WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Logan O’Hoppe homered and had a tiebreaking RBI single as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Athletics 7-5 on Tuesday night for their fifth straight win.<\/p>\n
Kenley Jansen gave up pinch-hitter Seth Brown\u2019s RBI single in the bottom of the ninth but struck out Tyler Soderstrom to get his 10th save and hand the Athletics their seventh straight loss.<\/p>\n
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Yo\u00e1n Moncada had a tying three-run homer in the fifth to tie it 4-4 before O’Hoppe’s RBI single put the Angels ahead for good.<\/p>\n
Zach Neto had an RBI double in the ninth and Taylor Ward added a run-scoring fielder’s choice to put Los Angeles up 7-4.<\/p>\n
Angels (2-5) starter Kyle Hendricks gave up four runs and nine hits in 5 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n
Shea Langeliers hit a solo homer and Nick Kurtz had a two-run shot in the fourth to give the Athletics a 4-1 lead.<\/p>\n
Jacob Wilson, third in the majors with a .341 batting average, left the game in the third inning after he was hit on the wrist by a pitch from Hendricks.<\/p>\n
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Hendricks gave up a two-out RBI single to Luis Ur\u00edas in the second inning as the Athletics grabbed a 1-0 lead. O’Hoppe hit his 11th home run with two outs in the fourth to tie it against rookie right-hander Gunnar Hoglund.<\/p>\n
Hoglund (1-2) gave up five runs and six hits in 4 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n
Key moment<\/p>\n
Jansen has a save in three straight games. He is fourth on the all-time list with 457 \u2014 21 behind Lee Smith for third place. Mariano Rivera tops the list with 652, and Trevor Hoffman is second at 601.<\/p>\n
Key stat<\/p>\n
Hendricks had an 8.44 ERA in the first two innings of his first eight starts and a 3.16 ERA from the third inning on.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Angels RHP Jack Kochanowicz (3-5, 4.71) starts Wednesday against Athletics LHP JP Sears (4-3, 3.31).<\/p>\n
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