OAKLAND, Calif. -AP- Scott Kazmir pitched into the eighth inning and the Oakland Athletics withstood another home run by Albert Pujols to beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-2 Sunday.Pujols hit his AL-leading 21st homer of the season, and tied Tim Salmon's team record with 13 home runs in June.Kazmir (4-4) took a shutout into the eighth and left with one out. Pujols hit a two-run homer off closer Tyler Clippard.David Freese followed with a bloop single, but Clippard went on to finish for his 12th save in 14 tries.Pinch-hitter Matt Joyce reached on a one-out error in the ninth, but Clippard struck out Efren Navarro and retired Johnny Giavotella on a fly to deep left to end it. 
Garrett Richards (7-5) gave up three runs in six innings.The A's won the final two games of the series between the two teams after losing five of six to their division rivals.A's third baseman Brett Lawrie, who made a catch while falling into the Oakland bullpen on Friday night, turned in another nifty defensive play when he stumbled over the mound in foul territory to catch Carlos Perez's pop fly.Sam Fuld doubled with one out in the A's third and scored on Billy Burns' single. Burns extended his hitting streak to 12 games, matching his career high.Lawrie and Ike Davis added RBI singles in the sixth to put the A's up 3-0.
Garrett Richards (7-5) gave up three runs in six innings.The A's won the final two games of the series between the two teams after losing five of six to their division rivals.A's third baseman Brett Lawrie, who made a catch while falling into the Oakland bullpen on Friday night, turned in another nifty defensive play when he stumbled over the mound in foul territory to catch Carlos Perez's pop fly.Sam Fuld doubled with one out in the A's third and scored on Billy Burns' single. Burns extended his hitting streak to 12 games, matching his career high.Lawrie and Ike Davis added RBI singles in the sixth to put the A's up 3-0.
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