Angels’ 7-run rally in 9th sinks Seattle

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Albert Pujols hit his 592nd career homer and a tying two-run single in the ninth inning before Cliff Pennington’s drive to the wall capped the Los Angeles Angels’ rally from a six- run deficit for a 10- 9 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.

Pennington’s single drove in Mike Trout to end a preposterous comeback by the Angels, who trailed 8- 1 in the seventh and 9-3 before Pujols homered to lead off the ninth against Casey Fien.

Yunel Escobar trimmed Seattle’s lead with a two-out, tworun double off closer Edwin Diaz (0-1), who gave up three hits.

Diaz also walked Kole Calhoun and Trout before Pujols and Pennington delivered back- to- back singles.

Robinson Cano had a three-run homer and a two-run double for the Mariners, who fell to 1- 6 in miserable fashion.

Andrew Bailey (2-0) pitched the ninth in the Angels’ fifth win in six games since opening day.

Pujols was off to a 4- for- 27 start to the season before hitting his first homer of the year. He is ninth in baseball history behind Sammy Sosa, who hit 609 homers.

Hisashi Iwakuma pitched six innings of two- hit ball for the Mariners, yielding only Andrelton Simmons’ early homer.

Seattle’s bullpen fell apart in spectacular fashion, giving up nine runs and nine hits in three innings.

Before the ninthinning theatrics, Cano emerged from a quiet start to the season with two big hits and his first five RBIs of the year. He delivered a two-out homer in the third off Matt Shoemaker, who also gave up Cano’s basesloaded double in the fifth.

Shoemaker yielded five hits and six earned runs while failing to get out of the fifth inning. It was the right- hander’s second start since his season ended early last September due to a line drive to his head off the bat of Seattle’s Kyle Seager.

The Mariners appeared to be cruising when Mitch Haniger knocked a 427-foot drive off Angel Stadium’s ficus trees in the seventh inning to put the Mariners up 8- 1.

Jake Marisnick hit a tying home run off Kelvin Herrera in the ninth inning and Evan Gattis drew a basesloaded walk from Matt Strahm in the 12th, helping the Houston Astros beat the Kansas City Royals and stop a threegame losing streak.

Kyle Schwarber and Ben Zobrist hit home runs and Jake Arrieta threw seven strong innings as the Chicago Cubs took the weekend series from the Milwaukee Brewers. Cesar Hernandez hit an RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning to give the Philadelphia Phillies a victory over the Washington Nationals.