Canha's sacrifice fly lifts A's past Angels in 10

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Mark Canha hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-4 on Sunday.

Matt Olson made the last out of the ninth, but Franklin Barreto came in to run for him at the start of the 10th. After Matt Chapman singled Barreto to third, the Angels brought the infield in before Canha hit a high fly to center off Ty Buttrey (1-1). Mike Trout made the catch but Barreto scored without a throw.

Canha finished with two RBIs. Chapman added two hits as the A’s improved to 5-0 in extra innings.

“Mark is just terrific in those situations where he just stays inside everything,” A’s manager Bob Melvin said. “He’s won a couple of these games now where it’s just staying inside a ball and hitting it in the air to right field. Situational stuff.”

It was Oakland's first win this season without hitting a home run. The A's improved to an AL-best 20-9.

Canha, who also had an RBI single in the first, kept his approach fairly simple in the 10th.

“I always kind of believed in myself in these situations,” he said. “I always tell myself the same thing, if you have a good approach take that up there and win this game. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.”

Shohei Ohtani hit a towering three-run homer for the Angels. Anthony Rendon singled twice to extend his hitting streak to 13 games. Tommy La Stella also had two hits.

Angels manager Joe Maddon was ejected by first base umpire Lance Barrett for arguing a check-swing non-call in the sixth inning. On Thursday, Maddon complained to Barrett in San Francisco after Giants pitcher Shaun Anderson threw high and tight toward Trout for the third time in two games.

“We’ve lost that game this year like five times, maybe six, where we’ve had leads and...

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