Nothing about this game looked salvageable for Oakland after the fourth inning. The Angels had turned a 4-0 deficit into a 7-4 lead with seven runs in the fourth, then pushed it to 11-4 by the sixth. But the Athletics chipped away, tied it in the ninth, and won it in the 10th when Nick Kurtz drew a walk with the bases loaded to bring Lawrence Butler home.
Butler was at the center of the Oakland rally all night. He homered to center in the second inning to give Oakland the first lead, scored four runs on the day, and crossed the plate with the winning run in the 10th. Jacob Wilson went 2-for-5 with a double and a home run, driving in 3. Jonah Heim delivered the tying blow in the ninth, a two-run homer to right that made it 11-11. Tyler Soderstrom reached base five times, scoring three runs.
The Angels' fourth inning was the game's defining burst. Jose Siri's three-run homer to left center — 444 feet — put Los Angeles ahead 6-4, erasing a four-run Oakland lead. Zach Neto added a solo shot moments later to make it 7-4. Logan O'Hoppe then hit a three-run homer in the fifth to push the lead to 10-4, and Nolan Schanuel homered in the sixth to make it 11-4. O'Hoppe finished 3-for-3 with a walk, 1 home run, and 3 RBI. Oakland answered inning by inning: Wilson's two-run homer in the seventh, Max Muncy's two-run shot in the eighth, and Heim's tying homer in the ninth set the stage for the 10th.
Angels closer Kirby Yates took the loss, his third of the season, allowing 1 run (unearned) on 1 walk in just one-third of an inning. Jose Soriano had kept Oakland in check through five innings, allowing 4 runs on 6 hits with 6 strikeouts, but the Angels' bullpen could not hold the lead. Elvis Alvarado earned the win for Oakland, his third of the year, with 2 scoreless innings on 1 hit and 2 strikeouts.
Oakland improved to 37-38, second in the division. Los Angeles fell to 30-46, dropping its second straight. Yates, who took the loss, is one save away from 100 for his career.