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Manaea solid over 7, but A’s fall to Angels
- Updated: September 27, 2016
ANAHEIM — Angels manager Mike Scioscia wants to see his players play hard through the final week of the regular season, and they did just that with an eighth-inning rally to beat the A’s in the opener of their final homestand of the year, 2-1.
Albert Pujols scored Yunel Escobar with a dribbler down the first-base line that A’s reliever Ryan Dull had trouble fielding.
It appeared that Dull had a chance to get an out at the plate if he fielded the ball cleanly, but the rookie reliever bobbled it and was forced to take the out at first, allowing Escobar to score the deciding run.
Escobar started the rally with a one-out single and moved to third on a double by Kole Calhoun. The A’s elected to intentionally walk Mike Trout to load the bases for Pujols, who delivered with his team-leading 119th RBI.
Trout opened the scoring with a home run to left leading …
