Moniak’s final two home runs, including a hit, gave the Angels a 5-4 victory over the Mariners.
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Mickey Moniak hit two home runs in the final three innings, including a game-ending solo shot in the ninth, to lift 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 for just the second time in 10 games. Ben Joyce (2-0) pitched a scoreless inning to earn the win.
“We’ve been working hard lately, so we’re going to do our best to focus and learn a lot about ourselves over the next four weeks,” said Moniak, who has multiple hits in each of his last four games. “We’ve just got to try to come together, finish strong and have fun.”
With two outs in the ninth, Moniak fouled off a pair of 1-2 pitches from All-Star closer Andrés Muñoz (2-6) before launching a slider over the right-field wall.
Moniak has hit four home runs in his last four games, after his first home run gave him his first multi-homer game in the major leagues.
Taylor Ward extended his hitting streak to a career-high 11 games for Los Angeles.
Justin Turner hit two homers for the Mariners, who are five games behind the AL West-leading Houston Astros and 4 1/2 games out of a wild-card spot.
“It’s a tough pill to swallow when you play that hard and you come up short,” manager Dan Wilson said.
Turner, acquired in late July from Toronto, hit three home runs in 24 games with the Mariners. It was his 17th career multi-homer game and his first in a Seattle uniform.
Turner’s first home run of the game came in the second inning on a 90 mph fastball from Tyler Anderson to give the Mariners a 1-0 lead.
Adell’s first hit of the night off right-hander Bryan Woo tied the game in the third inning. The straight-line home run to center field came off a sinker.
“Staying in the middle was huge,” Adell said. “I was able to stay underneath and do some damage with it. The approach was just to hit something hard forward, and good things happened.”
The Mariners took a 4-1 lead in the fourth inning on another solo home run by Turner, this one on a 79 mph changeup by Anderson, and a two-run single by Julio Rodriguez.
Adell hit his second home run of the game and 20th of the season in the sixth inning. The Angels tied it at 4 in the seventh inning when Moniak hit a two-run home run to right.
After hitting .207 in July, Moniak hit .360 in August with six home runs.
“I think at first I had a little problem with my ankle, but that’s no excuse,” Moniak said. “I definitely feel like I’m starting to feel better, physically and mentally.”
Los Angeles had a chance to take the lead in the eighth inning, but Jack Lopez’s bunt was just in front of the plate, allowing Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh to tag Ward as he tried to score before throwing to first base to complete the double play.
Anderson allowed four runs and six hits with three walks in four innings in his shortest outing of the season.
Woo allowed four runs and five hits in 6 1/3 innings for Seattle.
Angels shortstop Zach Neto was replaced by a pinch hitter in the sixth inning after a fielding error on a routine ground ball. He was also out of position on a pickoff play in Seattle’s three-run Game 4. The usually confident infielder has three errors in his last two games.
“I didn’t want to lecture him to hurt his feelings, but he wasn’t interested,” Angels manager Ron Washington said. “Since he wasn’t interested, I took him out of the game.”
Neto said somberly: “Wash and I have a really good relationship and he thought it was best to get me out of there at that time. I respect that and I’m just trying to be the best teammate I can be.”
TRAINERS’ ROOM
Angels: Right-handed relief pitcher Carson Fulmer, placed on the disabled list Friday with elbow inflammation, had an MRI that came back positive. He hasn’t ruled out pitching again this season.
FOLLOWING
Mariners: Right-handed pitcher Bryce Miller (10-7, 3.23 ERA) tied a career high with 10 strikeouts in a win Monday against the Rays.
Angels: Right-handed pitcher Caden Dana, the club’s top right-handed pitching prospect, will make his major league debut Sunday after posting a 2.52 ERA in 23 starts at Double-A.
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A previous version of this story was corrected to correct the spelling of Adell’s first name.
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