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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Oakland 2, LA Angels 1
When: 10:05 PM ET, Monday, May 21, 2012
Where: O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California
Temperature: 59°
Umpires: Home - Derryl Cousins, 1B - Bill Miller, 2B - Ron Kulpa, 3B - D.J. Reyburn
Attendance: 11292
Athletics 2, Angels 1: Tommy Milone earned his sixth win with seven strong innings and the host Athletics handed the Angels their third straight loss.

Milone (6-3) improved to 4-0 at home after giving up five hits with one walk and three strikeouts. Brian Fuentes worked a perfect ninth inning for his fourth save.

The Athletics scored single runs in the second and third innings against Jerome Williams (4-2), who allowed two runs on five hits and five walks over 6 1/3 frames.

Mike Trout answered with an RBI double in the fifth inning for the Angels, who lost for the fifth time in seven games against the Athletics this season.

Oakland reliever Ryan Cook worked a perfect eighth inning to set a franchise record by extending his season-opening streak of scoreless innings to 21 2/3.

The Angels had just five hits and are 1-for-26 with runners in scoring position over their last three games. Albert Pujols is batting .212 after going 1-for-4.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Angels OF Vernon Wells will miss at least 8-10 weeks after being placed on the 15-day disabled list with a torn ligament in his right thumb. … Manny Ramirez went 2-for-2 for Triple-A Sacramento on Monday and is expected to be added to the Athletics’ roster on May 30. …The Angels dropped to 0-19 when trailing after seven innings, and they’re 3-9 in one-run games.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
LA Angels   Oakland
Jerome Williams Player Tom Milone
Loss W/L Win
6.1 IP 7.0
2 Strikeouts 3
5 Hits 5
2.84 ERA 1.29
Hitting
LA Angels   Oakland
Erick Aybar Player Josh Reddick
1 Hits 2
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
1 TB 2
.333 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
LA Angels 5 0 7 .156 13 3 1 1 0 0
Oakland 6 0 7 .231 17 3 1 6 2 0