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Clips

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Today’s Clips Contents

FROM THE LOS ANGELES TIME (Page 3)

Angels avoid sweep, move one game out of wild-card spot with 5-3 win at Seattle

FROM THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER (Page 5)

Justin Upton delivers big blow in Angels victory over Mariners

Angels Notes: Andrew Heaney to undergo an MRI exam on Monday

FROM ANGELS.COM (Page 8)

Upton's clutch 2B powers Angels past Mariners

Angels have all the right moves after gamble

Maldonado proving invaluable to Angels

Angels optimistic Heaney will avoid DL

Richards, Angels continue WC push vs. Astros

FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (Page 13)

Upton's two-run double helps Angels beat Mariners 5-3

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FROM THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

Angels avoid sweep, move one game out of wild-card spot with 5-3 win at Seattle

By Pedro Moura

The sun shined brighter than usual at Safeco Field on Sunday afternoon, so Mike Trout went to Justin

Uptonwith a proposition.

“Anything in that gap, I’ll catch,” Trout said of left-center field, where their positions meet. “Unless

you’re camped.”

Soon, a ball soared toward that gap, with two outs and a man on third in the second inning. Trout glided

to the spot where it would land. By the time he arrived, Upton had camped under it, so Trout said

nothing and ceded the catch to his new teammate.

At the last second, Upton stepped away and the ball landed as an RBI triple, a gift that helped

the Seattle Mariners score most of their runs in a 5-3 Angels victory.

“I was under it,” Upton said. “I just heard — I’m not going to say where it was from — but I heard

someone else calling for it.”

Trout said they concurred that the noise came from behind them, where the Mariners’ bullpen and a

raucous bar are both located. Then, to end the sixth, Upton caught another ball in the same spot and

heard the call again. As he jogged to the Angels’ dugout, he motioned back toward the area and

shouted.

Frustrated, Upton stepped up in the eighth inning after the Mariners intentionally walked Trout. The

game was tied, 2-2, and he faced Nick Vincent, who struck him out on Friday. Just like that night, Vincent

started Upton with a cutter near the middle of the plate.

This time, Upton drilled it to the wall, the same spot where the mix-up occurred. The double scored the

Angels two necessary runs.

“Those situations are fun, man,” Upton said. “You won’t always come through. But, when you do, it’s

fun.”

Upton scored an insurance run, alertly taking off from third base on a mildly wild pitch from left-

hander Marc Rzepczynski.

In Sunday’s first inning, Trout fell behind 0 and 2, then watched three balls pass him by before he

pounced on an Erasmo Ramirez cutter and clubbed it 401 feet for a homer to center. They managed just

three more hits until Luis Valbuena golfed a game-tying, two-out homer in the seventh.

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The gifted second-inning runs were all the Mariners managed against Angels starter Parker Bridwell,

who struck out two and yielded seven hits in six innings but stranded runners at a prodigious rate. He

repeatedly has done that in his surprise rookie season.

“They got a couple runs off of him,” Angels manager Mike Sciosciasaid, “but all those balls weren’t hit

very hard.”

In a month when he has set an American League record for pitchers used, Scioscia on Sunday relied

upon a much more traditional formula. Right-handers Cam Bedrosian, Blake Parker and Yusmeiro Petit

handled an inning each, with Jean Segura’s solo shot off Parker the extent of their mistakes.

Afterward, Trout spoke about his approach. Until Sunday’s homer, he had only one hit in the Angels’

past five games. He had been walking so much that he was swinging too late when he saw an agreeable

pitch.

“Once they throw a pitch I can hit, I need to be swinging at it,” Trout said. “I gotta be selective as well.

But when the pitch is there, you gotta do some damage with it.”

He did, and the Angels rose to only one game behind Minnesota in the American League wild-card

chase. At 73-70, 19 games remain in their season, and nine are against the league’s two best teams:

Houston and Cleveland.

