Seth Brown went 3-for-4 with a homer, and his sixth-inning RBI single on an overturned umpire's call snapped a tie and lifted the Oakland A's to a 5-4 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday in Anaheim, Calif. The A's entered the top of the sixth down 4-2, but Brent Rooker's two-out, two-run homer tied the game. Later in the inning, Brown came to the plate with two on against Angels reliever Hans Crouse.
Brown hit a liner down the right field line, and the ball was ruled foul by first base umpire Brian Walsh. However, A's manager Mark Kotsay challenged the call and was successful, Brown being credited with an RBI single to give Oakland a 5-4 lead. After allowing a pair of two-run home runs by the Angels' Taylor Ward and Nolan Schanuel in the first inning, the Oakland pitching staff shut out the Angels the rest of the way.
A's starter Paul Blackburn (4-2) gave up four runs on five hits in five innings, striking out two and walking one. Three relievers combined to finish it off, with Lucas Erceg pitching around a single in the ninth for his third save. Given the four first-inning runs, Angels starter Carson Fulmer surrendered half of the lead soon after.
He served up a two-run, two-out homer to Brown in the second as Oakland cut the deficit to 4-2. The Angels missed a chance to increase the advantage in the fifth inning. Jo Adell walked with one out, and Anthony Rendon followed with a drive to the warning track in right-center.
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