Seattle Mariners vs Los Angeles Angels Box Score on Jul 17, 2021

David Fletcher extended his hitting streak to 26 games with three doubles and five RBIs, and Alex Cobb pitched 6 2/3 quality innings as the Los Angeles Angels defeated the Seattle Mariners 9-4 Saturday night in Anaheim, Calif.

Taylor Ward added a single, double and home run, and Jack Mayfield also homered as Los Angeles evened the three-game series at a victory apiece.

Mitch Haniger hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning for the Mariners.

Cobb (7-3) allowed one run on five hits. The right-hander walked four and struck out six.

Fletcher doubled on the first pitch of the night from Seattle left-hander Yusei Kikuchi (6-5), then came up again in the second inning with two outs and the bases loaded. He hit a liner into left-center field that Mariners rookie center fielder Jarred Kelenic appeared to misjudge, the ball sailing over his head for a three-run double.

Fletcher's streak broke a tie with Rod Carew for the second-longest in franchise history. Garret Anderson holds the record with hits in 28 straight games in 1998.

The Angels made it 4-0 in the third as Jose Iglesias and Ward hit back-to-back doubles with two outs.

Mayfield hit a solo shot to center with one out in the fourth to give the Angels a 5-0 advantage.

Seattle got on the board in the fifth. With one out, Dylan Moore and Shed Long Jr. singled and J.P. Crawford walked to load the bases. Haniger hit a sacrifice fly to right before Kyle Seager walked on four straight pitches to reload the bases. Cobb got out of the inning by getting Ty France to ground into a forceout.

Ward hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the inning to extend the lead to 7-1.

Fletcher added a two-run double in the eighth.

Kikuchi, the Mariners' lone All-Star representative, was making his first start since being activated from the coronavirus-related injured list. He allowed seven runs on nine hits in five innings, with one walk and seven strikeouts.

--Field Level Media