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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
LA Angels 7, Oakland 1
When: 10:05 PM ET, Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Where: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California
Temperature: 57°
Umpires: Home - Mike Reilly, 1B - Chad Fairchild, 2B - Eric Cooper, 3B - Bill Miller
Attendance: 18285

Joe Saunders shut down Oakland for the second time this season and Erick Aybar had four hits as the Los Angeles Angels defeated the host Athletics 7-1 on Wednesday night.

Saunders (5-6) tossed a complete-game seven-hitter, walking one and striking out two. He came within two outs of a shutout before allowing Kevin Kouzmanoff’s run-scoring single.

Saunders shut out Oakland on four hits in a mid-May start in Anaheim.

Aybar’s biggest hit was a two-run triple that capped a four-run sixth inning that gave the Angels a 5-0 lead.

Juan Rivera and Robb Quinlan both had run-scoring singles earlier in the sixth. Rivera added his ninth homer of the year in the eighth as the Angels finished with 16 hits.

Torii Hunter had three hits, including an RBI single in the third inning.

Oakland starter Dallas Braden (4-6) is now 0-4 in six starts since throwing a perfect game against Tampa Bay. Braden was roughed up for five runs – four earned – and 11 hits in 5 2/3 innings.

Daric Barton went 3-for-4 for the A’s and doubled in the ninth. He scored on Kouzmanoff’s single.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
LA Angels   Oakland
Joe Saunders Player Dallas Braden
Win W/L Loss
9.0 IP 5.2
2 Strikeouts 4
7 Hits 11
1.00 ERA 6.35
Hitting
LA Angels   Oakland
Erick Aybar Player Daric Barton
4 Hits 3
2 RBI 0
0 HR 0
7 TB 4
.800 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
LA Angels 16 1 22 .390 22 10 7 1 0 0
Oakland 7 0 8 .219 14 2 1 1 0 1