The Los Angeles Angels closed out their season Sunday with a 7-3 loss to the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park, finishing 62-100 and recording their first 100-loss season in franchise history.
The loss ended a 65-year run in which the Angels were the only Major League Baseball team never to reach triple-digit losses in a season. With Sunday’s defeat, every team in the league has now hit that mark at least once.
The finale was the last game of first-year manager Kurt Suzuki’s debut season, which topped the previous franchise low of 63-99 set under Ron Washington in 2024.
Franchise star Mike Trout sat out the game on a scheduled day off, watching from the dugout as his younger teammates tried to avoid the milestone loss. Shortstop Zach Neto had said earlier in the week that the team’s pride would carry them through, and the Angels went 5-4 in their final nine games entering Sunday.
That push fell short against Seattle. Former Mariner Yusei Kikuchi, now with the Angels, gave up three runs over five innings and dropped to 1-7 on the season. Bryce Teodosio brought Los Angeles within one run, 3-1, with a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning, but the Mariners answered quickly. A throwing error and a two-run double from Randy Arozarena widened the gap. A solo home run from Jose Siri briefly narrowed the score again, but the game ended when Dominic Canzone caught a fly ball off the bat of Christian Moore.
The season’s collapse followed the June 26 firing of general manager Perry Minasian. Interim GM John Mozeliak subsequently traded away several established players, including Taylor Ward, Jo Adell, Logan O’Hoppe and Chase Silseth, in exchange for prospects, leaving Suzuki to manage a young and inexperienced roster down the stretch.
The historic low point comes as the Angels are entering a new chapter in ownership. Arte Moreno has agreed to sell his controlling interest in the team to a group led by Stan Kroenke in a deal reportedly worth $4 billion.
