Mariners hold off Angels 4-3 for 10th win in 12 games

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) ' Ketel Marte drove in the tiebreaking run with a sacrifice fly, Leonys Martin scored from second base on a bunt, and the Seattle Mariners held on for a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night.Robinson Cano had three hits, Kyle Seager and Chris Iannetta each had two hits and scored a run as the Mariners won for the 10th time in 12 games to move two games behind Baltimore for the second AL wild card.Drew Storen (3-3) pitched 1 1/3 innings for the win. Mariners closer Edwin Diaz gave up a run and loaded the bases with one out in the ninth, but struck out Jefry Marte and got Andrelton Simmons to ground out for his eighth save in eight chances.Yunel Escobar went 5 for 5 for Los Angeles, his fifth career five-hit game. Since 2000, only Ichiro and Johnny Damon have more with seven each.Tyler Skaggs (1-2) gave up four runs and six hits in 3 1/3 innings.With the score tied at 2-all, Iannetta led off the fourth with a single to center and moved to third on Martin's single. After Martin stole second, Ketel Marte's sacrifice fly drove in Iannetta with the go-ahead run. Shawn O'Malley then laid down a bunt and reached base safely. Jefry Marte thired tried to throw Martin out at third but he was already breaking for home plate and scored easily on the relay.Mike Morin then came on in relief of Skaggs, who lost his second straight decision.Cody Martin, called up one day earlier to fill a vacancy in the rotation, limited the Angels to two runs on seven hits in 4 1/3 innings.Mike Trout was up twice with runners on but struck out both times. With two on in the seventh, Arquimendes Caminero struck him out with three straight 100 mile-per-hour fastballs to end the inning.The Angels' first two runs came in the first inning with Escobar scoring on Albert Pujols' single and Kole Calhoun on a sacrifice fly by Marte. Pujols now has 93 RBI, tying him for second in the American League with David Ortiz.TRAINER'S ROOMMariners: LHP James Paxton played catch and is scheduled to throw a bullpen session Thursday. If he throws without any tightness in his forearm, he'll then make a rehab start with Triple-A Tacoma on Saturday or Sunday. Paxton was placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with a left elbow contusion.Angels: C Geovany Soto was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Wednesday with right knee inflammation. Soto was scratched from the lineup on Tuesday and had fluid drained from his surgically-repaired knee. C Carlos Perez was called up to take his place on the roster.UP NEXTMariners: RHP Hisashi Iwakuma will close out the series looking for his ninth win in 10 starts. Iwakuma is 8-3 with a with a 2.86 ERA in 16 games (15 starts) against Los Angeles.Angels: RHP Matt Shoemaker is looking for his first win against Seattle this season. He's 3-4 with a 3.91 ERA against the Mariners but 0-2 with an 8.10 ERA in 2016.Join the conversation about this story
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