Oakland 4, LA Angels 3
Thursday, May 26, 2011 3:35 PM
Location -
Angel Stadium of Anaheim
Temperature -
69°
Umpires -
Home Plate -
Paul Nauert,
First Base -
Kerwin Danley,
Second Base -
Victor Carapazza,
Third Base -
Cory Blaser,
Attendance -
33412
Final Scoring Summary
|
Final
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
X |
R
|
H
|
E
|
|
Oakland
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
4
|
11 |
0 |
|
LA Angels
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
3
|
5 |
0 |
Team Records
| Team |
W/L |
Home |
Away |
Streak |
| Oakland
|
24-27 |
11-12 |
13-15 |
W1 |
| LA Angels
|
26-26 |
13-13 |
13-13 |
L1 |
Recap
New A’s closer Grant Balfour made it interesting in the 9th, but Oakland survived an Angels’ rally for a 4-3 win in Anaheim, Calif.
With the A's leading 4-0, Balfour, who replaced Brian Fuentes as Oakland's closer this week, gave up a three-run homer to Mark Trumbo with two outs in the ninth before retiring Russell Branyan to end the game.
Oakland starter Brett Anderson (3-4) retired 12 of the first 13 batters he faced and picked up his first career win in four starts against Los Angeles. Anderson struck out four, while scattering three hits to help the Athletics to just their second win in their last nine games. It was Anderson's first win since April 24.
Oakland's offense helped with a three-run fourth inning against Los Angeles starter Joel Pineiro. Andy LaRoche, who started at third base in place of Kevin Kouzmanoff, hit a two-run double to punctuate the A's big inning.
Pineiro (2-1) yielded four runs on 11 hits in 6 1/3 innings.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Oakland |
|
LA Angels |
|
Brett Anderson
|
Player |
Joel Pineiro |
|
Win
|
W/L |
Loss
|
|
8.0 |
IP |
6.1 |
|
4 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
|
3 |
Hits |
11 |
|
0.00 |
ERA |
5.68 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Oakland
|
11 |
0 |
12 |
.306 |
15 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| LA Angels
|
5 |
1 |
9 |
.167 |
13 |
6 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
Upcoming Games
-
LA Angels will play their next game on the road against
Minnesota.
The
Angels
have a W/L % of
.444
after a win and
.560
after a loss.
-
Oakland
will play their next game at home against
Baltimore.
The
Athletics
have a W/L % of
.391
after a win and
.536
after a loss.