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- Updated: May 14, 2016
SEATTLE — C.J. Cron homered in the eighth and then dropped in a two-run go-ahead single in the ninth as the Angels snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 7-6 victory over the Mariners in Friday night’s series opener at Safeco Field.
The Angels scored six times in the final three innings to rally from a 5-1 deficit and avoid their longest losing streak since 2010. Cron’s bases-loaded blooper into shallow center off Mariners closer Steve Cishek ended Seattle’s three-game win streak.
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Shortstop Ketel Marte hit a three-run triple and Nelson Cruz and Chris Iannetta hit solo homers for Seattle, but Norichika Aoki missed second base on a double to the wall by Robinson Cano in the bottom of the eighth and wound up stranded at third, costing Seattle a critical run.
The Mariners still lead the American League West by 1 1/2 games over the Rangers, with the loss being just their eighth in the past 27 games. The Angels scored twice in the eighth with Cron’s homer and an RBI double by Jefry Marte off Joel Peralta, cutting the lead to one and setting up Cron’s game-winner in the ninth.
MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDGame of Cron: Cron, the Angels’ hottest hitter of late, delivered once again in the series opener, hitting a solo home run to right field in the eighth and coming through with the …
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