ANAHEIM — Jo Adell got back to the warning track in time, leapt and the ball barely eluded him, dropping just over the fence for a first-inning three-run homer.
The Angels’ center fielder spent the rest of the night trying to get those runs back.
He eventually did, with two homers and three RBIs, doing much of the damage for the Angels on their way an 8-6 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday night.
The Angels trailed by three after Adell failed to prevent Cal Raleigh’s homer in the first, and by four when the Mariners added a run in the second.
After that, though, the Angels dominated the rest of the night. The Angels scored in six straight innings for the first time since April 19, 2011.
The Angels (30-33) have won four of their last five games, taking the first two of this three-game series against the team directly ahead of them in the American League West standings.
A handful of players contributed on a night that they bailed out starter Jack Kochanowicz, but Adell was the headliner.
Since May 21, Adell has hit .313 with six homers and a 1.150 OPS in 15 games. He has three multi-homer games this season, including one on Monday.
Both homers on Monday were on the first pitch, and Adell said the key to his surge has been aggression early in the count.
His first homer on Saturday night, a 431-foot blast to left field against Luis Castillo, was also on the first pitch. Adell has hit eight of his 11 homers this season on the first pitch. Adell’s fourth-inning homer against Castillo was a 454-foot blast onto the rocks beyond the center field fence. He added an RBI single in the seventh.
Chris Taylor got the scoring started for the Angels with a second-inning homer. Taylor had just entered the game because Jorge Soler with groin tightness.
In between the Adell homers, the Angels scored two runs with the help of some sloppy Mariners defense. Center fielder Leody Taveras, who entered after Julio Rodriguez was hit in the leg by a ground ball while running the bases, misplayed two catchable balls.
First baseman Rowdy Tellez also failed to handle a low throw from Raleigh on what should have been a routine out on a dribbler in front of the plate.
All of that helped to take Kochanowicz off the hook on another rough night.
The Angels had high hopes for the 24-year-old right-hander, but through 13 starts, he has a 5.61 ERA.
Although Adell could have helped him by making that catch in the first inning, Kochanowicz still gave up eight other hits in his 3⅓ innings.
Kochanowicz left with one out and runners on the corners in the fourth inning. Right-hander Connor Brogdon stranded them both, preserving the 4-4 tie. Brogdon has allowed one run in his last 8⅓ innings.
Brogdon tacked on a scoreless inning, and then Hector Neris, Reid Detmers, Ryan Zeferjahn and Kenley Jansen handled the final 5⅔ innings, allowing just two runs.
Jansen has converted all 14 of his save opportunities this season.
More to come on this story.
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