. | 2 | 2 |
| Phillips sacrificed to pitcher, Revere to second. | 2 | 2 |
| Trout intentionally walked. | 2 | 2 |
| Upton doubled to deep left center, Revere and Trout scored. | 4 | 2 |
| Pujols flied out to center, Upton to third. | 4 | 2 |
| Rzepczynski relieved Vincent. | 4 | 2 |
| Upton scored on Rzepczynski's wild pitch. | 5 | 2 |
| Calhoun singled to left. | 5 | 2 |
| Altavilla relieved Rzepczynski. | 5 | 2 |
| Simmons grounded out to third. | 5 | 2 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Blake Parker pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | SEA |
| Graterol catching. | 5 | 2 |
| Parker relieved Bedrosian. | 5 | 2 |
| Segura homered to left (412 feet). | 5 | 3 |
| Alonso struck out looking. | 5 | 3 |
| Canó struck out looking. | 5 | 3 |
| Cruz struck out looking. | 5 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Yovani Gallardo pitching for Seattle | LAA | SEA |
| Gallardo relieved Altavilla. | 5 | 3 |
| Valbuena fouled out to second. | 5 | 3 |
| Cron struck out swinging. | 5 | 3 |
| Graterol flied out to right. | 5 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Yusmeiro Petit pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | SEA |
| Cowart at third base. | 5 | 3 |
| Petit relieved Parker. | 5 | 3 |
| Seager fouled out to left. | 5 | 3 |
| Haniger fouled out to first. | 5 | 3 |
| Gamel flied out to center. | 5 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles Angels | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Phillips 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .214 | .233 | .214 |
| Trout CF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | .321 | .458 | .650 |
| Upton LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .280 | .367 | .531 |
| Pujols DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .248 | .292 | .395 |
| Calhoun RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .248 | .332 | .395 |
| Simmons SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .281 | .332 | .435 |
| Valbuena 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .197 | .290 | .424 |
Cowart 3B
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .307 | .407 |
| Cron 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .263 | .315 | .468 |
| Maldonado C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .224 | .284 | .378 |
a-Revere PH
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .268 | .304 | .341 |
Graterol C
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .218 | .225 | .269 |
| Totals | 34 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 142 | |||
| a-singled to center for M Maldonado in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Simmons (35, Ramírez); Upton (40, Vincent) HR: Trout (28, 1st inning off Ramírez 0 on, 1 Out); Valbuena (19, 7th inning off Ramírez 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: Trout (62), Valbuena (54), Upton 2 (99) S: Phillips 2-out RBI: Valbuena Angels RISP: 1-4 (Calhoun 0-1, Valbuena 0-1, Pujols 0-1, Upton 1-1) Team LOB: 4 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Pujols (2, 2nd base off Ramírez/Zunino) | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Safeco Field, Seattle, WA |
| Attendance | 20,094 (42.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:45 |
| Weather | 64 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 1 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Ryan Additon, First Base - Todd Tichenor, Second Base - Bill Miller, Third Base - David Rackley |
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