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Nightmarish 9th inning costs Angels in loss to Mariners

Nightmarish 9th inning costs Angels in loss to Mariners
  • Angels starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani throws to the plate during...

    Angels starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani throws to the plate during the first inning of their game against the Seattle Mariners on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

  • Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Luis Castillo throws to the plate during the third inning on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

  • The Angels’ Shohei Ohtani fouls a ball off his groin during the first inning of their game against the Seattle Mariners on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

  • The Angels’ Shohei Ohtani reacts after fouling a ball off his groin during the first inning of their game against the Seattle Mariners on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

  • The Angels’ Luis Rengifo follows through on his solo home run during the first inning of their game against the Seattle Mariners on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

  • Seattle Mariners center fielder Julio Rodriguez, left, and right fielder Mitch Haniger collide at the wall while trying to catch a fly ball hit by the Angels’ Luis Rengifo during the first inning on Monday night at Angel Stadium. Rengifo was awarded a home run after a video replay review. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

  • Seattle Mariners center fielder Julio Rodriguez, left, and right fielder Mitch Haniger collide at the wall while trying to catch a fly ball hit by the Angels’ Luis Rengifo during the first inning on Monday night at Angel Stadium. Rengifo was awarded a home run after a video replay review. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

  • The Angels’ Luis Rengifo celebrates as he crosses home plate after hitting a home run against the Seattle Mariners in the first inning at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on August 15, 2022 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

  • The Angels’ Luis Rengifo is congratulated as he returns to the dugout after hitting a home run during the first inning of their game against the Seattle Mariners on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

  • The Angels’ Luis Rengifo celebrates in the dugout after hitting a solo home run during the first inning of their game against the Seattle Mariners on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

  • Angels starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani throws to the plate during the second inning of their game against the Seattle Mariners on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

  • Angels shortstop Andrew Velazquez throws on to first base after forcing out the Seattle Mariners’ Adam Frazier during the second inning on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

  • Angels starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani, left, taps gloves with catcher Max Stassi at the end of the top of the second inning of their game against the Seattle Mariners on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

  • Angels starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani throws to the plate during the fourth inning of their game against the Seattle Mariners on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

  • Angels starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani reacts after giving up an RBI single to the Seattle Mariners’ J.P. Crawford during the third inning on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

  • Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Luis Castillo throws to the plate during the fourth inning on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

  • Angels starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani throws to the plate during the fourth inning of their game against the Seattle Mariners on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

  • Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Luis Castillo looks toward the sky as he walks off the field during the fifth inning of their game against the Angels on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

  • The Seattle Mariners’ Adam Frazier is safe at second base in front of Angels shortstop Andrew Velazquez after a wild pitch by Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani during the sixth inning on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

  • The Angels’ Taylor Ward is hit by a pitch during the sixth inning of their game against the Seattle Mariners on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

  • Angels relief pitcher Andrew Wantz throws to the plate during the seventh inning of their game against the Seattle Mariners on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

  • The Seattle Mariners’ Julio Rodriguez walks back to the dugout after striking out during the seventh inning of their game against the Angels on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

  • The Angels’ Shohei Ohtani drops his bat as he hits an infield single during the eighth inning of their game against the Seattle Mariners on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

  • The Angels’ Shohei Ohtani runs to first base for an infield single during the eighth inning of their game against the Seattle Mariners on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

  • The Seattle Mariners’ Sam Haggerty steals third base in front of Angels third baseman Jose Rojas during the ninth inning on Monday night at Angel Stadium. A collection of Angels errors and misplays in the ninth led to the Mariners parlaying one walk and two hits into four runs on their way to a 6-2 win. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

  • The Seattle Mariners’ Sam Haggerty celebrates after stealing third base in front of Angels third baseman Jose Rojas during the ninth inning on Monday night at Angel Stadium. A collection of Angels errors and misplays in the ninth led to the Mariners parlaying one walk and two hits into four runs on their way to a 6-2 win. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

  • The Seattle Mariners’ Sam Haggerty points to the dugout after stealing third base during the ninth inning of their game against the Angels on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

  • The Seattle Mariners’ Julio Rodriguez leaves the batter’s box on a fielder’s choice during the ninth inning of their game against the Angels on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

  • The Seattle Mariners’ Sam Haggerty scores on a ground ball by Julio Rodriguez and a botched run down during the ninth inning of a game against the Angels on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

  • The Seattle Mariners’ Sam Haggerty scores on a ground ball by Julio Rodriguez and a botched run down during the ninth inning of a game against the Angels on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

  • The Seattle Mariners’ Sam Haggerty reacts after scoring on a ground ball by Julio Rodriguez and a botched run down during the ninth inning of a game against the Angels on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

  • The Seattle Mariners’ Sam Haggerty celebrates after scoring a run during the ninth inning of their game against the Angels on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

  • The Seattle Mariners’ Dylan Moore, left, scores past Angels catcher Max Stassi on a ground ball from Ty France during the ninth inning on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

  • The Seattle Mariners’ Julio Rodriguez scores on a ground ball by Jesse Winker during the ninth inning of a game against the Angels on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

  • The Seattle Mariners’ Julio Rodriguez reacts after scoring a ground ball by Jesse Winker during the ninth inning of a game against the Angels on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