Football dominated the day in the Angels’ clubhouse. The team has been eschewing formalwear in favor

of football jerseys for every leg of this three-city road trip, of which Sunday marked the conclusion.

Three hours before first pitch marked kickoff of NFL Week 1, and the Angels watched the later games as

they dressed afterward.

Every big play fostered a reaction throughout the room. There are favorite teams and fantasy teams to

monitor. There is fun to be had, on the baseball field and off of it.

“We’re coming in here, we’re all loose,” Trout said. “It’s going to be a fun next few weeks.”

Heaney update

Left-hander Andrew Heaney will undergo an MRI examination on his left shoulder Monday, Angels

general manager Billy Eppler said. Heaney exited his Saturday start in the third inning because of what

he described as tightness in the shoulder. Heaney said his concern level was minimal. Scioscia refused to

rule out Heaney from the Angels’ next turn through their rotation. Because of Monday’s off day, that

could come as late as Saturday.

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FROM THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

Justin Upton delivers big blow in Angels victory over Mariners

By Jeff Fletcher

SEATTLE — Justin Upton used his bat to quiet the voices that been haunting him.

Not voices in his head. Actual voices.

Upton’s two-run double in the eighth-inning snapped a tie in the Angels’ 5-3 victory over the Seattle

Mariners on Sunday, the happy ending to a day that earlier included Upton allowing a key fly ball to drop

because he heard “someone” call for it.

For as much as the Mariners and the Safeco Field crowd enjoyed parlaying the missed fly ball into two runs

in the second inning, Upton got those back in the eighth.

Just after Mike Trout was intentionally walked, Upton smoked a first-pitch double into left-center — around

the same spot on the field where he’d had the earlier miscommunication — that drove in two runs. Upton

then alertly came home on a wild pitch that got only about 10 feet away from the plate.

“It’s exciting,” Upton said. “These guys don’t know me very well, but we’re getting to know each other. To

finally get a big hit and help the team win a ballgame is exciting.”

The win pulled the Angels back within one game of the Minnesota Twins for the second wild-card spot, with

19 games to play.

In the nine games since the Angels acquired Upton, he has shown how much he can impact the lineup. He’s

also had a few forgettable moments in left field. He made an error, lost a ball in the sun and then dealt with

Sunday’s incident, right in front of the Mariners bullpen.

“I was under it,” Upton said. “I just heard — I’m not going to say where it was from — but I heard someone

else calling for it. Mike said he didn’t call it.”

Said Trout: “We heard something else coming from behind us, like ‘I got it, I got it.’”

The fly ball that dropped in the second, with two outs, led to the Mariners scoring twice to go up 2-1. They

led by the same score in the bottom of the sixth, when Upton caught a ball in left center. He cast a glance

behind him after the catch, and then he and Trout talked as they jogged in the dugout.

The next half-inning, Luis Valbuena’s 19th homer of the year tied the game, 2-2.

The game was still tied in the eighth, when Ben Revere led off with a single. Manager Mike Scioscia had

Brandon Phillips sacrifice Revere to second, which he certainly knew meant taking the bat out of Trout’s

hands. After the Mariners put Trout on, Upton came to the plate in a 1-for-14 mini-slump. He nonetheless

delivered his biggest hit with his new team.

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“It’s fun anytime you’re challenged,” Upton said. “You look a challenge in the face and do your best. I came

out on top today.”

Blake Parker then worked the eighth — Scioscia liked him against the lefty-loaded top of the Seattle order

— and Yusmeiro Petit worked the ninth to secure the victory.

It was a win that contained two elements the Angels need if they are going to make the playoffs. Starter

Parker Bridwell pitched six innings and allowed only those two runs created by the fly ball mishap, providing

the kind of work the Angels have lacked from their rotation.

Also, the middle of the order produced, with Trout homering for the Angels’ first run and Upton delivering

the two biggest at the end. Albert Pujols also singled — and crushed a fly ball to the warning track — to

extend his hitting streak to eight games, in which he’s hit .486.

