ANAHEIM -- Rookie first baseman Daniel Vogelbach filled in for an ailing Nelson Cruz with a mammoth two-run homer on Sunday, but the Angels pulled out a 4-3 victory to snap Seattle's three-game win streak.
The Mariners missed a chance for their first four-game series sweep of the Halos since 2005 and remain 7 1/2 games back of Oakland for the American League's second Wild Card berth at 82-67.
Seattle's elimination number is down to six games in the Wild Card race, meaning they'll be mathematically eliminated by any combination of six A's wins or Mariners losses in the final 13 games.