Lawrence Butler and Brent Rooker hit home runs, Mitch Spence gave up one hit over 5 1/3 innings, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-5.
Lawrence Butler and Brent Rooker hit home runs, Mitch Spence gave up one hit over 5 1/3 innings, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-5 on Tuesday night.Brett Harris added a two-run double for Oakland, which had lost seven of its previous eight games and 17 of 21.Nolan Schanuel had two hits and four RBIs for Los Angeles.Butler, with a three-run shot, and Rooker homered off Angels starter José Soriano in a four-run fourth inning.
He's walked no more than one in seven straight starts.Soriano gave up four runs on three hits in four innings. The hard throwing right-hander was activated from the injured list earlier in the day after missing three weeks with an abdominal infection. He was on a 65-pitch limit.Soriano's effort coming back from the injury was an encouraging sign for the Angels, manager Ron Washington said, noting Soriano would likely see his pitch limit bumped up to 85 in his next start.
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