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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
LA Angels 12, Oakland 3
When: 9:05 PM ET, Saturday, May 15, 2010
Where: Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, California
Temperature: 67°
Umpires: Home - Phil Cuzzi, 1B - Scott Barry, 2B - Chris Guccione, 3B - Brian O'Nora
Attendance: 41744

Kendry Morales hit two home runs and drove in five runs and the Los Angeles Angels set a season-high for runs scored while cruising to a 12-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Saturday.

Morales hit a three-run homer in the fourth and a two-run homer in the seventh for the Angels, who beat Oakland for the second straight night.

Athletics starter Justin Duchscherer was scratched just prior to the game when his injured hip became inflamed. He was activated from the disabled list earlier Saturday.

Tyson Ross (1-1) made his first career start in place of Duchscherer and lasted just 3 2/3 innings.

He retired the first 11 batters he faced before Bobby Abreu reached on an infield single. Torii Hunter followed with a single and Morales hit his first homer to turn a two-run deficit into a 3-2 lead. Ross was removed after Morales’ homer.

Five Angels had multiple-hit games – Abreu had three hits while Morales, Hunter, Juan Rivera and Mike Napoli all had two hits.

Ervin Santana (2-3) improved to 11-2 lifetime against Oakland. Santana gave up three runs – two earned -- and seven hits in six innings.

Landon Powell had three hits and drove in a run for Oakland, which has now lost four straight games.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Oakland   LA Angels
Tyson Ross Player Ervin Santana
Loss W/L Win
3.2 IP 6.0
3 Strikeouts 6
3 Hits 7
7.36 ERA 3.00
Hitting
Oakland   LA Angels
Landon Powell Player Bobby Abreu
3 Hits 3
1 RBI 1
0 HR 0
3 TB 3
.750 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Oakland 11 1 16 .314 23 7 2 3 0 2
LA Angels 15 2 25 .405 12 9 11 0 2 1