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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
LA Angels 5, Oakland 4
When: 3:35 PM ET, Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Where: O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California
Temperature: 77°
Umpires: Home - Gerry Davis, 1B - Tom Hallion, 2B - Eric Cooper, 3B - Chris Guccione
Attendance: 27989

Angels 5, Athletics 4: Howie Kendrick drove in three runs as visiting Los Angeles knocked off Oakland.

Albert Pujols also had an RBI and Hector Santiago (6-9) gave up three hits in 5 1/3 scoreless innings. Huston Street sailed through the ninth to record his 41th save as the Angels remain 2 1/2 games ahead of Baltimore for the best record in the American League.

Athletics left-hander Jon Lester (16-11) allowed five runs (three earned) and eight hits in seven innings. Oakland is tied with Kansas City for the two wild-card spots, three games ahead of Seattle.

Kendrick delivered a run-scoring single to center in the first inning and added a two-run double down the right-field line in the third to make it 3-0. Pujols hit a sacrifice fly in the fifth to make it 4-0 and a throwing error by Oakland third baseman Josh Donaldson in the seventh allowed the Angels to tack on another run.

The Athletics got back in the game with a four-run seventh. Josh Reddick doubled home two, Nick Punto lined an RBI triple into the right-center field gap and Coco Crisp laced an RBI single to left.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Angels CF Mike Trout (stomach illness) was pinch-hit for in the fifth inning. … Reddick is 5-for-8 over the last two games and 9-for-16 over his past six contests. … Los Angeles LF Josh Hamilton (shoulder) continues to be sidelined and the club is hoping he can serve as the designated hitter in the opening round of the playoffs.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
LA Angels   Oakland
Hector Santiago Player Jon Lester
Win W/L Loss
5.1 IP 7.0
3 Strikeouts 7
3 Hits 8
0.00 ERA 3.86
Hitting
LA Angels   Oakland
Howie Kendrick Player Jed Lowrie
2 Hits 2
3 RBI 0
0 HR 0
3 TB 2
.500 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
LA Angels 9 0 12 .265 12 9 4 1 1 1
Oakland 9 0 12 .257 18 6 4 3 1 3