Brent Rooker hit a three-run homer, Lawrence Butler had a bases-clearing double and the Oakland Athletics beat the Los Angeles Angels 8-2 on Saturday.
The A’s have won five of seven and are on a franchise-long eight-game home winning streak against the Angels, with an announced crowd of 14,574 in attendance at the Coliseum.Rooker hit his 22nd homer of the season to give the A’s a 3-0 lead four batters into the game. Rooker is batting nearly .480 in July.
Butler cleared the bases with two outs in the fourth inning with a line drive to right that made it 7-1. The rookie has 22 RBIs in his last 14 games, entering the game second in the league in RBIs in July. Butler and Angels starter Jack Kochanowicz , making his second career start, pitched an inning longer than in his debut. He allowed seven runs in four innings. is expected to face live pitching at the team’s spring training facility in Arizona before beginning a rehab assignment at Triple-A Salt Lake City on Monday. He could possibly rejoin the team Thursday, manager Ron Washington said.
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