By MIKE DiGIOVANNA Associated Press
June 27, 2026 - 10:22 pm
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Denzer Guzman deed a tiebreaking azygous with 2 outs successful the seventh inning Saturday nighttime that sent the Los Angeles Angels to a 5-2 triumph implicit the Athletics.
Los Angeles tacked connected 2 security runs successful the eighth connected RBI singles by Oswald Peraza and Logan O’Hoppe.
Angels reliever Ryan Zeferjahn (4-3) struck retired 2 successful a scoreless seventh to gain the triumph and summation his hitless streak to 10 innings, with 19 strikeouts, implicit his past 9 appearances.
Kirby Yates threw a 1-2-3 ninth for his 100th vocation prevention and 2nd this season.
Josh Lowe sparked the go-ahead rally with a one-out azygous disconnected left-hander Geoff Hartlieb (0-1) successful the seventh. Lowe stole 2nd and scored for a 3-2 pb erstwhile Guzman deed a hard grounder down the enactment that 3rd baseman Max Muncy couldn’t get his mitt on.
Angels right-hander Sam Bachman escaped a bases-loaded, one-out jam successful the eighth erstwhile helium struck retired pinch-hitter Carlos Cortes with a 100 mph sinker and got Muncy to alert out.
Angels starter Reid Detmers gave up 2 runs and 4 hits successful 5 2/3 innings, striking retired 8 and walking three. The left-hander accrued his strikeout full to 112, third-most successful the majors down Milwaukee ace Jacob Misiorowski (146) and Toronto right-hander Dylan Cease (128).
A’s starter Jack Perkins allowed 2 runs and 4 hits successful 5 innings, striking retired 5 and walking one.
The A’s took a 1-0 pb successful the 2nd erstwhile Jonah Heim crushed a first-pitch fastball that Detmers near implicit the bosom of the plate. Heim sent a 109 mph thrust 445 feet implicit the left-center tract partition for his seventh homer.
The Angels countered with 2 runs successful the fourth, a rally that began with Nolan Schanuel’s locomotion and Jorge Soler’s single. Wade Meckler struck out, but Jo Adell ripped a two-run triple into the left-field country for a 2-1 lead.
The A’s tied it successful the sixth erstwhile Nick Kurtz singled, Lawrence Butler walked and Colby Thomas lined a two-out RBI azygous to left.
The A’s, already playing without injured shortstop Jacob Wilson and 2nd baseman Zach Gelof, mislaid Tyler Soderstrom erstwhile the near fielder was pulled successful the 3rd inning due to the fact that of near hep soreness.
The A’s are moving to Las Vegas successful 2028, opening play successful a ballpark being built connected the Strip.
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