ANAHEIM – The home runs came just a little too late.
For eight innings on Sunday, the Mariners weren’t the team hitting homers, they were the team getting homered upon. It was a reversal of the previous three games at Angels stadium where Seattle hitters pummeled Angels pitchers with dingers.
Unfortunately, the Mariners’ three-homer explosion in the top of the ninth wasn’t enough to overcome a serious deficit created by their bullpen in the two innings prior.
Instead of magical rally for a victory and four-game series sweep, Seattle had to settle for a series win after an 8-6 loss to the Angels.