Bryce Miller took a no-hitter into the seventh inning as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Los Angeles Angels 1-0 Thursday night to complete a three-game sweep of their American League West rivals.
Cal Raleigh drew a bases-loaded walk off Angels starter Walbert Urena (5-7) with two outs in the bottom of the sixth to score the game’s lone run.
Miller (4-2) allowed two hits, didn’t walk a batter and struck out eight after the right-hander had lost his previous two starts.
Neither team had a hit until Seattle’s J.P. Crawford led off the bottom of the sixth with a double into right-center field. Dominic Canzone and Randy Arozarena drew one-out walks before Urena struck out Josh Naylor on three pitches. Urena got ahead 0-2 in the count to Raleigh before last season’s home-run champ rebounded to draw a walk.
The Angels’ only baserunner through six innings came on a throwing error by third baseman Crawford after a grounder by Denzer Guzman with two outs in the fourth.
Los Angeles’ first hit came when Nolan Schanuel hit a bloop nearly off his hands into shallow right leading off the seventh, the ball falling just past the reach of second baseman Cole Young and in front of sliding right fielder Weston Wilson. Guzman followed with a fly ball down the right-field line that went off the glove of a diving Wilson, putting runners at first and second.
Miller struck out Jorge Soler, got Wade Meckler to fly out to center field and got Jo Adell to ground into a force out to get out of the jam.
Mariners reliever Eduard Bazardo retired the side in order in the eighth with two strikeouts and closer Andres Munoz worked the ninth for his 16th save of the season.
Munoz issued a leadoff walk to Zach Neto before picking him off first base. Schanuel lined a single to center and Soler grounded a two-out single to left, putting runners at first and second. Munoz got Meckler to ground out to short to end the game.
The Mariners threatened in the first, loading the bases with one out on a walk, error and hit by pitch, before Urena got Josh Naylor to hit into an inning-ending double play.
Urena gave up one run on one hit over 5 2/3 innings. The righty walked four, hit two batters with pitches and fanned six.
Mariners outfielders Julio Rodriguez and Victor Robles both left the game due to injuries. Rodriguez was hit in the back of the helmet by an errant throw from first baseman Schanuel while running the bases in the first inning and Robles, who replaced Rodriguez in the third, was hit by a pitch in the right wrist/forearm area by a 97.9 mph Urena sinker and exited in the fifth.
