Los Angeles Angels vs Oakland Athletics Match Player Stats On May 08, 2017

The Sports Xchange
May 9, 2017

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Jed Lowrie hit a solo home run with two outs in the 11th inning, lifting the Oakland Athletics to their third consecutive walk-off win, a 3-2 victory against the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night at the Oakland Coliseum.

Lowrie, who also hit a solo homer in the fourth inning, launched right-hander Deolis Guerra's 1-0 pitch into the right field seats for his fourth home run of the season, his fourth career walk-off hit and second career walk-off homer.

The A's beat the Detroit Tigers on game-ending hits Saturday and Sunday.

Trevor Plouffe also hit a solo home run for the A's, and right-hander Liam Hendriks (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings for the victory.

Luis Valbuena hit a two-run homer for the Angels.

A's right-hander Kendall Graveman allowed two runs on seven hits over seven innings in a no-decision. He struck out six, walked one and blanked the Angels after giving up the Valbuena homer in the first.

Angels righty Ricky Nolasco gave up two runs on five hits over seven innings with a season-high 10 strikeouts and no walks in a no-decision. He allowed two home runs, raising his season total to 11.

Graveman and Nolasco faced each other for the third time this season. Graveman earned the win on Opening Night in a 4-2 A's victory at the Coliseum. Nolasco got even on April 27 at Anaheim in a 2-1 Angels win.

Ryan Madson threw a perfect eighth and Santiago Casilla a scoreless ninth for the A's. Hendriks pitched a one-two-three 10th, getting Kole Calhoun and Albert Pujols on fly balls to the center field warning track. He stranded runners at second and third in the 11th after Valbuena singled and Cameron Maybin reached on an error with one out.

Angels right-hander David Hernandez blanked Oakland in the eighth. Guerra (2-2) pitched a scoreless ninth, retiring Ryon Healy on a fly ball to the warning track in left-center for the third out, and a perfect 10th.

The Angels struck quickly, taking a 2-0 lead in top of the first inning. Yunel Escobar led off with an infield single, and Valbuena hit a towering, two-run homer to straight-away center field with two outs. Valbuena's home run, his first as an Angel, came on a 2-1 pitch from Graveman.

Oakland cut the Angels' lead to 2-1 in the fourth inning when Lowrie led off with his third home run of the season. He sent Nolasco's first-pitch splitter over the right field wall.

The A's pulled even in the fifth on Plouffe's solo blast, his fifth home run of the season. He crushed Nolasco's 0-1 fastball over the left-center-field fence.

NOTES: Angels CF Mike Trout missed his third straight game and fourth in five days with a strained left hamstring. "Definitely improved," Trout said before the game. "Just taking it day by day. I feel a lot better, a lot better. It's improving each and every day." Trout had an MRI of his left hamstring that came back "clean and normal," according to Angels GM Billy Eppler. ... Angels SS Andrelton Simmons was hit by a pitch in the top of the first inning and left the game after the top of the second with left hand and right thumb contusions. X-rays were negative, and he is day-to-day. ... A's 1B Yonder Alonso was named the American League Player of the Week for the first time in his career. Alonso hit .409 with five home runs, 10 RBIs, one double and five runs over six games last week.