OAKLAND, Calif. -- On a night when Mike Trout twice got thrown out at the plate, the Los Angeles Angels still found a way to score big in the standings.
Pinch-hitter Ben Revere lined a go-ahead single in the 10th inning that diving left fielder Matt Joyce just missed, and the Angels took over the second AL wild-card spot by beating the Oakland Athletics 8-7 on Tuesday night.
The Angels moved a half-game ahead of Minnesota, which lost at Tampa Bay. The Angels are five games over .500 for the first time since the end of the 2015 season.
"Our offense has been really picking us up the last week," manager Mike Scioscia said. "Now we need to do a better job on the mound. It's going to be tough to reach our goal unless we can get to a certain point in the game. We had this game on our terms probably three times and couldn't hold it."
Oakland lost its eighth in a row, matching its longest skid over the last five years.
Trout was nailed at the plate in the third when he tried to score from third on a grounder. The Angels star was nabbed again in the fifth when he tried to get home from second on a single.
Trout was hit by a pitch from Kendall Graveman in the left side in the first inning. Trout later drew a walk in his career-high 13th straight game.
Cam Bedrosian (5-4) pitched a scoreless ninth. Eduardo Paredes retired Jed Lowrie on a flyball to escape a bases-loaded jam for his first career save.
"Losing's tough to begin with but when you lose and you battle so hard to come back it's a little bit tougher," A's manager Bob Melvin said.
Blake Treinen (1-4) retired the first two batters in the 10th. He then hit a batter, C.J. Cron singled and Revere followed with his hit.
Cron hit a two-run homer in the sixth and an RBI triple in the eighth. Albert Pujols hit a run-scoring single and sacrifice fly, giving him 14 RBI in his last six games for the Angels.
Joyce hit his 22nd homer and a sacrifice fly in the eighth that made it 7-all. Khris Davis hit his 38th home run and Matt Olson connected for the third time in two games for Oakland.
Angels starter Garrett Richards retired his first seven batters while pitching for just the second time this season. He allowed one run and four hits in 3 1/3 innings, striking out three and walking one.
This game came five months to the day that he strained his right biceps muscle in Oakland in his season debut. The plan for him was to throw about 50 pitches or three innings in this outing -- he totaled 52 pitches.
"It just felt good to be back out there with them," Richards said. "I was right where I wanted to be. Misses were small, pounded the zone and got ahead of guys. I did everything that I wanted to do. This is a good one to build off of and hopefully next time I can go a little bit longer but stay with the same output."
The Angels won a day after topping the A's 11-9 in 11 innings. Los Angeles set an AL record by using 12 pitchers in that win -- Boston tied that mark in a 19-inning victory over Toronto that ended early Wednesday.
GOING THE DISTANCE
The Angels sure are working for it in September. Their last five games: 4 hours, 33 minutes, 4:09, 3:49, 4:38 on Labor Day and 4:12 Tuesday.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Angels: RHP Bud Norris is set to return Wednesday when eligible from his second stint on the disabled list with right knee inflammation. He threw a bullpen session Monday to test the knee.
Athletics: RHP Paul Blackburn was transferred to the 60-day DL to clear roster space for September additions. He has been sidelined since Aug. 23 with a deep bone bruise in his pitching hand that's comparable to a fracture. ... RHP Daniel Mengden was recalled from Triple-A Nashville and will pitch the second game of Saturday's doubleheader at home against Houston.
UP NEXT
Angels: LHP Tyler Skaggs (1-4, 4.89 ERA) looks to bounce back from his shortest start of the season of two-plus innings Friday at Texas in which he surrendered a season-high six runs. He is 0-3 with a 6.75 ERA in four career starts against the A's, 0-2 this year.
Athletics: LHP Sean Manaea (9-9 4.52), 1-4 with a 6.81 ERA over his last eight starts, tries for his first win against the Angels after going 0-2 with a 6.38 ERA in his first five starts vs. Los Angeles.
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Pinch-hitter Ben Revere lined a go-ahead single in the 10th inning that diving left fielder Matt Joyce just missed, and the Angels took over the second AL wild-card spot by beating the Oakland Athletics 8-7 on Tuesday night.
