SEATTLE — With a patchwork lineup and a bullpen running on fumes, it took a solid effort from the Angels to even be competitive on Friday night.

Despite so much being stacked against them, the Angels had a shot to win before dropping a 2-1 decision to the Seattle Mariners.

The Angels had only four players from their Opening Day roster in the starting lineup. The bullpen was spent after back-to-back four-inning outings from their starters.

That left right-hander Connor Brogdon – fresh off the plane from Salt Lake – on the mound when the Mariners scored the go-ahead run in the seventh inning.

Brogdon gave up a homer to Mitch Garver just after the Angels had tied the score in the top of the inning.

The Angels (69-79) didn’t mount much of an offense all night, which was to be expected.

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