  • The Seattle Mariners’ Julio Rodriguez celebrates after scoring a run during the ninth inning of their game against the Angels on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

  • The Seattle Mariners’ J.P. Crawford reacts at first base after driving in a run with a single during the ninth inning of a game against the Angels on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

  • The Seattle Mariners’ Eugenio Suarez, right, and Ty France (23) celebrate after a 6-2 victory over the Angels on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

  • The Seattle Mariners’ Sam Haggerty, left, Mitch Haniger, center, and Julio Rodriguez celebrate after their 6-2 victory over the Angels on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

  • The Seattle Mariners celebrate afte a 6-2 victory over the Angels on Monday night at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

  • Angels catcher Max Stassi, left, talks to starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani before their game against the Seattle Mariners on Monday at Angel Stadium. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

ANAHEIM — The ninth inning of the Angels’ 6-2 loss to the Seattle Mariners on Monday night will go down as one of the ugliest in a season full of ugliness.

A collection of Angels errors and misplays led to the Mariners parlaying one walk – one in which the umpire lost track of the count – and two hits into four runs, snapping a tie.

“It was awful,” Manager Phil Nevin said. “We just made some bad decisions, throws. We didn’t execute a rundown. It wasn’t good.”

The score was tied, 2-2, after eight innings. The Angels had gotten a solid six-inning start from Shohei Ohtani, who debuted his new two-seam fastball, and then solid relief from Andrew Wantz. Luis Rengifo had homered for one of the Angels’ runs.

Aaron Loup, who got the final out of the eighth, was on the mound to start the ninth. He picked up the first out, and then he gave up a single to Sam Haggerty. Loup then threw a pitch in the dirt to pinch-hitter Carlos Santana that catcher Max Stassi blocked. Haggerty wasn’t trying to take the extra base, but Stassi came up throwing and he chucked the ball into center field, allowing Haggerty to advance to second.

“It’s just something that I’ve never done before in my career,” Stassi said. “I’ll never do it again. I anticipated him going. I was trying to be quick and he didn’t even go.”

Haggerty then stole third on the very next pitch.

Amid all of that chaos, umpire Laz Diaz lost track of the count, which he admitted after the game. Diaz called a strike and then a ball on the first two pitches after the stolen base, so the count should have been 2-and-2. Santana asked Diaz if it was 3-and-1.

“I said, ‘No it’s 2-2,’” Diaz said. “Then I started thinking, maybe it is 3-1, because I forgot I called that first pitch a strike. There were so many pitches going on, I lost the count on that first pitch. I knew I called a strike on the steal, and that’s the only one I remembered. I couldn’t remember the one before that. … I messed that one up.”

Diaz’s recollection even after the game was faulty, because the steal was on the first strike to Santana.

Nevin said the Angels asked Diaz what the count was, and Diaz had insisted it was 3-and-1. The scoreboard showed 2-and-2. Diaz said later that had the Angels pushed for a challenge, the umpire crew would have corrected the count, either through a meeting with the other umps or a check of the video.

The next pitch was a ball and Santana jogged to first.

That call aside, the Angels still had plenty of chances to get out of the inning.

Julio Rodriguez hit a line drive right to second baseman Luis Rengifo. The ball popped out of his glove, but he threw home in time to get Haggerty. The Angels got Haggerty in a rundown, but after Stassi threw the ball to third baseman Jose Rojas, no one had gone to cover home in time to take a throw, and Haggerty scored the tie-breaking run. Loup was supposed to cover the plate, but he stumbled in front of the mound.

Ty France then hit a routine bouncer to shortstop Andrew Velazquez, who could have gone to second to start an inning-ending double play. Instead, he threw home. It was in time to get pinch-runner Dylan Moore, but the ball popped out of Stassi’s glove as he was applying the tag.

Jesse Winker then hit a grounder to Rojas, who couldn’t throw home because he slipped. He got the out at first but another run scored. The Mariners added their fourth run on a single by J.P. Crawford.

After it was all over, Stassi took the blame for the whole mess.

“It’s horrible,” Stassi said. “The loss is on me.”

The game ended on a weird play too. Jo Adell was pinch-hitting. He swung at a 1-and-2 pitch from Paul Sewald and the ball shot off into foul territory. Umpires ruled that it was not a foul ball because it had hit Adell’s thumb, and not the bat, so it was a game-ending third strike. Adell could have run to first because the third strike wasn’t caught, but he was being attended to by trainer Mike Frostad, obviously thinking it was a hit-by-pitch or at least a foul ball.

Adell ended up going for X-rays, which were negative, although Nevin said he’s not sure he’ll be able to play on Tuesday. The same was true for David Fletcher, who left the game after he fouled a ball off his left foot. X-rays of Fletcher’s foot were also negative.

Before all the craziness of the ninth, it was a solid performance on the mound by Ohtani, who struck out eight and walked one. He also threw six two-seam fastballs, a pitch he had not used before.

“I started messing around with it playing catch in the bullpen sessions, so I felt like it was time to break it out,” Ohtani said through his interpreter.

Ohtani gave up a homer to Jesse Winker in the first and another run on a Crawford single in the third, but nothing else. Despite allowing at least one runner in five of his six innings, he kept the Angels in the game.

“He threw the ball really well tonight,” Stassi said.

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