The Angels moved a half-game ahead of Minnesota, which lost at Tampa Bay. The Angels are five games over .500 for the first time since the end of the 2015 season.
"Our offense has been really picking us up the last week," manager Mike Scioscia said. "Now we need to do a better job on the mound. It's going to be tough to reach our goal unless we can get to a certain point in the game. We had this game on our terms probably three times and couldn't hold it."
Oakland lost its eighth in a row, matching its longest skid over the last five years.
Trout was nailed at the plate in the third when he tried to score from third on a grounder. The Angels star was nabbed again in the fifth when he tried to get home from second on a single.
Trout was hit by a pitch from Kendall Graveman in the left side in the first inning. Trout later drew a walk in his career-high 13th straight game.
Cam Bedrosian (5-4) pitched a scoreless ninth. Eduardo Paredes retired Jed Lowrie on a flyball to escape a bases-loaded jam for his first career save.
"Losing's tough to begin with but when you lose and you battle so hard to come back it's a little bit tougher," A's manager Bob Melvin said.
Blake Treinen (1-4) retired the first two batters in the 10th. He then hit a batter, C.J. Cron singled and Revere followed with his hit.
Cron hit a two-run homer in the sixth and an RBI triple in the eighth. Albert Pujols hit a run-scoring single and sacrifice fly, giving him 14 RBI in his last six games for the Angels.
Joyce hit his 22nd homer and a sacrifice fly in the eighth that made it 7-all. Khris Davis hit his 38th home run and Matt Olson connected for the third time in two games for Oakland.
Angels starter Garrett Richards retired his first seven batters while pitching for just the second time this season. He allowed one run and four hits in 3 1/3 innings, striking out three and walking one.
This game came five months to the day that he strained his right biceps muscle in Oakland in his season debut. The plan for him was to throw about 50 pitches or three innings in this outing -- he totaled 52 pitches.
"It just felt good to be back out there with them," Richards said. "I was right where I wanted to be. Misses were small, pounded the zone and got ahead of guys. I did everything that I wanted to do. This is a good one to build off of and hopefully next time I can go a little bit longer but stay with the same output."
The Angels won a day after topping the A's 11-9 in 11 innings. Los Angeles set an AL record by using 12 pitchers in that win -- Boston tied that mark in a 19-inning victory over Toronto that ended early Wednesday.
GOING THE DISTANCE
The Angels sure are working for it in September. Their last five games: 4 hours, 33 minutes, 4:09, 3:49, 4:38 on Labor Day and 4:12 Tuesday.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Angels: RHP Bud Norris is set to return Wednesday when eligible from his second stint on the disabled list with right knee inflammation. He threw a bullpen session Monday to test the knee.
Athletics: RHP Paul Blackburn was transferred to the 60-day DL to clear roster space for September additions. He has been sidelined since Aug. 23 with a deep bone bruise in his pitching hand that's comparable to a fracture. ... RHP Daniel Mengden was recalled from Triple-A Nashville and will pitch the second game of Saturday's doubleheader at home against Houston.
UP NEXT
Angels: LHP Tyler Skaggs (1-4, 4.89 ERA) looks to bounce back from his shortest start of the season of two-plus innings Friday at Texas in which he surrendered a season-high six runs. He is 0-3 with a 6.75 ERA in four career starts against the A's, 0-2 this year.
Athletics: LHP Sean Manaea (9-9 4.52), 1-4 with a 6.81 ERA over his last eight starts, tries for his first win against the Angels after going 0-2 with a 6.38 ERA in his first five starts vs. Los Angeles.