“I think that a couple things are happening which are really encouraging,” Scioscia said. “Not only Justin

coming over but Albert is really hitting the ball hard. To get those three in the middle swinging to their

capabilities is going to be huge for us. There are a lot of positive things that haven’t been part of our offense

this year that are here now, so that’s big.”

Angels Notes: Andrew Heaney to undergo an MRI exam on Monday

By Jeff Fletcher

SEATTLE — Andrew Heaney will undergo an MRI exam on Monday, as the Angels try to determine how to

proceed after shoulder stiffness knocked him out of Saturday night’s game.

“Hopefully, it’s a little stiffness that will work its way out,” Manager Mike Scioscia said Sunday morning.

“We’ll see when he gets back on the mound and can test it in a bullpen. We’re going to take this one step at

a time, obviously erring on the side of caution with Andrew, with everything he’s been through.”

Last month Heaney returned from Tommy John surgery after just 13 1/2 months, significantly beating the

Angels’ projection that he wouldn’t pitch in the majors until 2018.

In his fifth start since returning, though, Heaney said he felt tightness on his last two pitches on Saturday

night. He came out of the game in the third inning. Heaney said after the game he was “not very concerned”

and he hoped to resume throwing within a few days.

On Sunday morning, Scioscia left open the possibility that Heaney could take his next turn, which the Angels

could push back to Saturday because of Monday’s off day.

However, considering the risk involved in sending Heaney back to the mound, and also the fact that he had

a 7.06 ERA as he struggled to regain to his form, it would not be a surprise if the Angels shut him down for

the season.

The Angels have already seen five other starting pitchers suffer significant injuries this year: Garrett

Richards, Tyler Skaggs, Matt Shoemaker, JC Ramirez and Alex Meyer. The latter three are out for the season.

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That doesn’t even include Nick Tropeano, who is missing this season rehabbing from last August’s Tommy

John surgery.

If the Angels need to replace Heaney over the final three weeks, they would likely take advantage of their

14-man bullpen to run a series of relievers to the mound. Jesse Chavez and Troy Scribner, who are currently

in the bullpen, have both started this season. Although either could make it five or six innings, the Angels

would likely have a short leash on either of them.

BRIDWELL’S DAY

Parker Bridwell responded from allowing 13 runs in his previous two starts, giving up just two in six innings,

on 81 pitches, on Sunday.

“I’m really happy about the changes I made,” Bridwell said. “The execution of pitches was where it needed

to be today.”

Bridwell said he didn’t alter anything mechanically. He just executed his pitches better, throwing them more

aggressively in the strike zone. He struck out only two, but induced plenty of soft contact to work his way

through the Seattle lineup.

“This is the big leagues, strikeouts are a lot harder to come by,” Bridwell said. “If I can get out of an AB in

two pitches, I’m going to look to do that. I’m going to be as efficient as possible and try to go as deep as

possible.”

The Angels definitely needed Bridwell to do that. In eight of their previous 10 games, the starter had failed

to even finish four innings. Bridwell had the Angels third quality start since Aug. 26.

ALSO

The Angels have not lost four games in a row since April. Bridwell was the starting pitcher in four of the

victories that snapped three-game losing streaks, including Sunday’s…

Albert Pujols stole his second base of the season, taking off in the first inning when the Mariners didn’t hold

him first. The steal, and Pujols’ attempt at a double on Saturday, demonstrate that his knee is likely

improved since receiving a lubricating injection last week. “He’s moving better,” Scioscia said. “He’s dealt

with a lot. His legs are holding up well in the batter’s box.”…

Catcher Martin Maldonado had Angels’ defensive play of the game. In the third inning, a ball got about 15

feet away from him, and Nelson Cruz tried to go to second. Maldonado got to the ball quickly and fired to

second, nailing Cruz.

