SEATTLE -- It was an evening littered with missed opportunities for the Angels.
They squandered multiple early scoring chances against left-hander Marco Gonzales and fell to the Mariners, 4-1, on Thursday night at Safeco Field. More broadly, they couldn't take advantage of an opportunity to gain some ground on Seattle in the American League Wild Card race.
By dropping two of three games this series, the Angels fell to 12 games behind the Mariners for the second AL Wild Card spot, a daunting position to be in with less than a month to go until the July 31 non-waiver Trade Deadline.