ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Zack Gelof hit Nick Kurtz on a fielder’s choice grounder in the 10th inning to lift the Athletics to a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday night.
With the bases loaded and a single, Glover hit a grounder off Ryan Zeferjahn (2-2), sending shortstop Zach Neto to second. However, second baseman Adam Frazier had trouble getting the ball out of his glove before throwing to first base. Glover was initially called out, but the Athletics won the challenge and Kurtz scored from third.
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Mark Leiter Jr. retired his fourth save for the Angels in the bottom of the 10th. A’s reliever Joel Kuhnel (1-1) pitched a scoreless ninth inning. The Angels have lost 11 of their past 13 games.
Nolan Sanuel hit a two-run homer in the first inning to give the Angels a 2-0 lead.
With two outs in the sixth, Shea Langeliers doubled over the left-center field wall, Kurtz singled up the center, and Langeliers drove in to extend the Angels’ lead to 2-1. It was Kurtz’s 44th consecutive game with at-bats, the longest such streak in the majors this year.
In the seventh inning, Darrell Hernaiz singled to left, hitting Gelof from third, chasing Angels starter José Soriano, and the Athletics tied the game 2-2 in the seventh inning.
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Soriano went 6 2/3 innings, allowing two runs and six hits while striking out seven.
The A’s starter, Luis Severino, went 7 innings, allowing 2 runs and 3 hits, but allowed 10 runs.
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A’s LHP Jeffrey Springs (3-4, 3.93 ERA) will face Padres RHP Walker Buehler (3-2, 5.01) on Friday night to start a three-game series in San Diego.
Angels RHP Grayson Rodriguez (0-1, 17.18) will join RHP Jacob deGrom (3-3, 3.02) on Friday night in a three-game home series against the visiting Texas Rangers.
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