Lopez has RBI single in 10th, Mariners beat Angels

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Jose Lopez hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the 10th inning, helping the Seattle Mariners beat the Los Angeles Angels 2-1 on Sunday and snap an eight-game losing streak to the two-time defending AL West champions.

Ichiro Suzuki drew a leadoff walk from Kevin Jepsen (2-2) and advanced on Chone Figgins' sacrifice bunt. He then was caught in a rundown on a Franklin Gutierrez's grounder to shortstop. Gutierrez stole second and scored when Lopez lined a 2-1 pitch to left field.

Brandon League (6-6) worked 1 1-3 scoreless innings for the victory after replacing starter Jason Vargas, and David Aardsma got three outs for his 17th save in 21 attempts. He ended it by striking out Erick Aybar and Howie Kendrick with runners at first and second.

Angels right-hander Ervin Santana allowed a run, three hits and four walks over seven innings and struck out seven. Over his last 14 starts, the Angels' offense had totaled 60 runs in his seven victories and just seven in the other seven outings.

Santana, whose teammates were no-hit through the first six innings in each of his previous two starts, was staked to a 1-0 lead in the second when Mike Napoli hit a first-pitch homer to left-center with two out for his 16th of the season.

But Santana's wild pitch allowed Ryan Langerhans to score the tying run in the fifth.

The Angels had a great chance to regain the lead in the sixth after Kendrick led off with a triple to center field over Gutierrez's head. But Kendrick was unable to advance on Bobby Abreu's grounder to first with the infield in, and Vargas escaped the jam when shortstop Josh Wilson snared Torii Hunter's line drive on the lip of the grass before doubling up Kendrick — who was halfway down the line.

Vargas yielded one run and four hits through 7 2-3 innings, matching his longest outing of the season, and had a career-high nine strikeouts on the fifth anniversary of his first major league start. The left-hander has held the two-time defending AL West champions to four earned runs over 21 innings in his three assignments against them this season, including May 9 at Anaheim, when he allowed an unearned run over 7 1-3 innings in an 8-1 victory against Santana.

NOTES: The Angels' staff has allowed six runs on wild pitches. ... Hideki Matsui, the Angels' primary designated hitter, made his 15th start in RF and was 0 for 3. Last year's World Series MVP came in 19 for 49 (.388) with four homers and 19 RBIs this season when starting in the outfield, but is batting just .226 with six homers and 28 RBIs in the 72 games he has started as the DH. ... Hunter is 2 for 17 with no RBIs since the All-Star break. The Mariners' pitching staff probably had something to do with it. Their starting rotation led the AL with a 3.55 ERA before the break, a franchise record for the first half of a season. ... Vargas was a college teammate of Angels RHP Jered Weaver at Long Beach State in 2004. ... Milton Bradley got picked off first base by Santana after drawing a leadoff walk in the second. ... Switch-hitter Chone Figgins, who left the Angels to sign a four-year, $36 million contract with the Mariners in December, was 1 for 15 in the series and is batting .228.