Los Angeles Angels vs Oakland Athletics Match Player Stats On Sep 05, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Sep 6, 2017

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Pinch hitter Ben Revere lined a tiebreaking single in the top of the 10th inning, and the Los Angeles Angels held on for an 8-7 victory against the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night at Oakland Coliseum.

The Angels (72-67) moved past Minnesota into the second American League wild-card spot and pulled to within 2 1/2 games of the New York Yankees for the top wild card. Los Angeles leads the Twins by a half-game and the Baltimore Orioles by one game.

With two outs in the 10th, A's reliever Blake Treinen (1-6) hit Kaleb Cowart with a pitch. C.J. Cron singled Cowart to second, and Revere singled as left fielder Matt Joyce raced in and made a diving attempt but couldn't hold onto the ball.

Angels right-hander Eduardo Paredes survived a bases-load jam to pitch a scoreless 10th and record his first career save. Paredes retired Jed Lowrie on a fly ball to center for the final out.

Cam Bedrosian (5-4) pitched a scoreless ninth for the win.

Cron hit his 14th home run of the season for the Angels, a two-run blast in the sixth inning. He added an RBI triple in the eighth and his crucial single in the 10th.

Albert Pujols drove in two runs, and Brandon Phillips had two hits for the Angels.

Khris Davis hit his 38th home run of the season, a two-run shot, Joyce slugged his 22nd and rookie Matt Olson his 15th for the A's (58-80), all in a four-run fifth inning.

Olson, who had two homers on Monday against the Angels, homered for the third straight game. He has homered in six of his past eight games.

Lowrie had two hits, including a double, and scored twice for the A's.

Angels right-hander Garrett Richards came off the disabled list after missing 136 games with a strained right biceps and made his second start of the season and first since April 5, when he was injured against the A's at the Coliseum.

Richards allowed one run on four hits over 3 1/3 innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision. His fastball consistently hit 96 mph. Richards was expected to be limited to around 50 pitches, and he finished with 52.

A's right-hander Kendall Graveman gave up four runs on five hits over five innings in a no-decision. He struck out three, walked three and threw 103 pitches.

The Angels trailed 5-4 after five innings but regained the lead at 6-5 on Cron's two-run shot to left in the sixth off reliever Liam Hendriks. Oakland pulled even with a run in the bottom of the frame but left the bases loaded.

Matt Chapman led off with a walk and scored from second on Marcus Semien's double to left off reliever Troy Scribner.

The Angels regained a 7-6 lead in the eighth, and once again it was Cron delivering the big blow. With two outs and pinch runner Cowart on first, Cron lined an opposite-field triple down the right field line off Daniel Coulombe. The ball banked off two walls and past right fielder Chad Pinder as Cron raced to third for his first triple of the season.

The A's pulled even with a run in the bottom of the inning. Boog Powell hit a leadoff double off Fernando Salas, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt and scored on Joyce's sacrifice fly.

NOTES: Angels OF Mike Trout walked for the 13th consecutive game, setting a franchise record. ... Angels RHP Bud Norris (right knee inflammation) will be reinstated from the disabled list on Wednesday. ... RHP Deolis Guerra was selected from Triple-A Salt Lake and will pitch out of the Angels' bullpen. RHP Vicente Campos was designated for assignment, opening a spot on the 40-man roster for Guerra, who pitched a scoreless third of an inning. ... Angels RHP Mike Morin, 26, was designated for assignment, opening a spot on the 40-man roster for RHP Garrett Richards, who was reinstated from the 60-day disabled list. ... RHP Daniel Mengden was recalled by Oakland from Triple-A Nashville and will start on Saturday against Houston in the second game of a doubleheader in place of RHP Chris Smith, who will pitch out of the bullpen. ... The A's recalled OF/INF Renato Nunez and INF Joey Wendle and selected RHP Raul Alcantara from Nashville. To make room for Alcantara on the 40-man roster, Oakland moved RHP Paul Blackburn (right hand bone bruise) to the 60-man disabled list.