Carlos Santana homered twice, including his first grand slam in three years, Ty France drove in four runs and the Seattle Mariners snapped a three-game losing streak with a 9-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday. .
Santana had his 15th game with two or more home runs in his 13-year career and the fourth this season. He has seven homers in the last nine games and has hit 15 of his 19 homers this season with Seattle, which acquired him in June from Kansas City.
Logan Gilbert struck out a career-high 11, allowing one run on four hits in six innings and helped the Mariners avoid losing a four-game series sweep at Angel Stadium for the first time in 10 years.
Seattle (81-65) has a 4 1/2-game lead over Baltimore in the race for the final AL wild card.
For the Mariners, Dominican Carlos Santana 5-2 with two runs scored and five RBIs.
For the Angels, the Venezuelans Luis Rengifo 4-1, Livan Soto 4-1. The Dominican Magneuris Sierra 4-0.
