ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Kendry Morales hit an early three-run double and Jered Weaver pitched well into the seventh inning of the Los Angeles Angels' fifth victory in six games, 6-3 over the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night.

Juan Rivera added a late two-run homer, and Brian Fuentes bounced back from a blown save one night earlier to earn his AL-leading 40th save for the Angels, whose victory kept their AL West lead at 4½ games over the surging Texas Rangers.

Kenji Johjima and Jose Lopez hit solo homers for the Mariners, who have lost four straight.

Weaver (15-5) added to his career-best victory total with another outstanding start just when the Angels needed an ace. The right-hander yielded seven hits, struck out eight and didn't walk a batter.

Weaver never allowed the Mariners to have multiple runners on base while outpitching Ian Snell (4-2), whose four-start winning streak ended after Los Angeles' four-run first inning.

Los Angeles is doing a capable job of holding off the Rangers, who finished a three-game sweep of the Indians earlier Wednesday. The clubs still face each other seven times.

Fuentes gave up Mike Sweeney's tying homer and walked two during his sixth blown save of the season Tuesday night. This time around, the All-Star closer came on with two runners in scoring position and no outs, but gave up only Sweeney's RBI groundout before getting Ichiro Suzuki on a game-ending grounder.

Suzuki went 1 for 5 with a third-inning single, moving within four hits of his ninth consecutive 200-hit season. The Japanese star is in a 1-for-13 slump, however.

After Chone Figgins struck out to lead off the game, five straight Angels reached base. Torii Hunter drew a bases-loaded walk before Morales cleared the bases with a drive to left-center, giving the Cuban first baseman 98 RBIs in his first full major league season.

Snell shut out the Angels for the rest of his start, allowing six hits and five walks in 5 1-3 innings. He issued consecutive walks in the sixth before getting yanked, but reliever Jason Vargas got a double-play liner out of Jeff Mathis.

Rivera connected in the eighth inning for his 22nd homer, albeit his first in September. The homer was just the Angels' second in 68 innings.