Jo Adell slammed a two-run homer in a six-run sixth inning to help the Los Angeles Angels rally past the visiting Oakland A’s 6-5 on Wednesday afternoon and sweep the three-game series in Anaheim, Calif.
Jorge Soler had a two-run single in the inning, and Mike Trout and Kevin Newman each had two singles and scored a run for the Angels, who have won five of six.
Angels starter Kyle Hendricks (4-6) allowed three runs (two earned) and seven hits in six innings, striking out three and walking one.
Oakland left-hander JP Sears breezed through five innings before getting in trouble in the sixth. He was finished after 5 1/3 innings, allowing two runs and four hits with nine strikeouts and no walks.
Brent Rooker had two home runs, a double, a single, three RBIs and three runs scored for the A’s, who have lost four of five.
Rooker doubled down the third base line with one out in the first and scored on a two-out single by Max Muncy for a 1-0 lead.
Rooker led off the third by lifting a low changeup over the fence in left for a 2-0 lead.
A sacrifice fly by Max Schuemann in the fourth made it 3-0.
Trout’s two hard-hit singles represented the only baserunners for the Angels through five innings, but Newman and Zach Neto led off the sixth with singles for Los Angeles.
Grant Holman (4-2) replaced Sears with one out and walked Trout to load the bases. Taylor Ward was then hit by a pitch to force in a run and make it 3-1.
Soler followed with a grounder that squeezed between the middle infielders, scoring two more runs to tie it 3-3.
Osvaldo Bido then replaced Holman and gave up a sacrifice fly to Travis d’Arnaud before Adell stepped up and blasted a two-run shot — his 13th homer this season — to left to make it 6-3.
Angels right-hander Ryan Zeferjahn relieved Hendricks to start the seventh and walked Schuemann with one out before surrendering a two-out, two-run homer to Rooker that cut the lead to 6-5.
Connor Brogdon started the eighth for Los Angeles and gave up a lead-off double to JJ Bleday. After Brogdon coaxed a popout, Soler ran a long way before making a sliding catch in shallow right for the second out.
Reid Detmers pitched the ninth for his second save, getting Rooker to fly out for the second out — the only time he was retired in the game.
–Field Level Media