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FROM ANGELS.COM

Upton's clutch 2B powers Angels past Mariners

By Josh Horton and Doug Miller / MLB.com

SEATTLE -- Justin Upton ripped a two-run, tiebreaking double off Mariners reliever Nick Vincent in the

eighth to boost the Angels to a 5-3 win over the Mariners at Safeco Field on Sunday and avoid a series

sweep.

The Angels picked up a game on the Twins, who lost to the Royals, 11-3, for the second American

League Wild Card spot with the win and now sit one game back of Minnesota. The Mariners remain

three games back with the loss, but allowed Kansas City to leapfrog them in the standings.

Upton's double to the right-center-field gap came on a first-pitch offering from Vincent to plate Ben

Revere and Mike Trout. Revere reached on a leadoff single, Phillips moved him over to second with a

sacrifice bunt and the Mariners intentionally walked Trout to set the stage for Upton.

"Those situations are fun," said Upton, who scored the team's final run on a wild pitch later in the

inning. "Tie ballgame and you've got a chance to put your team ahead. You don't always come through,

but when you do it's fun."

Angels starter Parker Bridwell was handed a no-decision after allowing two runs on seven hits over six

innings. Yusmeiro Petit earned his third save of the season with a clean ninth inning. Petit, Cam

Bedrosian and Blake Parker combined to allow only one hit in three relief frames, the hit being a home

run from Jean Segura off Parker to lead off the eighth.

"From the outset, you saw a better tempo in his delivery," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said of

Bridwell. "I think he got back into his rhythm, found his release point, and really pitched well. They got

some runs, but I don't think a lot of balls were hit very hard."

Vincent continued his struggles against the Angels, having been tagged for all three of Los Angeles' runs

in the eighth. He owns a 12.60 ERA in six appearances against the Angels this season.

"He's our eighth-inning guy, seventh or eighth, wherever their big part of their lineup is coming up. I

thought that was a good spot to have him in there, but they were on him," Mariners manager Scott

Servais said. "Soft hit, then Upton jumped on a first-pitch cutter that didn't cut that much. It happens."

Mariners starter Erasmo Ramirez posted his sixth consecutive quality start and the Mariners' eighth

quality start in September, as the right-hander allowed two runs on seven hits while striking out a

season-high seven and walking none over six-plus innings.

"I thought Erasmo Ramirez was awesome today," Servais said. "I thought his sinker was outstanding, it's

right on the edges. I thought he and [catcher Mike Zunino] worked really well together. He just got too

much of the plate there against Valbuena, but he gave us everything he had."

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MOMENTS THAT MATTERED

Valbuena ties it up: Luis Valbuena ripped a line drive home run to right-center field off Ramirez in the

sixth to tie the game at two. The homer knocked Ramirez out of the game on a sour note, as he retired

18 of his last 20 batters between his two home runs allowed.

"I tried to keep it close to the strike zone, it looks like it was too close," Ramirez said. "Just a mistake. He

made me pay. Keep it too close to the strike zone, he put a good swing and tied the game."

Lack of communication costly: Upton and Trout failed to communicate on a high fly ball off the bat

of Ben Gamel to the left-center field gap and the fell to the grass, allowing Gamel to glide into third with

a triple with two outs. That plated Kyle Seagerfrom third and extended the inning, allowing Seattle to

tack on another run on Zunino's RBI bloop single to right field.

"I was under it," Upton said. "I just heard -- and I'm not going to say where it's from -- but I heard

somebody else calling it and Mike said he didn't call it, so …"

QUOTABLE

"Upton's having an outstanding offensively season, but you're going to matchups or trusting our guys

are going to get it done, and the number dictating that we should have gone after him based on what

[Vincent] had done in the past. But we're certainly going to put Mike Trout on base. He's earned that

and everyone in the league would do that with him." -- Servais, on intentionally walking Trout in the

eighth

WHAT'S NEXT

Angels: The Angels get a day off on Monday and will travel back to Anaheim to get ready for a three-

game series against the Astros that begins Tuesday at 7:07 p.m. PT. In that game, right-hander Garrett

Richards (0-0, 1.13) will get the ball opposite Houston right-hander Justin Verlander.

