Oakland Athletics vs Los Angeles Angels Match Player Stats On Aug 06, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Aug 6, 2017

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Bruce Maxwell hit a two-run single with two outs in the eighth inning as the Oakland Athletics rallied from a four-run deficit and pulled out an 11-10 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday.

The A's trailed 10-6 before getting six consecutive hits off Blake Parker and Bud Norris (1-5).

Khris Davis hit his 29th homer of the season, a two-run shot that made it 10-8, and Parker was replaced by Norris after allowing a double to Ryon Healy.

Chad Pinder, who had four hits, pulled Oakland within 10-9 with a single off Norris. Following a double by Matt Chapman, Maxwell lined a single to right field to give Oakland the lead.

The Angels loaded the bases in the bottom of the eighth against Santiago Casillas but left them stranded.

Mark Canha hit a three-run homer and Pinder had a solo shot for Oakland, which collected 18 hits.

Mike Trout hit his 22nd homer and Yunel Escobar also went deep for the Angels, who totaled 12 hits but stranded 10.

Angels starter Ricky Nolasco had a rocky outing, going four-plus innings and giving up five runs and nine hits -- six of them extra-base hits.

A's starter Sean Manaea had his own troubles, allowing six hits and six runs (five runs) in 3 1/3 innings, and the bullpen didn't provide much cover, Simon Castro and Liam Hendriks allowing two runs each as the Angels turned a 4-2 deficit into a 10-5 lead.

After Oakland fell behind by five runs, Josh Smith (1-0) pitched a scoreless seventh. Blake Treinen struck out two in the ninth to record his second save.

Homers by Escobar and Trout in the first gave the Angels a 2-0 lead. Oakland took a 4-2 edge on Canha's three-run homer in the fourth.

Los Angeles grabbed a 6-4 lead in the fourth on a two-run double by Juan Graterol and a two-run single by Cliff Pennington.

After Oakland scored a run in the fifth, a single by Kole Calhoun and a groundout by Graterol made it 8-5 in the fifth. Los Angeles added two more runs in the sixth on a single by C.J. Cron and a throwing error by Oakland shortstop Marcus Semien.

Pinder hit his 10th homer in the seventh to make it 10-6.

NOTES: Angels 3B Yunel Escobar sustained an intercostal strain and left the game. He was scheduled for a MRI exam Sunday evening. ... A's 1B Yonder Alonso was traded to the Seattle Mariners in for OF Boog Powell before the game. Alonso, 30, was named to the AL All-Star team during a career year. He is hitting .266 with 22 home runs and 49 RBIs. He will be a free agent after the season. Powell, who made his major league debut this year and was originally drafted by the A's in 2012, hit .194 for the Mariners with two RBI in 23 games. ... Los Angeles LF Cameron Maybin is expected to be activated off the disabled list Monday after playing two games for Triple-A Salt Lake. He has been out for three weeks with a knee strain. ... LHP Andrew Heaney (elbow) made a rehab start for Salt Lake on Sunday, going 5 1/3 innings and allowing three runs. The Angels will decide soon if he needs one more rehab start before being activated.