Three homers not enough to catch Halos

ANAHEIM — Matt Shoemaker pitched seven strong innings and two of his rookie teammates, Jett Bandy and Jefry Marte, gave him just enough run support with a couple of big home runs, leading the Angels to a 5-4 victory over the A’s on Tuesday night at Angel Stadium.

The Angels, coming off a 15-11 July, trailed, 2-0, against lefty Sean Manaea midway through the fifth inning. But Bandy sent a first-pitch fastball out to left field for a game-tying two-run homer in the bottom of the fifth, and Marte lifted a three-run shot — on a 1-0 fastball right down the middle — in the sixth.

The A’s hit three home runs of their own, including a prodigious solo shot from Khris Davis in the second, a ball that traveled a projected 419 feet and left his bat at 110 mph, according to Statcast™. Coco Crisp added a solo homer in the top of the fifth. And Yonder Alonso cut the A’s deficit to one in the eighth, with a line-drive home run just barely over the short fence in right field off reliever JC Ramirez.

Cam Bedrosian, who is expected to get most of the save opportunities with Huston Street on the disabled list, held the Angels’ one-run lead in the ninth, picking up his first career save.

MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDTaking advantage: With first baseman C.J. Cron (right hand) and Geovany Soto (right knee) on the disabled list, and the club 11 games below .500 at the end of July, young players like Marte and Bandy figure to get plenty of opportunities to put their imprint on the roster down the stretch. Marte’s homer gave him seven hits in his last 18 at-bats, three of them for extra bases, …

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