Haniger has 3 hits, Mariners hold off Angels 6-5

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mitch Haniger had three hits, including a two-run homer, and Chris Flexen continued his mastery of the Angels as the Seattle Mariners held off Los Angeles 6-5 on Friday night.

Angels second baseman David Fletcher got two hits and extended his hitting streak to 25 games, tied with Rod Carew for the second-longest in franchise history.

Despite Flexen's strong showing, Seattle's bullpen nearly blew it. The Mariners held a 6-2 advantage going into the ninth inning before the Angels took advantage of a pair of errors, scoring three times to close within a run.

With runners at the corners and two outs, Paul Sewald got Phil Gosselin to line out to right field to preserve the win.

Kyle Seager also went deep for the Mariners, who have won four of five. Haniger, who is 9 for 20 in his last five games, finished a triple shy of the cycle.

Flexen (9-3) went seven innings and allowed only one run on six hits with two strikeouts. In his last start against the Angels on July 10 he threw seven shutout innings. Sewald earned his third save after Kendall Graveman gave up three hits and three unearned runs in two-thirds of an inning.

Flexen is 4-0 in his last six starts and has permitted one run or fewer in all but one.

Max Stassi hit his seventh home run of the season for the Angels.

The game was tied at 1 in the third before Seattle broke it open with three runs. Haniger lined a one-out double to the left field corner and scored on Ty France's RBI single. Seager then gave the Mariners a 4-1 advantage when he drove a fastball from Andrew Heaney (5-7) over the wall in right for his 17th homer.

Heaney went four innings and gave up four runs on six hits with four strikeouts.

Seattle added a pair in the seventh when Haniger hit a two-run shot to left-center to extend...

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