Shohei Ohtani hit his major league-leading 40th home run in a stellar offensive outing following an early exit from the mound, but his Los Angeles Angels could not hold on to the lead in an agonizing 5-3 loss to the Seattle Mariners on Thursday.
The Mariners came back to win the battle of American League West divisional rivals as Cade Marlowe's ninth-inning grand slam erased a 3-1 Angels advantage and consigned Carlos Estevez (5-2) to his first blown save of the season.
Ohtani went 2-for-2 with two walks and scored the tying run in the sixth inning to make the score 1-1 following his 14th stolen base at Angel Stadium, where cramping in his right hand and fingers limited his pitching start to four scoreless innings.