Angels Score: Ohtani & O'Hoppe Lead LA, Final Win in Mariners Series

Any game that Shohei Ohtani takes the pitching mound is very special and highly-anticipated. His play helped lead the Los Angeles to a 4-3 win over the Seattle Mariners and their first season series is now concluded.

Ohtani went for six innings and saw another high strikeout rate with eight in total for the match. He also only allowed three hits and one run during that time and gave the bullpen plenty of room to work with for the rest of the game.

However, that first run that he gave up did come early at the bottom of the first inning. Eugenio Suarez looked to get hot early as he connected on a single that brought Julio Rodriguez home.

The Mariners are on the board in the 1st inning vs. Shohei Ohtani.

Eugenio Suárez dumps an inside-out single into right to score Julio Rodríguez easily, but Ty France is out at the plate when trying to extend the play after the throw to third base sails wide. pic.twitter.com/uHPPIQte9k
— Daniel Kramer (@DKramer_) April 5, 2023

Logan O'Hoppe... he really wants that Rookie of the Year, doesn't he? Not too long after his first home run of his short career, he hit yet another one and this time it brought Gio Urshela around the bases with him.

Urshela got lucky again in the seventh inning when a Mike Trout single allowed him to score once again.

LOGAN O'HOPPE!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/tmDnpkAxX6
— Los Angeles Angels (@Angels) April 5, 2023

Mike Trout absolutely CRUSHED this ball to give the angels some insurance here pic.twitter.com/bimFkcrmT0
— Jake (@D1SCHER) April 5, 2023

But everybody has come to know that whenever Trout sees some success at the plate, Ohtani has to match it. Immediately after Trout's RBI, the starting pitcher for today hit his own single to bring Taylor Ward to home plate.

Trout and Ohtani with back to back cheeky RBI singles to tack on two 😂@Angels | #GoHalos pic.twitter.com/NBY8MX5Gba
— Bally Sports West (@BallySportWest) April 5, 2023

The Mariners weren't going to go down without a fight though. They made a rally near the end of the game to come within just one run of tying the Angels.

A double from Ty France and a single from Suarez allowed Sam Haggerty to make make the score 4-3.

¡Viva Ty France! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/bN8T2XyZva
— Marineros de Seattle (@LosMarineros) April 5, 2023

However, it was too little too late and LA was able to finish on top and improve their record to 4-2 on the season.

We will see them once again on Friday as they start a three-game series against the Toronto Blue Jays.