Cole Young’s Two Homers Power Mariners Past Angels

SEATTLE (Interstat) — Cole Young homered twice and drove in three runs to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday at T-Mobile Park.

Young went 3 for 3 with a solo shot in the third inning and a two-run blast in the sixth. George Kirby pitched eight strong innings, allowing seven hits and two earned runs while striking out seven to improve to 7-7.

The Angels took an early lead on a first-inning RBI single by Denzer Guzman and a solo homer from Zach Neto in the third. Seattle answered in the bottom of the third on Young’s first homer, then took the lead for good in the fourth on a two-run single by Cal Raleigh. Dominic Canzone added a solo homer in the sixth before Young’s second homer capped the scoring.

Angels starter Ryan Johnson took the loss, falling to 1-3, after allowing one earned run over five innings. The Mariners improved to 43-43 while the Angels dropped to 36-50. The game drew 37,100 fans and lasted 2 hours, 10 minutes.