Jo Adell hit a two-run triple and Denzer Guzman delivered a tiebreaking single to help the Los Angeles Angels record a 5-2 victory over the Athletics on Saturday night at Anaheim, Calif.
Oswald Peraza and Logan O’Hoppe also had RBI singles as the Angels won for the fifth time in seven games. Adell, Guzman and Soler had two hits apiece for Los Angeles.
Jonah Heim homered for the Athletics, who fell for the fifth time in seven outings.
The Athletics played without shortstop Jacob Wilson (shoulder) for the third straight game and left fielder Tyler Soderstrom (left hip) left after 2 1/2 innings on Saturday.
Kirby Yates set the side down in order in the ninth for the Angels for his second save this season and 100th of his career.
Josh Lowe singled off Geoff Hartlieb (1-1) with one out in the seventh and then stole second. He moved to third on Zach Neto’s infield out before Guzman hit a hard grounder that got under the glove of Athletics third baseman Max Muncy for a go-ahead single.
The A’s loaded the bases in the eighth off Sam Bachman on a one-out single by Shea Langeliers and walks to Lawrence Butler and Heim. Bachman recovered by striking out pinch hitter Carlos Cortes and getting Muncy on a liner to center.
In the bottom of the inning, Soler reached on an infield single and Adell was hit by a pitch from Matt Krook with one out. Peraza followed with a single to center to give the Angels a 4-2 lead before Mason Barnett entered and allowed a run-scoring single to center to O’Hoppe.
Starter Reid Detmers struck out eight A’s in 5 2/3 innings and gave up two runs, four hits and three walks. Ryan Zeferjahn (4-3) struck out two in the seventh for the Angels.
Heim celebrated his 31st birthday by slamming a first-pitch fastball 445 feet over the fence in center with one out in the second.
In the fourth, Nolan Schanuel walked and Soler singled and both runners moved up on the throw. One out later, Adell hit a bullet inside the third-base line that hit the side wall and darted past Colby Thomas for a two-run triple.
Nick Kurtz singled to start the sixth for the A’s and Butler walked with one out. Thomas drilled a two-out single to left to score Kurtz and end Detmers’ night.
Athletics starter Jack Perkins gave up two runs and four hits over five innings. He struck out five and walked one.
–Field Level Media
