Athletics 14-6 Angels (May 19, 2026) Game Recap
ANAHEIM, Calif. — — Nick Kurtz had three hits and 5 RBI, Brent Rooker and Zack Gelof homered and drove in three runs a chunk because the Athletics beat the Los Angeles Angels 14-6 on Tuesday evening.
The Athletics scored 12 of their runs with two outs.
Kurtz, the reigning American League Rookie of the Year, sparked a six-run third inning with an RBI single, keyed a two-run sixth with a two-run single and added a two-run double in a four-run eighth.
Relief Justin Sterner (2-3) escaped a first-and-third, two-out jam within the fourth and earned the win for the AL West-leading A’s, who snapped a three-game skid.
Mike Trout hit his twelfth homer of the season, a solo shot, and completed with two RBI for the last-place Angels, who’ve misplaced 22 of 28 video games since an 11-10 begin.
angels starter Reid Detmers (1-5) was tagged for eight runs and eight hits in 5 2/3 innings. The left-hander retired seven straight batters to open the sport, 5 by strikeout, earlier than Jeff McNeil and Darrell Hernaiz singled within the third.
Shea Langeliers flied out earlier than Kurtz punched an RBI single to middle to increase his on-base streak 42 video games, the sixth-longest in franchise historical past. Colby Thomas adopted with a two-run double, Rooker added an RBI single, Henry Bolte hit a ground-rule double, and Gelof had a two-run single for a 6-0 lead.
Trout led off the underside of the third along with his forty third profession homer towards the A’s. That tied him with Rafael Palmeiro and Alex Rodriguez for probably the most for the reason that A’s moved to California in 1968. Trout additionally scored his 600th Angel Stadium run on the play, probably the most in franchise historical past.
The Angels pulled inside 6-4 within the fourth on Trout’s bases-loaded stroll and Vaughn Grissom’s two-run single, which knocked A’s starter Jacob Lopez out of the sport. But Sterner obtained Jorge Soler to fly out, ending the inning.
The A’s, who pounded out 15 hits, pulled away with eight runs over the ultimate 4 innings, with Kurtz driving in 4, Gelof hitting a solo homer within the seventh and Rooker a two-run shot within the eighth.
RHP Aaron Civale (5-1, 2.70 ERA) will begin for the Athletics towards Angels RHP Jack Kochanowicz on Wednesday evening.
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