Athletics bats wake up late to rough up Angels
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April 13, 2010, Tuesday
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THE Oakland Athletics scored eight runs in the final three innings to beat the Los Angeles Angels 9-4 on Sunday.
Adam Rosales finished 2-for-3 with four RBI and delivered a go-ahead two-run single in the seventh inning to give the Athletics their first lead 4-3.
Oakland (5-2) trailed 1-3 through six innings before scoring three times in the seventh, three more in the eighth and twice in the ninth.
Starter Dallas Braden surrendered two runs to the Angels (2-5) in the first inning but settled to pick up his first win of the season after pitching six innings and allowing three runs.
"We feel like were a frontrunner, and we feel like we can compete with anybody," Braden told reporters.
"If we can continue to do what we've done so far, which is win the series, we'll be okay."
Elsewhere in the American League, it was: Tigers 9, Cavaliers 8; Blue Jays 5, Orioles 2; Yankees 7, Rays 3; White Sox 5, Twins 4; Red Sox 8, Royals 6; and Rangers 9, Mariners 2.
In the National League, it was: Phillies 2, Astros 1; Reds 3, Cubs 1; Marlins 6, Dodgers 5; Nationals 5, Mets 2; Rockies 4, Padres 2; Giants 6, Braves 3; Diamondbacks 15, Pirates 6; and Brewers 8, Cardinals 7.
In Anaheim, California, Athletics' reliever Tyson Ross took over from Braden in the seventh and got the save despite allowing a solo home run to Juan Rivera in the ninth.
Oakland had been slow to get going, but it exploded in the seventh when Mark Ellis sparked things with an RBI double. He also added an RBI single in the ninth and scored twice.
The Angels bullpen suffered at the hands of the Athletics' bats, after starter Joe Saunders (0-2) left having allowed four runs in six innings.
Torii Hunter and Bobby Abreu both had two hits and a RBI each for Los Angeles, which is off to a difficult start to the season having won just two of its first seven games.
Hideki Matsui, the 2009 World Series MVP who left the New York Yankees to join the Angels, finished 0-for-3.
"Right now, from the offensive side, we're not getting to a point often enough where we put pressure on (other teams)," Los Angeles manager Mike Scioscia admitted.
"I think when we start to hit our stride, especially offensively, we'll be able to define some roles."
In Houston, Roy Halladay struck out eight in his first NL complete game as Philadelphia completed a sweep of winless Houston.
Halladay (2-0) scattered seven hits and retired the last nine batters he faced. Acquired from Toronto in an offseason trade, the former AL Cy Young Award winner pitched his 50th career complete game and outdueled Roy Oswalt (0-2).
Houston dropped to 0-6. The two-time NL champions Phillies improved to 5-1.
Jimmy Rollins led off the game with a home run. Philadelphia mustered only six hits, its first game under 10 hits this season.
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