Oakland 6, LA Angels 5
When: 3:35 PM ET, Sunday, September 25, 2011
Where: Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, California
Temperature:
70°
Umpires:
Home -
Ron Kulpa, 1B -
Jim Wolf, 2B -
Derryl Cousins, 3B -
Tom Hallion
Attendance:
40794
By SportsDirect Inc.
Coco Crisp's sacrifice fly capped a four-run rally in the ninth inning as Oakland captured a 6-5 road win over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday. The defeat puts the Angels three games behind Boston in the American League wild-card race.
Los Angeles had stretched its lead to 5-2 in the eighth on a two-run single by Peter Bourjos, before the Athletics rallied in the top of the ninth against Los Angeles closer Jordan Walden. Josh Willingham led off with a home run, and after another run scored on a Walden throwing error, Kurt Suzuki tied it with a one-out RBI double to right. With the bases loaded, Crisp lofted a fly ball to center to plate the go-ahead run.
The blown save was the 10th of the year for Walden (5-4), most in the American League.
Oakland closer Andrew Bailey worked the ninth to save it for Fautino De Los Santos (3-2), who got the win despite giving up the pair of runs in the eighth.
Los Angeles starter Joel Pineiro gave up just three hits in 6 1/3 scoreless innings, facing the minimum 18 batters through the first six frames. The lone Oakland batter to get a hit during that stretch, Scott Sizemore, was erased immediately on a double play.
Bobby Abreu and Vernon Wells hit solo home runs in the second and sixth innings, respectively, to help the Angels take an early 3-0 lead.
Rich Harden allowed three runs on eight hits in six innings for Oakland, which lost right fielder David DeJesus to a right hip contusion in the seventh inning.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Oakland |
|
LA Angels |
|
Rich Harden |
Player |
Joel Pineiro |
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
6.0 |
IP |
6.1 |
|
5 |
Strikeouts |
4 |
|
8 |
Hits |
3 |
|
4.50 |
ERA |
0.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Oakland
|
10 |
1 |
14 |
.286 |
11 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
| LA Angels
|
9 |
2 |
18 |
.265 |
14 |
7 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
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