Seattle Mariners vs Los Angeles Angels Match Player Stats On Jun 11, 2023

Zach Neto homered twice, Shohei Ohtani had three hits and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Seattle Mariners 9-4 Sunday afternoon in the rubber game of a three-game series in Anaheim, Calif.

Matt Thaiss contributed two hits and three RBIs to an Angels offense that scored in five of eight innings and totaled 13 hits. A sign of things to come came in the first inning, when Angels leadoff hitter Taylor Ward hit Mariners starter Logan Gilbert's second pitch of the game into the left-field bullpen for a home run.

The offensive onslaught made things easier for Angels starter Griffin Canning (5-2), who gave up four runs (three earned) on seven hits in five innings. He struck out seven and did not walk a batter.

Canning has won his last three decisions, compiling a 2.63 ERA over his past four starts.

Two outs after Ward's leadoff homer off Gilbert (4-4), Brandon Drury doubled and scored on a single by Thaiss, the Angels going up 2-0. Gilbert gave up seven runs (six earned) on eight hits, struck out two and didn't issue a walk in three-plus innings.

Neto's first homer of the game, a solo drive in the second, increased the Angels' lead to 3-0 before Los Angeles added three more in the third. Ohtani and Mike Trout began the third with back-to-back singles, and one out later, both scored on a double by Thaiss.

Hunter Renfroe followed with an RBI double and the Angels led 6-0.

A two-run homer by Teoscar Hernandez in the fourth got the Mariners to within 6-2, but the Angels added a run in the bottom of the inning on a sacrifice fly by Trout to go back up 7-2.

A solo homer by Mike Ford in the fifth and a sacrifice fly by Eugenio Suarez in the sixth narrowed Seattle's deficit to 7-4.

But the Angels got two insurance runs in the eighth, with Neto leading off the inning with his second homer and Drury adding an RBI single for a 9-4 lead.

--Field Level Media