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.
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.