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10:05PM,EDT,September 5,2017
Oakland Coliseum, Oakland,California
Oakland Coliseum, Oakland,California
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Los Angeles - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Kendall Graveman pitching for Oakland | LAA | OAK |
| Phillips grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| Trout hit by pitch. | 0 | 0 |
| Trout stole second. | 0 | 0 |
| Upton popped out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Pujols grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Garrett Richards pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | OAK |
| Semien lined out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Joyce grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Lowrie grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Kendall Graveman pitching for Oakland | LAA | OAK |
| Calhoun struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Simmons flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Valbuena popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Garrett Richards pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | OAK |
| Davis struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Olson struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Pinder flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Kendall Graveman pitching for Oakland | LAA | OAK |
| Cron walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Maldonado singled to left center, Cron to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Phillips singled to right, Cron scored, Maldonado to third, Phillips to second advancing on throw. | 1 | 0 |
| Trout walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Upton walked, Maldonado scored, Phillips to third, Trout to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Pujols hit sacrifice fly to center, Phillips scored. | 3 | 0 |
| Trout to third, Upton to second on wild pitch by Graveman. | 3 | 0 |
| Calhoun grounded into fielder's choice to first, Trout out at home. | 3 | 0 |
| Simmons struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| 3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Garrett Richards pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | OAK |
| Maxwell grounded out to third. | 3 | 0 |
| Chapman walked. | 3 | 0 |
| Powell singled to center, Chapman to third. | 3 | 0 |
| Semien grounded into fielder's choice to third, Chapman out at third, Powell to third. | 3 | 0 |
| Joyce grounded out to first. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Kendall Graveman pitching for Oakland | LAA | OAK |
| Valbuena grounded out to first. | 3 | 0 |
| Cron struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Maldonado grounded out to first. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Garrett Richards pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | OAK |
| Lowrie doubled to left center. | 3 | 0 |
| Davis singled to deep right center, Lowrie to third. | 3 | 0 |
| Olson struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Pinder doubled to deep left, Lowrie scored, Davis to third. | 3 | 1 |
| Wood relieved Richards. | 3 | 1 |
| Maxwell struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| Chapman struck out looking. | 3 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Kendall Graveman pitching for Oakland | LAA | OAK |
| Phillips singled to left. | 3 | 1 |
| Trout grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Phillips out at second. | 3 | 1 |
| Trout stole second. | 3 | 1 |
| Upton singled to left, Trout thrown out at home, Trout to third advancing on play. Upton to second advancing on throw. | 3 | 1 |
| Pujols singled to center, Upton scored. | 4 | 1 |
| Calhoun lined out to right. | 4 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Blake Wood pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | OAK |
| Powell struck out swinging. | 4 | 1 |
| Semien flied out to center. | 4 | 1 |
| Joyce homered to right (342 feet). | 4 | 2 |
| Lowrie singled to left center. | 4 | 2 |
| Davis homered to center (404 feet), Lowrie scored. | 4 | 4 |
| Olson homered to center (414 feet). | 4 | 5 |
| Scribner relieved Wood. | 4 | 5 |
| Pinder tripled to right. | 4 | 5 |
| Maxwell lined out to right. | 4 | 5 |
| 4 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Sam Moll pitching for Oakland | LAA | OAK |
| Moll relieved Graveman. | 4 | 5 |
| Simmons struck out swinging. | 4 | 5 |
| Valbuena walked. | 4 | 5 |
| Hendriks relieved Moll. | 4 | 5 |
| Cron homered to left (378 feet), Valbuena scored. | 6 | 5 |
| Maldonado grounded out to pitcher. | 6 | 5 |
| Phillips flied out to right. | 6 | 5 |
| 2 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Troy Scribner pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | OAK |
| Chapman walked. | 6 | 5 |
| Powell walked, Chapman to second. | 6 | 5 |
| Semien doubled to left, Chapman scored, Powell to third. | 6 | 6 |
| Guerra relieved Scribner. | 6 | 6 |
| Joyce struck out swinging. | 6 | 6 |
| Lowrie walked. | 6 | 6 |
| Ramirez relieved Guerra. | 6 | 6 |
| Davis struck out swinging. | 6 | 6 |