Mariners: The Mariners head out on a seven-game road trip that begins on Monday at 5:05 p.m. PT with

a four-game set against the Rangers in Arlington. Ariel Miranda (8-6, 4.72 ERA) toes the rubber following

a six-inning, no-hit outing with six walks against the Astros.

Watch every out-of-market regular-season game live on MLB.TV.

Notes: Bullpen will create a Google doc for each game First version should generally consist of lede and

moments that mattered. If game is decided late, ok to do lede first, then go back for the moments.

Angels have all the right moves after gamble

By Doug Miller / MLB.com

SEATTLE -- Just like they drew it up, right?

While it seems like not much has gone according to plan lately for the Angels, who still have managed to

find themselves in the heat of a Wild Card race, things came together at precisely the right time Sunday

in their 5-3 win over the Mariners to salvage a game from the three-game weekend series.

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With the game tied at 2 and the Angels coming to bat in the eighth inning at Safeco Field, manager Mike

Scioscia elected to go with pinch-hitter Ben Revere against tough Mariners setup man Nick Vincent. In

the first game of the set, Vincent jammed Revere and got him out, but Revere got payback Sunday with

a clean single to center field.

Leadoff man Brandon Phillips sacrifice-bunted Revere to second, prompting a predictable intentional

walk to No. 2 hitter Mike Trout. That gave one of the newest Angels, outfielder Justin Upton, an

opportunity to cash in, and he did not disappoint. Upton's two-RBI double to the gap in left-center field

broke open the game. Upton scored later in the inning on a wild pitch by Marc Rzepczynski, and the

Angels held on for a crucial victory after losses Friday and Saturday.

"It's exciting, man," said Upton, who has 99 RBIs this season, which ranks fourth in the American League.

"These guys don't know me very well, but we're getting to know each other, and to finally get a big hit

and help the team win a ballgame is exciting.

"Any time you're challenged, you look the challenge in the face and do your best. I came out on top

today."

So did the Angels, who were set to board their team plane with their favorite football jerseys on their

backs and smiles on their faces. They exit Seattle trailing the Minnesota Twins by a mere game in the AL

Wild Card standings, and they like what they're seeing from Upton, Trout, who hit his 28th homer

Sunday, and Albert Pujols, who has hit safely in nine consecutive games, batting .486 (18-for-37) with

two homers and 15 RBIs in that span.

"I think that a couple of things are happening that are really encouraging," Scioscia said. "Not only Justin

coming over, but Albert has really been hitting the ball hard. And to get those three [with Trout] in the

middle swinging to their capabilities is going to be huge for us.

"As our lineup lengthens, even with two outs you can create something where somebody can drive the

ball. There's a lot of positive things that are a big part of our offense this year that are happening now.

So that's big."

Revere said Sunday's win was vitally important for the Angels before heading home and into an off-day

after a nine-day road trip in the division in which the team went 4-5.

"It's definitely coming down to the wire to try to get a spot," Revere said. "Everybody's in there battling

their tails off, and it's fun to be a part of September baseball. You're playing for something."

Maldonado proving invaluable to Angels

By Doug Miller / MLB.com

SEATTLE -- It's customary for starting catchers in the Major Leagues to get day games off after they

played the previous night, but Martin Maldonado caught Saturday and was penciled in for Sunday

afternoon's series finale against the Mariners. The Angels won, 5-3.

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It was a subtle reminder of how valuable Maldonado has become in his first season as a full-timer.

Maldonado came to the Angels in a December trade after parts of six seasons as the Milwaukee

Brewers' backup catcher. Prior to this season, he had career highs of 233 at-bats (2012) and 79 games

(2015). After Sunday, he was at 389 at-bats and 123 games.

The Angels wagered that Maldonado, who always had one of the best throwing arms from behind the

plate, was starting catching material at the age of 30, and they have been proven correct.

