Crisp, Alonso lead A’s to victory over Angels

ANAHEIM — After seeing his team miss a chance to help seal a win when a ball stuck in his glove in the eighth inning, A’s first baseman Yonder Alonso wanted to remove all doubt.

Alonso drove an RBI double off of Angels reliever Mike Morin in the 10th inning, giving his team the lead for good as Oakland avoided a sweep with an 8-6 win on Thursday. Just two innings earlier, it was Alonso who looked like the goat after Johnny Giavotella’s hard-hit, bases-loaded grounder stuck in his glove and allowed the tying run to score.

The A’s took the lead in the seventh, as Coco Crisp, who took a potential third home run away from Ji-Man Choi with an amazing catch in the 5th inning, laced a double off the right-field wall to score Jake Smolinski.

The Angels offense jumped on A’s starter Jesse Hahn, who was making his first start since being recalled from Triple-A Nashville. Choi knocked the first of his two home runs with a solo shot in the second inning, following that up in the third with a three-run shot that gave the Angels a 5-2 lead. Hahn was knocked out after four innings, departing after allowing five runs on 87 total pitches.

Angels right-hander Ricky Nolasco had some trouble with the long ball in his team debut, giving up homers to — Max Muncy, Ryon Healy and Danny Valencia — all of which were solo shots. The A’s rallied to tie the game in the fourth, eventually leveling the score on a Nolasco wild pitch.

MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDJi-Man is The Man: Choi entered Thursday’s game hitting .167/.265/.306 with two career homers to his name, but he put together the best offensive performance of his career. …

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