Seattle 7, LA Angels 3
When: 10:10 PM ET, Friday, July 9, 2021
Where: T-Mobile Park, Seattle, Washington
Temperature:
75°
Umpires:
Home -
Chad Fairchild, 1B -
Kerwin Danley, 2B -
Junior Valentine, 3B -
CB Bucknor
Attendance:
20381
By Field Level Media
Mitch Haniger hit a tiebreaking grand slam in the eighth inning as the Seattle Mariners overcame a tape-measure home run by Shohei Ohtani to defeat the visiting Los Angeles Angels 7-3 Friday night.
The two-out homer, Haniger's 20th long ball of the year, came on a 2-0 pitch from left-hander Jose Quintana.
With one out in the eighth, Angels right-hander Mike Mayers (2-4) walked Shed Long Jr. Jake Bauers reached on a two-out single to shallow right field, moving Long to third. The Angels brought in Quintana to face J.P. Crawford, who drew a walk on a 3-2 pitch to load the bases for Haniger.
Right-hander Drew Steckenrider (3-2) got the victory with a scoreless inning of relief.
Ohtani hit his major-league-leading 33rd home run, a 463-foot blast into the upper deck in right field at T-Mobile Park. It was the third-longest homer in ballpark history, behind a 465-foot shot by Milwaukee's Chris Carter in 2016 and a 464-footer by the Chicago White Sox's Jose Abreu in 2017.
It was the longest hit to right field and just the sixth to reach the upper deck in a game.
Ohtani's solo shot with one out in the third inning off left-hander Marco Gonzales gave the Angels a 3-0 lead.
David Fletcher led off the game by lining the fourth pitch from Gonzales just over the wall in left field.
The Angels added a run in the second after Jose Iglesias hit a one-out triple to left. Iglesias was thrown out at the plate when Taylor Ward hit a comebacker to the mound, but Juan Lagares followed with a double to right to score Ward.
The Mariners started their comeback in the fourth. With two outs, Jake Fraley reached on a fielding error by third baseman Luis Rengifo. A wild pitch sent Fraley to second, and Luis Torrens walked. Long hit a two-run double off the left field wall to pull the Mariners within 3-2.
Seattle tied the score in the seventh on a run-scoring single by Ty France after Crawford walked and Haniger singled to right.
Gonzales allowed three runs in 5 2/3 innings while Angels starter Alex Cobb yielded two runs (both unearned) in 5 1/3 innings.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
LA Angels |
|
Seattle |
Alex Cobb |
Player |
Marco Gonzales
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
5.1 |
IP |
5.2 |
5 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
4 |
Hits |
7 |
0.00 |
ERA |
4.76 |
Hitting
LA Angels |
|
Seattle |
Jose Iglesias | Player |
Mitch Haniger
|
4 |
Hits |
2 |
0 |
RBI |
4 |
0 |
HR |
1 |
6 |
TB |
5 |
1.000 |
Avg |
.500 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
LA Angels
|
10 |
2 |
19 |
.278 |
12 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Seattle
|
8 |
1 |
13 |
.242 |
17 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
0 |
0 |