I understand that not everyone in the P-E's coverage area got their full Angels game story in Thursday's paper because the 12-inning game went past our print deadline.

So, for those that missed out on how it all ended, here is the game story I wrote for the later editions:

SEATTLE - Resorting to a drawn-in, five-man infield never bodes well for a team. Having to do it twice just meant the Angels were putting off the inevitable.
Already having escaped out of a 10th-inning, five-man infield jam when Jose Lopez missed a bunt and Willie Bloomquist was caught between third and home, there was no way any of the five infielders could have caught Yuniesky Betancourt's bases-loaded grounder to left that gave the Mariners an 8-7 victory in 12 innings.
Betancourt's grounder, placed perfectly between shortstop and third, also gave the Mariners two victories of the three-game series and moved them to within three games of the Angels in the AL West. However, despite the loss, it sounded as if the Angels were taking a moral victory from Wednesday's game.
Maybe because they scored three runs in the ninth against Mariners closer J.J. Putz, who had only allowed five runs all year. Putz, recently called baseball's best closer by Sports Illustrated, gave up a two-run, opposite-field homer to Gary Matthews Jr. with two outs to tie the game at 7-7 for just his second blown save of the season.
"You hate to lose ballgames, but you've got to take something from it," Matthews said. "It could have gone either way tonight. I think we just ran out of time."
The second time Manager Mike Scioscia brought Matthews in to man second base and put second baseman Maicer Izturis up the middle didn't work after Justin Speier loaded the bases on two singles and a hit batter. Betancourt laced a 2-1 pitch, setting off a wild celebration on the infield.
Each team had ample opportunities to send everyone to bed earlier, the Angels leaving runners on the corners in the 10th, the bases loaded in the 11th and a runner on in the 12th. It was the only times all night the team left runners on base.
With the bases full in the 11th, Nathan Haynes came off the bench to pinch-hit and he struck out on three pitches. Reggie Willits worked the count full against Brandon Morrow, the M's second pitcher of the inning, before grounding out.
"We battled," said Orlando Cabrera, who singled and scored in the ninth but fouled out with a man on third in the 10th. "It was amazing the way we came back. We're one (out) away from losing the game. We had a lot of opportunities to drive that guy in and win the game."
Seattle had its own troubles pushing across a winning run. They left two on in the 11th and an inning earlier had a runner on third with one out.
That's when Scioscia first put the five-man infield together, calling Matthews in from center. Willie Bloomquist, pinch-running for Kenji Johjima, who doubled, went to third on Scot Shields' wild pitch, but Lopez's missed bunt attempt got him hung up and tagged out.
It was the first time all season that the Angels had employed a five-man infield, but Scioscia said the team had walked through it during the All-Star break after working on it in spring training.