SEATTLE — \u2014 Cole Young hit two home runs to back eight strong innings from George Kirby as the Seattle Mariners came from behind to beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-2 on Monday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dominic Canzone also went deep to help Seattle (43-43) get back to .500 and stay a half-game behind the first-place Texas Rangers in the AL West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zach Neto doubled to center field leading off the game against Kirby (7-7), and Denzer Guzman singled two pitches later for a 1-0 lead. Neto hit his 18th home run in the third \u2014 a two-out shot that made it 2-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kirby gave up a one-out double to Josh Lowe in the fifth but struck out the side \u2014 including Neto \u2014 to end the inning. The right-hander used 16 pitches to get six straight outs from there until Lowe doubled leading off the eighth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kirby issued his only walk, to Neto, with one out before striking out Guzman looking and Nolan Schanuel swinging on his 100th pitch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kirby allowed seven hits and fanned seven before Jos\u00e9 A. Ferrer pitched a scoreless ninth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Young led off the third against Angels rookie Ryan Johnson (1-3) with his eighth homer to cut it to 2-1. Josh Naylor walked and stole second in front of Young’s two-out shot in the sixth off Mitch Farris to make it 6-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Randy Arozarena was hit by a two-out pitch in the fourth before advancing on a two-base fielding error by Guzman at third base on a grounder from Naylor. Both runners scored on Cal Raleigh’s bloop single for a 3-2 lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Canzone hit his 13th homer to make it 4-2 in the sixth, a leadoff shot against Farris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Johnson allowed three runs \u2014 one earned \u2014 in five innings. Farris was tagged for three runs in three innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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