Seattle Mariners vs Los Angeles Angels Match Player Stats On Jul 16, 2021

Kyle Seager and Mitch Haniger homered, Chris Flexen pitched seven strong innings and the Seattle Mariners held off a late rally to defeat the host Los Angeles Angels 6-5 on Friday night in Anaheim, Calif.

Flexen (9-3) won his fourth straight decision and defeated the Angels for the second time in less than a week after a 2-0 victory last Saturday in Seattle in which he allowed only three hits in seven innings. This time, the right-hander gave up six hits, including a home run to Max Stassi.

Trailing 6-2 heading into the bottom of the ninth, the Angels scored three times off Kendall Graveman, including a two-run single by Shohei Ohtani.

Jared Walsh greeted new pitcher Paul Sewald with a single to right to put runners on the corners with two outs, before the right-hander got Phil Gosselin to fly out to right field to earn his third save of the season.

Seager hit a two-run homer in the third inning to give the Mariners a 4-1 lead. Haniger added a two-run shot in the seventh, his team-leading 21st of the season, to make it 6-1.

Angels left-hander Andrew Heaney (5-7) allowed four runs on six hits in four innings. He didn't issue a walk and struck out four.

The Angels scored off left-hander Anthony Misiewicz in the eighth. David Fletcher, who earlier extended his hitting streak to 25 games, lined a single to right. He moved to second on a wild pitch and scored on Walsh's one-out single to center.

In the ninth, Adam Eaton singled with one out and pinch-hitter Luis Rengifo reached on a fielder's choice on second baseman Dylan Moore's throwing error, putting runners at second and third.

Fletcher chopped a ball down the third-base line that went off the top of the glove of a leaping Seager to score Eaton. Ohtani then lined a 2-2 pitch to center to pull the Angels within 6-5 before Sewald got out of the jam.

--Field Level Media