The Seattle Mariners suffered a gut-punch loss on Saturday night, falling 5-4 to the Los Angeles Angels an Angels Stadium. The loss dropped the M’s to 69-67 on the season and 5.0 games back in the American League West race. They are also 4.5 games back of the third and final wild card spot with 26 games to play.

Despite the collective disappointment, the game was an individual success for veteran Justin Turner, who went 3-for-5 with two home runs, two runs scored and two RBI.

With his multi-homer game, he joined a very select club in team history, according to @MarinersPR:

first baseman Justin Turner clubbed 2 home runs last night, his 17th career multi-homer game and his first with Seattle…the 39-year-old Turner is the 3rd Seattle player age 39-or-older to hit 2+ home runs in a game, joining current hitting coach Edgar Martinez (2x, 5/27/2003 and 9/8/2004) and Raúl Ibañez( 3x, 5/15/2013, 6/23/2013 and 7/12/2013).

That’s very impressive for Turner, who has been one of the best hitters in baseball over the last decade. Traded from the Toronto Blue Jays to the Mariners at the trade deadline, he’s hitting .251 this season with nine homers, 44 RBI and a .714 OPS.

For his career, he’s a .285 hitter with 196 homers and 803 RBI. He’s played 16 years in the big leagues with the Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, Blue Jays and Mariners.

He helped the Dodgers win the 2020 World Series and is a two-time All-Star.

The Mariners will play the Angels on Sunday at 1:07 p.m. PT.

NEW PODCAST IS OUT: The latest episode of the “Refuse to Lose” podcast is out as Brady Farkas talks about the criticism that Jerry Dipoto has received in Scott Servais’s firing, the M’s early success under Dan Wilson and the comments made by Ryan Divish recently on the “Marine Layer” podcast. Furthermore, Danny O’Neil, who wrote a tough column calling for Dipoto to be fired joins the show. CLICK HERE:

ROBLES KEEPS MAKING HISTORY: Victor Robles is a history-maker on the bases! CLICK HERE:

JULIO CLOSING IN ON HISTORY: Julio Rodriguez is working to join Ichiro Suzuki in team history. CLICK HERE:

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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mickey Moniak hit two home runs over the final three innings, including a game-ending solo shot in the ninth, to rally the Los Angeles Angels past the Seattle Mariners 5-4 on Saturday night.

Los Angeles Angels 5, Seattle Mariners 4: Box Score

Joe Adell also homered twice 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 had been grinding a little bit of late, so we’re going to do our best to lock it in and learn a lot about ourselves over these next four weeks,” said Moniak, who has multiple hits in each of his last four games. “Just 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 driving a slider over the right-field wall.

Moniak has four home runs in his past four games, after his first walk-off drive gave him his first multi-homer game in the majors.

Taylor Ward extended his hitting streak to a career-best 11 games for Los Angeles.

Justin Turner hit two home runs for the Mariners, who fell five games behind the first-place Houston Astros in the AL West and remained 4 1/2 games out of a wild-card spot.

“It’s a tough one to swallow when you play that hard and come up short,” manager Dan Wilson said.

Turner, acquired in late July from Toronto, has three homers in 24 games with the Mariners. It was his 17th career multi-homer game and 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 of the night off right-hander Bryan Woo evened the score in the third. The line-drive homer to center came off a sinker.

“Staying through the middle was huge,” Adell said. “I was able to stay under that and do some damage with it. The approach was just to hit something hard forward, and good things happen.”

The Mariners grabbed a 4-1 lead in the fourth on another solo home run from Turner, this one on a 79 mph changeup from Anderson, and a two-run single from Julio Rodríguez.

Adell hit his second of the game and 20th of the season in the sixth. The Angels got even at 4 in the seventh when Moniak hit a two-run homer to right.

After batting .207 through July, Moniak hit .360 in August with six home runs.

“I think in the beginning, I was dealing with a little bit of an ankle thing, but that’s not an excuse,” Moniak said. “I definitely feel now like I’m starting to feel better, physically and mentally.”

Los Angeles had a chance to take the lead in the eighth but Jack Lopez’s squeeze bunt was right in front of the plate, allowing Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh to tag Ward trying to score before throwing to first base to complete the double play.

Anderson gave up four runs and six hits with three walks over four innings in his shortest outing of the season.

Woo allowed four runs and five hits over 6 1/3 innings for Seattle.

Angels shortstop Zach Neto was removed for a pinch hitter in the sixth, one inning after a fielding error on a routine grounder. He was also out of position on a pickoff play in Seattle’s three-run fourth. The typically sure-handed fielder has three errors in his past two games.

“I wasn’t trying to send a lesson to hurt his feelings, but he wasn’t into it,” Angels manager Ron Washington said. “Since he wasn’t into it, I removed him from the game.”

Said a somber Neto: “Me and Wash have a really good relationship and he thought it was best to take me out in that moment. I respect it and just try to be the best teammate.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

Angels: RHP Carson Fulmer, placed on the injured list Friday with elbow inflammation, had an MRI that came back clean. He hasn’t ruled out pitching again this season.

UP NEXT

Mariners: RHP Bryce Miller (10-7, 3.23 ERA) matched a career high with 10 strikeouts in a win Monday against the Rays.

Angels: RHP Caden Dana, the club’s top pitching prospect, will make his major league debut Sunday after compiling a 2.52 ERA in 23 starts at Double-A.

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The Seattle Mariners blitzed the Los Angeles Angels on Friday, scoring five runs in the top of the first inning en route to a 9-5 win at Angels Stadium.

Victor Robles played a huge role in the victory, going 3-for-5 with two RBI and a stolen base. The stolen base was his 21st of the season and 17th with the Mariners since coming over from the Washington Nationals.

Robles has made history with his ability on the bases according to Mariners PR, who put this note out before the game:

…that his 16 consecutive stolen bases without being caught are the most to begin a Mariners career in franchise history…

Of course, he now has the 17 after Friday’s pilfer. Robles has been a true revelation for the Mariners since arriving in June, helping keep them afloat in the wake of serious injuries to Julio Rodriguez and JP Crawford.

He’s hitting .278 for the year, but has hit .303 with the Mariners. He has four homers with Seattle to go along with 15 RBI. Robles earned a two-year contract extension for his efforts in Seattle and could very well slot in as an everyday outfielder in 2025.

Lifetime, he’s in the eighth year of his career with the Nationals and Mariners. He won the World Series with Washington back in 2019.

The Mariners enter play on Saturday night at 69-66 and 4.0 games back in the American League West race. They will take on the Angels again on Saturday at 6:38 p.m. PT.

NEW PODCAST IS OUT: The latest episode of the “Refuse to Lose” podcast is out as Brady Farkas talks about the criticism that Jerry Dipoto has received in Scott Servais’s firing, the M’s early success under Dan Wilson and the comments made by Ryan Divish recently on the “Marine Layer” podcast. Furthermore, Danny O’Neil, who wrote a tough column calling for Dipoto to be fired joins the show. CLICK HERE:

EDGAR ON JULIO: Speaking on Seattle Sports 710, Edgar Martinez spoke about his thoughts on working with Julio Rodriguez. CLICK HERE:

JOINING JULIO: San Diego Padres rookie Jackson Merrill joins a special group in baseball history, one that includes M’s star Julio Rodriguez. CLICK HERE:

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