Kyle Lewis has done it all so far this season at the plate for the Mariners, and the rookie center fielder is adding defense to his resume as well.

The 25-year-old made a marvelous long running catch with a leap at the top of the wall in right-center field to rob the Dodgers' Justin Turner of a 380-foot line-drive homer in the fourth inning of Tuesday's 2-1 loss at Dodger Stadium, even leaving Los Angeles second baseman Kiké Hernández reacting in wonder in the Dodgers' dugout.

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"That was cool," Lewis said. "That was really cool. I've been working on balls at the wall, trying to time my jumps. There's been a few plays this year that have been really close, and I had opportunities to time them up a little better. Turner has good power that way, going backside, so that was special."

At 6-foot-4, Lewis is long and rangy, and he used all of that to haul in Turner's drive to help out starter Marco Gonzales after a leadoff double by Corey Seager had the Dodgers threatening.

Lewis initially was going to open this season in a corner outfield spot, but the youngster played so well in center during Summer Camp that he opened the season in center and has been there ever since.

"He's really played well in the outfield," Mariners manager Scott Servais said. "We all know what he's done in the batter's box, the quality of at-bats throughout. But really, in center field, the ground he covers, the jumps he gets on balls, his routes are very consistent and he works at it. He's out there early every day. You think, 'Yeah, young guy, he likes to hit all the time.' But that's not so much the case. He really wants to be good in center field and takes a lot of pride in it -- and it's paying off for him."

Lewis clearly is putting himself into American League Rookie of the Year Award contention, and he produced again in Tuesday's loss, going 1-for-3 with a walk, a stolen base and a run scored on a day the Mariners had just three hits.

It appeared last week that Lewis might be coming back to earth offensively after a scorching start, but he snapped an 0-for-15 streak with a base hit in the third inning Sunday in Houston and has since gone 6-for-10 with two walks to hike his average back to .344 with five home runs and 17 RBIs.

But, indeed, Lewis understands the defense is just as important.

"I put a ton of pride just on being reliable," Lewis said. "When they put my name in center field on the lineup card, you know you're going to get my best."

Gonzales appreciated the help, but the Mariners' No. 1 starter was outstanding on his own as he equaled his career high with nine strikeouts and allowed just five hits and one run over seven innings with a sterling 102-pitch outing on a hot late afternoon in Los Angeles.

"Awesome outing," said Servais. "He just dominated the strike zone really from the first pitch of the game. Shutting down a team like that says a lot. I'm thinking as I'm watching the game today, I don't think you can draw it up any better as far as what you're looking for young pitchers to emulate than what Marco Gonzales does. His preparation, execution, competitiveness, I can't say enough about the job he did today and continues to do."

Gonzales mixed his pitches extremely well and landed 20 of 25 first-pitch strikes. He struck out the side in the second and the fifth, and the only run he allowed came after catcher Austin Barnes reached on a little dribbler to the third-base side of the mound and then scored on Turner's single in the sixth.

With Gonzales already at a season-high pitch count on the 90-degree day, Servais went to his bullpen in the eighth. The Dodgers rallied, with Seager delivering the go-ahead RBI single off reliever Dan Altavilla to hand the Mariners their seventh straight loss as they closed out a 1-7 road trip while falling to 7-18. The seven-game skid equals their longest since May 30-June 5, 2015.