2 Homers by Curtis Lift Angels : Baseball: The second fuels a five-run ninth inning as Abbott gets his most support of season in 10-1 victory over Seattle.

The Angels haven’t given Jim Abbott many leads this season, but he’s making sure he protects the few leads he gets.

Given ample offensive support for the first time this season, mainly by Chad Curtis, Abbott helped the Angels end their four-game losing streak Friday by giving up six hits in a 10-1 rout of the Mariners before 17,564 at the Kingdome. Abbott (4-9) lost his shutout in the seventh inning on a single, a double and Harold Reynolds’ ground out, but a five-run Angel outburst in the ninth inning ensured Abbott of his second successive victory. He hadn’t won back-to-back decisions since last Sept. 2 and 8.

Curtis set career highs by hitting two home runs and driving in five runs, the first Angel to enjoy a multiple-home run game since Lance Parrish hit two on Sept. 9, 1991. Luis Polonia’s steal of home in the fourth inning made him the first Angel to pull off that feat since Devon White stole home against Boston on Sept. 9, 1989. Polonia became the first Angel to steal home against the Mariners since Gary Pettis on April 28, 1985.

The offensive support for Abbott was the Angels’ most generous since a 10-3 victory over the Royals last July 2. They had scored as many as four only once this season, and didn’t do that until last Sunday in a 4-2 victory over the A’s at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels scored five runs in a game Abbott started against Kansas City on April 18, but they scored only three during his 5 2/3 innings and he wasn’t involved in the decision.

Curtis hit his first homer, a two-run shot, against Mike Walker (0-2) during the second inning and victimized Eric Gunderson for a three-run homer during the ninth. Lee Stevens added a run-scoring double during the third and an RBI single during the ninth to hand the Mariners their sixth loss in seven games.

Walker, a right-hander who sat out all of last season while recovering from rotator cuff surgery, left the game during the third inning, when the Angels scored twice to take a 4-0 lead.

Von Hayes’ single was the Angels’ only hit during the first inning, but Stevens led off the second with a single to left field and went to second when Rene Gonzales couldn’t get his bat out of the way and hit a tapper back to Walker. Stevens took third on a wild pitch and scored when Curtis lifted a 2-and-0 pitch into the left-field seats for his third homer of the season.

The home run was the Angels’ first in nine road games and first in 81 innings away from Anaheim Stadium.

Walker walked Luis Polonia to start the third inning. Hayes flied to right, but Junior Felix punched a hit through the right side, and Polonia, who was going on the pitch, went to third. Polonia scored when Gaetti hit a 2-and-0 pitch into left.

That was Walker’s last pitch. Accompanied by boos from the Kingdome crowd, he went to the dugout as Juan Agosto took the mound.

Stevens kept the inning going when he hit a shot off the glove of third baseman Mike Blowers for a double, scoring Felix and moving Gaetti to third. Both had to hold on Gonzales’ grounder to short, but Curtis walked to load the bases. John Orton ended the inning with a grounder to third, which Blowers took to the bag for a force play on Stevens.

Abbott made an outstanding fielding play that drew an ovation from the crowd. Omar Vizquel had started the inning with a liner to left that hopped away from Polonia, a play ruled a single and an error. Harold Reynolds followed with a drive back to the mound that Abbott stabbed after shifting his glove to his left hand.

Vizquel had to scramble back to second to avoid being doubled off, and although he got to third on Henry Cotto’s grounder to third, he was left there when Abbott threw a third strike past Edgar Martinez.

Gary DiSarcina started the fourth inning with a single to center and was forced at second on Polonia’s grounder to short. Hayes then hit a chopper to Agosto, but no one covered first base. Polonia stole third on Agosto’s first pitch to Felix and stole home on the second pitch.