Moore, bullpen drive Mariners' 7-4 win over Angels

SEATTLE (AP) — Mitch Haniger, Dylan Moore and Tom Murphy homered, Seattle’s bullpen earned its ninth win this season and the Mariners beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-4 on Friday night.

Shohei Ohtani hit his eighth home run for the Angels, who chased Seattle starter Chris Flexen after four innings.

Four Mariners relievers combined to hold Los Angeles to one run and two hits in five innings as Seattle earned its eighth come-from-behind win this year.

Drew Steckenrider (2-1) entered at the start of the fifth and retired six straight batters, striking out the side in the sixth. Both Mike Trout and Anthony Rendon had words for plate umpire Lance Barrett in the inning after called third strikes.

“He needed to pitch,” Mariners manager Scott Servais said. “He hadn't been out there in four days, so he was our freshest arm. It was the perfect spot to put him in and he really did quiet the game down.”

Steckenrider was especially pumped about the Trout strikeout.

“That was the first time I got to face him, so I wanted to go right after him and not hold anything back,” the reliever said.

Casey Sadler and Anthony Misiewicz also contributed 1-2-3 frames as the bullpen improved to 9-4 in April with a 2.35 ERA.

Haniger hit his sixth career leadoff homer after two days off due to soreness.

Moore homered in the second to tie it at 2, drove in Ty France with a single in the third to make it 3-all and manufactured a run in the sixth to give Seattle a two-run lead. He drew a walk, advanced on Junior Guerra’s wild pitch, stole third and scored on catcher Kurt Suzuki’s errant pickoff throw.

“It's no secret I've been scuffling a little bit the past few weeks," Moore said. “Just the game of baseball, man, it’s tough and, yeah, definitely...

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