"I think he's holding up very well and we'll continue to monitor it," said Angels manager Mike Scioscia, a

former All-Star catcher who often speaks about how success in baseball begins and ends with the

pitcher-catcher relationship.

"But he's still doing things at a very high level that we need. Physically, he's always had the potential to

do this, and mentally he hasn't skipped a beat. He's been terrific."

Maldonado has not been an offensive force -- after Sunday he was slashing .224/.284/.378 -- but he has

hit 14 home runs and 16 doubles. Again, however, this is not the priority from the backstop position

under Scioscia. Maldonado's 39.1 percent success rate in throwing out basestealers, which ranks second

in the American League, is one tangible number that helps explain his MLB-leading 123 games caught.

"I don't think there's a catcher in the league that doesn't have some fatigue through attrition," Scioscia

said. "But he's still doing the important things for us back there and he certainly isn't a risk with the

workload where it is.

"On the offensive side, it's a long season and at times he's had some hot and cold spells, but as far as his

game plan, the way he's worked with pitchers and behind the plate, he's been a major influence on why

a lot of our pitchers have performed at a high level. And that's the biggest thing that a catcher needs to

bring."

Angels optimistic Heaney will avoid DL

Starter left Saturday's game with left shoulder soreness

By Doug Miller / MLB.com

SEATTLE -- There was nothing new to report Sunday morning after Saturday starter Andrew

Heaney exited his outing in the third inning because of shoulder soreness, but the Angels remained

hopeful that it might not be a disabled-list situation. Manager Mike Scioscia said the club was hoping to

avoid an MRI, but that it was too early to tell.

"Hopefully it's a little stiffness that's going to work its way out," Scioscia said before Sunday's game,

which the Angels won, 5-3. "Obviously erring on the side of caution with Andrew with everything he's

been through."

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Heaney, who missed most of 2016 and much of this season because of Tommy John elbow surgery,

could miss at least one start, Scioscia said, for precautionary reasons, at which point the Angels could fill

his turn with a "bullpen game" or possibly a Jesse Chavez spot start. As of Sunday morning, these were

possibilities that would become more concrete once Heaney's condition was better known.

"I think we're going to see what this next week brings, who we have to use," Scioscia said. "We'll let the

medical department evaluate it. If it's just some routine stiffness to be worked out, we can push him

back a little bit because of the off-day and see where he is."

Richards, Angels continue WC push vs. Astros

By Alex Simon / MLB.com

With three weeks left in the regular season, the Astros and Angels will begin a three-game series

Tuesday night in Anaheim.

It will be the second start that Justin Verlander makes for Houston after being acquired in a trade with

the Tigers on Aug. 31. Verlander was solid in his Astros debut, allowing one run in six innings on Sept. 5

in Seattle. The right-hander punched out seven to extend his streak of striking out at least six to 10

straight starts.

"That first [start] is always pretty exciting. It felt like Opening Day," Verlander said. "You get happy to get

out there and be part of a new team. But then once that's over, it's kind of like business as usual. Go

back to my routine and get ready for my next start."

With six days off in between starts, Verlander threw two bullpen sessions in Oakland to try and stay

sharp. He's done that for most of the season, going 11-8 with a 3.74 ERA across 29 starts.

For the Angels, right-hander Garrett Richards will make his second start since returning from an irritated

nerve in his right biceps. Richards left his season-opening outing with the injury on Apr. 5.

In his return against the A's on Sept. 5, Richards allowed one run in 3 1/3 innings, striking out three. The

righty threw 52 pitches after manager Mike Scioscia said he'd be around a 50-pitch limit, and will likely

have a limited pitch count again on Tuesday.

Three things to watch for in this game

• Richards will be making his first start at Angel Stadium since April 25, 2016. In his career, he's 22-12

with a 3.41 ERA at his home ballpark.

• Albert Pujols has fared well against Verlander in his career, going 7-for-21 with three doubles and a

homer.

