SEATTLE MARINERS

Trout homers twice, Ohtani pitches Angels past Mariners 4-1

Jun 16, 2022, 10:43 PM

              Los Angeles Angels' Mike Trout wears a cowboy hat as he is greeted in the dugout after he hit a two-run home run during the third inning of the team's baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
            
              Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani sits in the dugout before batting during the fifth inning of the team's baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
            
              Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani, right, walks to the bullpen with Ippei Mizuhara, left, his interpreter, before the team's baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
            
              Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani throws to a Seattle Mariners batter during the fourth inning of a baseball game Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
            
              Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani pauses on the mound at T-Mobile Park during the fourth inning of the team's baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
            
              Los Angeles Angels' Mike Trout hits a two-run home run during the seventh inning of the team's baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Seattle. The homer was Trout's second of the game. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
            
              Los Angeles Angels' Mike Trout runs the bases after he hit a two-run home run against the Seattle Mariners during the seventh inning of a baseball game Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Seattle. The homer was Trout's second of the night. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

SEATTLE (AP) — Mike Trout continued to torment Seattle with his 48th and 49th career home runs against his division foe, Shohei Ohtani tossed six innings of three-hit ball and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Mariners 4-1 on Thursday night.

Angels 4, Mariners 1: Box score

Trout has feasted on Seattle pitching throughout his career and this season appears to be no different. In the first meeting this year between the teams, Trout hit a pair of two-run homers to account for all of the Angels’ offense.

Trout’s first homer came off Seattle starter George Kirby in the third inning. His second came in the seventh against reliever Sergio Romo. Both times, Seattle had two outs in the inning but each time Taylor Ward singled to bring Trout to the plate.

Trout has 18 homers on the season and 30 in his career in Seattle, the most of any visiting player at T-Mobile Park. The 49 career homers against the Mariners is second-most all-time, trailing only Rafael Palmeiro, who had 52 against Seattle.

It was also his 24th career multi-homer game, seven against Seattle.

A night after breaking up Tyler Anderson’s no-hit bid with a triple in the ninth inning, Ohtani was the one shutting down batters. Ohtani allowed a pair of singles to Eugenio Suárez and a base hit to Adam Frazier but otherwise stymied Seattle’s slumping offense.

Ohtani (5-4) struck out six and won his second straight decision. Raisel Igelsias was the last of three relievers, pitching the ninth for his 13th save.

Seattle snapped a streak of 17 scoreless innings on J.P. Crawford’s RBI double in the eighth, but still scored three runs or less for the sixth time in nine games.

Kirby (1-2) continued Seattle’s stretch of strong starting pitching getting zero help from the Mariners’ anemic offense. Kirby scattered six hits over six innings with six strikeouts.

Over the past five games, Seattle’s starting pitching has allowed five earned runs over 30 2/3 innings pitched. The Mariners are 1-4 during that span.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Angels: 3B Anthony Rendon was feeling better ahead of the game and was in consideration to be a pinch-hit option, interim manager Phil Nevin said. Rendon left Tuesday’s game against the Dodgers after aggravating a right wrist injury. … SS Andrew Velazquez had the day off until the ninth inning. Nevin said he wants to get Velazquez some occasional rest.

Mariners: 1B Ty France got a day off after feeling some general soreness. … 1B Evan White restarted his rehab assignment with Triple-A Tacoma. White had sports hernia surgery in the spring and had a first stint in the minors shut down for a while.

UP NEXT

Angels: RHP Michael Lorenzen (6-3, 3.45) goes for his second straight win after throwing 6 1/3 innings and allowing one run in his last start against the New York Mets. Lorenzen has allowed three earned runs or less in seven of 10 starts.

Mariners: LHP Robbie Ray (5-6, 4.52) is coming off his best start of the season in his last outing against Boston. Ray threw seven shutout innings allowing three hits against Boston but came away with a no decision.

Mariners Updates: Upton near debut, latest on Haniger, Lewis

Date Starting Pitcher
Saturday, April 1 @ 6:40 pm

Mariners Roof Report

Brought to you by
Showers And Thunderstorms
High 48° | Low 36°
Roof is open
Guardians at Mariners today at 6:40pm

Seattle Mariners

Mariners Guardians...
The Associated Press

Steven Kwan leads Guardians’ outburst in 9-4 win over Mariners

Steven Kwan drove in five and the Cleveland Guardians took advantage of three errors by Seattle in a 9-4 win over the Mariners.
1 day ago
Mariners Jarred Kelenic...
Brandon Gustafson

Brock & Salk: The most important developments from Mariners’ opener

A lot happened during the Mariners' opening day win over the Guardians. Brock & Salk break down the three biggest developments from the game.
1 day ago
Mariners opening day...
Joe Fann

Fann: 6 takeaways from Mariners’ thrilling opening day win over Cleveland

The Mariners got an opening day win over Cleveland in a matchup of two top AL teams. Joe Fann has six things that stood out from the game.
1 day ago
Mariners Luis Castillo...
Brandon Gustafson

‘One of the best in the game’: Luis Castillo dazzles for Mariners on opening day

Luis Castillo was dominant for the Mariners in an opening day win over Cleveland, spinning six scoreless innings and allowing one baserunner.
2 days ago
Mariners Ty France...
The Associated Press

France’s homer in 8th rallies Mariners to 3-0 win over Guardians

J.P. Crawford’s walk helped by a pitch-clock violation on James Karinchak sparked an eighth-inning rally that was capped by Ty France’s three-run homer, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Cleveland Guardians 3-0.
2 days ago
Mariners Matt Brash...
Brent Stecker

Mariners’ Matt Brash just made one of MLB’s best hitters look ridiculous

Matt Brash started the Mariners season with a memorable moment, sending an All-Star hitting flying on an impressive strikeout.
2 days ago
Trout homers twice, Ohtani pitches Angels past Mariners 4-1