ANAHEIM -- At 6-foot-5, 220 pounds, Domingo Santana is going to win most tug-of-wars with fans. But the Mariners right fielder came away not only with the ball, but an Angels fan's glove, in hauling in a foul ball down the right-field line in the fifth inning of Friday’s 6-2 victory over the Angels.

Santana successfully won the tussle for control of the pop foul by Angels catcher Jonathan Lucroy, then after pondering the situation for a second, he turned and flipped the ball back into the stands for a souvenir.

Santana, who has moved back to his more familiar right-field position in the past few games after playing left for most of the season, said he just was doing what he could to help out starter Marco Gonzales.

“I was just trying to catch the ball. I had a really good bead on it,” Santana said. “He put his glove right between my glove. So he caught it for me, basically, and I caught his glove. I wanted that catch. I wanted that out for Marco.”

Gonzales clearly appreciated the effort.

“”When he hit it, I thought he had a chance to catch it in play,” Gonzales said. “When he got close to the wall, I thought, 'Man, he’s going to have to leave his feet or something.' Then I thought maybe fan interference. I had no idea he caught the ball and glove and kind of yanked it out. I was kind of looking around to see what we were going to do about it. That was a pretty sweet catch.”

“It kind of reminded me of what he’d be like as a safety out there, trying to get it away from a wide receiver,” said Mariners catcher Tom Murphy. “That was a great play, great catch. He’s looked great out there in right field so far.”

The big right fielder won a couple battles with Angels pitchers as well, slugging a pair of solo home runs, both opposite-field shots to right-center field, to give him 13 for the season. His first was a 411-footer off Andrew Heaney in the fifth and he added another bolt in the seventh with a 416-foot blast to almost the same spot off reliever Luis Garcia.

Since his view down the right-field line was obstructed from the dugout, manager Scott Servais was eager to see the defensive play on video after the game.

“I asked him afterward and he said the fan actually caught it in his glove, and he ripped the glove away from the fan,” Servais said. “Domingo brought his ‘A’ game tonight, and it was great to see.”