A late comeback carried the Oakland Athletics past the Los Angeles Angels, with Carlos Cortes’ home run in the eighth giving Oakland a lead it did not relinquish.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAA | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| OAK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | X | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Cortes supplied the turning point after Oakland had steadily closed the gap. His production, along with Zack Gelof’s power, fueled the Athletics’ surge.
The Angels built their advantage through Denzer Guzman’s home run, which brought Mike Trout and Vaughn Grissom home. Oakland answered with Lawrence Butler’s triple, Jeff McNeil’s fielder’s-choice play and a string of seventh-inning scoring plays. Cortes then homered to bring Alika Williams home and put Oakland in front, before Gelof homered with Butler scoring to extend the lead.
Los Angeles mounted one last threat in the ninth, when Christian Moore’s single brought Jose Siri across, but Hogan Harris closed the game and recorded the save. Sam Bachman took the loss for the Angels, while Luis Medina earned the win for Oakland.
The Angels had the early control, but Oakland’s late comeback changed the game’s mood and stopped Los Angeles from protecting its lead.
Oakland Athletics defeated Los Angeles Angels, 9-7.
- Denzer Guzman went 1-for-4 with 1 home run, 4 RBIs and 1 run scored (batting .226 on the season).
- Carlos Cortes went 2-for-2 with 1 home run, 1 triple, 3 RBIs and 2 runs scored (batting .257 on the season).
- Zack Gelof went 1-for-3 with 1 home run, 2 RBIs and 1 run scored (batting .253 on the season).
- Sam Bachman allowed 3 runs on 3 hits over 1.1 innings, and took the loss (1-3) (4.50 ERA).
- Hogan Harris allowed 1 run on 3 hits over 1.0 inning, striking out 1, and closed it out for the save (16) (3.42 ERA).
- Luis Medina allowed 0 runs on 1 hit over 1.0 inning, striking out 1, to earn the win (6-2) (3.15 ERA).
Oakland Athletics improved to 62-95; Los Angeles Angels fell to 60-97 (2 straight losses).