| Olson grounded out to second. | 6 | 6 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Chris Hatcher pitching for Oakland | LAA | OAK |
| Hatcher relieved Hendriks. | 6 | 6 |
| Trout flied out to center. | 6 | 6 |
| Upton struck out swinging. | 6 | 6 |
| Pujols grounded out to shortstop. | 6 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Fernando Salas pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | OAK |
| Salas relieved Ramirez. | 6 | 6 |
| Pinder fouled out to first. | 6 | 6 |
| Maxwell struck out swinging. | 6 | 6 |
| Chapman struck out swinging. | 6 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Daniel Coulombe pitching for Oakland | LAA | OAK |
| Coulombe relieved Hatcher. | 6 | 6 |
| Calhoun flied out to left. | 6 | 6 |
| Simmons grounded out to third. | 6 | 6 |
| Valbuena walked. | 6 | 6 |
| Cowart ran for Valbuena. | 6 | 6 |
| Cron tripled to right, Cowart scored. | 7 | 6 |
| Maldonado struck out swinging. | 7 | 6 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Fernando Salas pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | OAK |
| Cowart at third base. | 7 | 6 |
| Powell doubled to right. | 7 | 6 |
| Semien sacrificed to third, Powell to third. | 7 | 6 |
| Joyce hit sacrifice fly to left, Powell scored. | 7 | 7 |
| Lowrie grounded out to first. | 7 | 7 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Santiago Casilla pitching for Oakland | LAA | OAK |
| Casilla relieved Coulombe. | 7 | 7 |
| Phillips flied out to center. | 7 | 7 |
| Trout grounded out to third. | 7 | 7 |
| Upton walked. | 7 | 7 |
| Pujols flied out to right. | 7 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Cam Bedrosian pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | OAK |
| Bedrosian relieved Salas. | 7 | 7 |
| Davis walked. | 7 | 7 |
| Barreto ran for Davis. | 7 | 7 |
| Olson popped out to shortstop. | 7 | 7 |
| Pinder grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Barreto out at second. | 7 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 10th | SCORE | |
| Blake Treinen pitching for Oakland | LAA | OAK |
| Treinen relieved Casilla. | 7 | 7 |
| Calhoun struck out swinging. | 7 | 7 |
| Simmons grounded out to third. | 7 | 7 |
| Cowart hit by pitch. | 7 | 7 |
| Cron singled to right, Cowart to second. | 7 | 7 |
| Revere hit for Maldonado. | 7 | 7 |
| Revere singled to left, Cowart scored, Cron to second. | 8 | 7 |
| Phillips grounded out to shortstop. | 8 | 7 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 10th | SCORE | |
| Eduardo Paredes pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | OAK |
| Graterol catching. | 8 | 7 |
| Paredes relieved Bedrosian. | 8 | 7 |
| Maxwell grounded out to second. | 8 | 7 |
| Chapman singled to center. | 8 | 7 |
| Powell struck out swinging. | 8 | 7 |
| Semien singled to right, Chapman to third. | 8 | 7 |
| Joyce walked, Semien to second. | 8 | 7 |
| Lowrie flied out to center. | 8 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles Angels | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Phillips 2B | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .222 | .250 | .222 |
| Trout CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | .326 | .463 | .655 |
| Upton LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 28 | .282 | .371 | .540 |
| Pujols DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .244 | .289 | .394 |
| Calhoun RF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .247 | .333 | .391 |
| Simmons SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | .286 | .336 | .442 |
| Valbuena 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | .200 | .296 | .425 |
Cowart PR-3B
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .233 | .303 | .411 |
| Cron 1B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | .262 | .317 | .479 |
| Maldonado C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .227 | .288 | .384 |
a-Revere PH
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .262 | .299 | .336 |
Graterol C
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .219 | .227 | .274 |
| Totals | 37 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 199 | |||
| a-singled to left for M Maldonado in the 10th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 3B: Cron (1, Coulombe) HR: Cron (14, 6th inning off Hendriks 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: Phillips (1), Upton (95), Pujols 2 (93), Cron 3 (50), Revere (19) SF: Pujols 2-out RBI: Pujols, Cron, Revere Angels RISP: 4-10 (Maldonado 0-1, Calhoun 0-1, Phillips 1-2, Revere 1-1, Simmons 0-1, Pujols 1-2, Upton 1-2) Team LOB: 8 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Trout 2 (20, 2nd base off Graveman/Maxwell 2) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (Simmons-Phillips-Cron). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA |
| Attendance | 11,110 (31.7% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 4:12 |
| Weather | 72 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 14 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Tom Woodring, First Base - Mike Everitt, Second Base - Scott Barry, Third Base - Jordan Baker |
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