SEATTLE -- Los Angeles left-hander C.J. Wilson kept Seattle's rebuilt lineup in check, while third baseman David Freese provided all the offense in the Angels' 2-0 win over the Mariners on Tuesday night.

Wilson, pitching in an official game for the first time since being unable to make it through the first inning of his only postseason outing last October, held the Mariners to two hits over eight scoreless innings to give the Angels (1-1) their first win of the season.

Wilson gave up a one-out single in the third inning before retiring the next 14 batters he faced. Closer Huston Street came on in the ninth and retired the side to earn his first save of the season.

Freese hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning to give the Angels a lead they would not relinquish.

The Mariners (1-1) have spent a good part of the past nine months adding right-handed power to an offense that has struggled against left-handed pitching. The additions of Austin Jackson, Nelson Cruz, Justin Ruggiano and Rickie Weeks didn't do much good, as that foursome combined to go 2-for-13 on Tuesday. Seattle's other five starting position players went a combined 0-for-16 as the Mariners managed just two hits for the night.

Wilson's first start of the 2014 season also came against Seattle, but the left-hander suffered the loss after allowing six earned runs off eight hits over 5 2/3 innings.

Seattle starter James Paxton was solid but left the game in a 2-0 hole. Paxton (0-1) pitched six innings, allowing two earned runs off four hits, before reliever Tom Wilhelmsen took over to open the seventh.

NOTES: Mariners RF Seth Smith was rewarded for his 3-for-3 performance in Monday's opener with an off day Tuesday. The left-handed hitter is platooning with RF Justin Ruggiano, who started Tuesday because the Mariners were facing left-handed starter C.J. Wilson. ... Seattle's Wednesday starter, right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma, has been dealing with a blister on his pitching hand and avoided throwing his signature split-finger fastball in the spring. ... LF Rickie Weeks, who started 623 games as a leadoff hitter during his career with Milwaukee, batted first in the order for Seattle on Tuesday. Usual lead-off hitter Austin Jackson batted second. ... The Mariners and Angels go at it again Wednesday before enjoying their first off days of the season.