Logan Gilbert set the tone immediately in Seattle’s season-ending win, and the Mariners rode that start to a 7-3 victory over the Angels on Sunday.
Gilbert struck out eight over four no-hit innings, and Seattle’s staff finished the day with 12 strikeouts in all. He was perfect through the first 12 batters he faced before the fifth inning opened with a walk to Moises Ballesteros. That was the end of Gilbert’s afternoon, and he headed off to a standing ovation from the home crowd.
Seattle got on the board in the second inning when Weston Wilson brought in Cole Young with a grounder to third. The Mariners kept moving in the third, with Cal Raleigh delivering an RBI single off Angels starter Yusei Kikuchi and Dominic Canzone scoring on a Josh Naylor groundout to make it 3-0.
Kikuchi finished with three runs allowed on six hits across five innings. He walked one and struck out seven.
The Angels finally cracked the scoreboard in the sixth, when Bryce Teodosio scored on a sacrifice fly. Seattle answered right back in the bottom half. Young came home on an Angels throwing error, and Randy Arozarena followed with a two-run double to stretch the lead to 6-1.
Los Angeles added two more in the eighth on Jose Siri’s two-run homer, but the Mariners tacked on another run in their half of the inning when Leo Rivas scored on a wild pitch.
Eduard Bazardo got the win for Seattle, and Cooper Criswell worked the ninth.
The Mariners closed 2026 with a 76-86 record after going 90-72 in 2025 and reaching Game 7 of the ALCS against Toronto. Even with the down year, Seattle drew 2,883,798 fans, its highest total since 2004.
For the Angels, the loss sealed a 62-100 finish, the first 100-loss season in franchise history. Los Angeles ended the year on a 10-game skid after going 72-90 in 2025.
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