ANAHEIM >> The Angels were able to overcome a sloppy start by Shohei Ohtani with the help of a late Mickey Moniak homer, quality relief work and strong defense.

And, of course, Ohtani himself.

Ohtani put the Angels on the board with a two-run homer in the third, one of his three hits, and Moniak finished their scoring with a tie-breaking two-run homer in the sixth inning of a 5-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night.

The Angels (35-30) have won five in a row for the second time this year, equaling their season high at five games over .500.

The victory included an injury to flame-throwing rookie right-hander Ben Joyce, who left with right hand irritation after throwing just eight pitches in the sixth.

Joyce missed badly with a 101.8-mph fastball in the dirt to Cal Raleigh, then pitching coach Matt Wise came to the mound. The Angels then summoned head athletic trainer Mike Frostad and manager Phil Nevin, and Joyce was soon on his way to the dugout with Frostad.

Jacob Webb took over for Joyce and worked two scoreless innings. Rookie Sam Bachman then got through a scoreless eighth, with the help of shortstop Zach Neto. Neto fielded a grounder going toward the hole and then alertly threw to third to get Kelenic, ending the inning.

Closer Carlos Estévez handled the ninth, continuing his streak by converting his 17th straight save opportunity to start the season. Estévez gave up a homer to Mike Ford and then he walked José Caballero, who stole second. He still escaped after getting J.P. Crawford on a popup, striking out Julio Rodriguez and getting Ty France on a flyout.

Although the Angels picked up the victory, it was too late for Ohtani, who lasted just five innings and gave up three runs, with five walks.

He gave up a two-run homer on a sweeper to Jarred Kelenic in the first inning. It was the seventh homer he’s allowed this season on his sweeper, which is one more than he gave up all of last season.

Ohtani was working on six days rest for the first time this season, with the Angels opting to give him the extra day because he had not been as crisp as usual lately.

Ohtani now has a 3.32 ERA, including a 4.88 ERA over his past eight starts.

Although Ohtani didn’t pitch as well as usual, he had three hits, including a 440-foot two-run homer against Mariners ace Luis Castillo in the third inning, tying the game 2-2.

The teams then traded single runs before Moniak snapped the tie in the sixth.

Moniak has five homers this season, and all of them have given the Angels the lead. Three of them led off the game, and another snapped a tie in the eighth inning.