• Verlander has had success against Mike Trout, but when Trout hits the right-hander, he hits him hard,

as both of his hits in 16 at-bats are homers.

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FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Upton's two-run double helps Angels beat Mariners 5-3

Associated Press

SEATTLE -- Justin Upton is enjoying his change of scenery into the midst of a playoff race.

Upton had a two-run double in the eighth inning to help Los Angeles avoid a sweep with a 5-3 win over

the Seattle Mariners on Sunday, moving the Angels one game out of the second wild card spot.

"It's exciting," said Upton, acquired from Detroit on Aug. 31. "These guys don't know me very well, but

we're getting to know each other. To finally get a big hit and help the team win a ballgame, it's exciting."

Mike Trout and Luis Valbuena had solo homers as Los Angeles moved a game behind Minnesota, which

lost 11-3 to Kansas City.

Ben Rivera opened the eighth with a pinch-hit single to center off Nick Vincent(3-2), who relieved to

start the inning. Brandon Phillips' sacrifice moved Rivera to second and Trout was walked intentionally.

Upton followed with a double to the gap in left-center to make it 4-2.

Upton advanced on Albert Pujols' fly out and scored on a wild pitch by Marc Rzepczynski.

"Those situations are fun," said Upton, who raised his season RBI total to 99. "Tie ballgame and you've

got a chance to put your team ahead. You don't always come through, but when you do, it's fun."

Jean Segura opened the bottom half with his ninth homer to pull Seattle to 5-3.

Cam Bedrosian (6-4) pitched a scoreless seventh for the victory. Blake Parkerstruck out the side in the

eighth after Segura's homer, and Yusmeiro Petit closed with a perfect ninth for his third save.

"Offensively, I thought we hit some balls really good today," said Mariners manager Scott Servais.

"Unfortunately, we hit them to Mike Trout in center field, the deepest part of the ballpark."

Valbuena brought the Angels even at 2-2 with a two-out solo homer off starter Erasmo Ramirez in the

seventh, his 19th.

Seattle, which remained three games back in the wild-card chase, erased a 1-0 deficit with two runs in

the second off Parker Bridwell. Kyle Seager doubled to open and advanced to third on Mitch Haniger's

single. Haniger was thrown out trying to steal second, but Ben Gamel followed with a triple when his fly

ball to the gap fell between left fielder Justin Upton and center fielder Trout. Mike Zunino singled in

Gamel.

"When people get on, that's all you can do," said Bridwell, who allowed just two singles over the next

four innings. "Just give up those two runs and look to minimize the rest.

Trout put the Angels up 1-0 in the first with his 28th homer, a one-out solo shot to center.

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TRAINER'S ROOM

Angels: LHP Andrew Heaney left Saturday's game in the third inning with a sore shoulder, but it is not

known if he will miss his next scheduled start.

Mariners: RHP Felix Hernandez (right shoulder bursitis) and LHP James Paxton (strained left pectoral

muscle) are scheduled to return during the upcoming road trip. Hernandez (5-4, 4.28) is scheduled to

start Thursday at Texas, followed by Paxton (12-3, 2.78) on Friday at Houston. Both Hernandez and

Paxton are expected to have limited pitch counts initially. "The biggest thing is get those guys out there,

hopefully if they feel good and healthy and then build upon that one for the next one," manager Scott

Servais said. "We're looking at those guys making four starts for us and hopefully all four are really

important."

UP NEXT

Angels: After a day off Monday, the Angels open a three-game series at home against Houston.

RHP Garrett Richards (0-0, 1.13) makes his second start after missing 135 games on the DL with a right

bicep strain suffered in the season opener. In his first start back, Richards allowed one run on four hits in

3 1/3 with three strikeouts and one walk in a 52- pitch outing against Oakland.

Mariners: LHP Ariel Miranda (8-6, 4.72) makes his team-leading 29th start to open the four-game series

at Texas on Monday. In his last start, he pitched six hitless innings, but walked six. Miranda has a no-

decision in eight of his last 11 starts.