Mickey Moniak hit two home runs in the last three innings, including a game-winning solo shot in the ninth, leading the Los Angeles Angels to a 5-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday night.
Jo Adell also hit two home runs for the Angels, who won their second game in their last ten. Ben Joyce (2-0) pitched a scoreless inning to get the win.
“We had been grinding a little bit of late, so we’re going to do our best to lock it in and learn a lot about ourselves over these next four weeks,” Moniak said, noting he has had multiple hits in each of his last four games. “Just try to come together, finish strong and have fun.”
With two outs in the ninth inning, Moniak fouled off two 1-2 pitches from All-Star closer Andrés Muñoz (2-6) before hitting a slider over the right-field wall.
Moniak now has four home runs in his last four games, and his walk-off hit was his first multi-homer game in the majors.
Taylor Ward extended his hitting streak to a career-best 11 games for Los Angeles.
Justin Turner hit two home runs for the Mariners, who are now five games behind the first-place Houston Astros in the AL West and 4 1/2 games out of a wild-card spot.
“It’s a tough one to swallow when you play that hard and come up short,” manager Dan Wilson said.
Turner, who was acquired from Toronto in late July, has hit three home runs in 24 games with the Mariners. This was his 17th career multi-homer game and his first with Seattle.
Turner’s first home run of the game came in the second inning on a 90 mph fastball from Tyler Anderson, giving the Mariners a 1-0 lead.
Adell’s first home run of the night, off right-hander Bryan Woo, tied the game in the third. The line-drive shot to center was hit off a sinker.
“Staying through the middle was huge,” Adell said. “I was able to stay under that and do some damage with it. The approach was just to hit something hard forward, and good things happen.”
