"I saw the ball spinning, I went to charge it, and that's part of the game," Guzman said.
"Things happen."
Both Suzuki and Johnson noted the unusual spin on the grounder complicated the play.
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"It looked like a tough play," Johnson said. "That spin on it is going to make things hard, and definitely where he was positioned, too.
He just kind of hit it in a tough spot, so even if he fields it cleanly, I don't even know where the runner was at.
Could he have beat it out? I don't know.
Tough play, but that's not the reason why I gave up runs.
I still put guys on base, they still got hits, they still did their job as hitters."
The Mariners extended their lead in the sixth inning against reliever Mitch Farris. Dominic Canzone hit a leadoff home run, and Young added a two-out, two-run blast.
The Angels struggled with runners in scoring position, finishing 1 for 8, as Kirby and reliever José A.
Ferrer shut down the offense.
"I feel like our at-bats were awesome," Suzuki said. "All night, I felt like we were hitting the ball hard.
A lot of hard contact tonight. Not a lot of swing and miss.
We just couldn't cash them in."
Suzuki credited Kirby for executing pitches when the Angels had runners on base.
"To Kirby's credit, when he got traffic on, he executed pitches," Suzuki said. "That's what good pitchers do."
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The three-game series continues Tuesday with Los Angeles sending right-hander Walbert Ureña to the mound against Seattle right-hander Bryce Miller.
