ANAHEIM -- Josh Donaldson's 11th-inning RBI double off Yoslan Herrera gave the A's a 10-9 victory Tuesday over the Angels on a bad night for bullpens at Angel Stadium.Jed Lowrie, who singled to open the 11th off Herrera -- the sixth Angels reliever -- scored the tiebreaking run as Oakland won its fourth in a row, and 15th in its last 21 games in Anaheim.Mike Trout homered off A's reliever Sean Doolittle in the bottom of the ninth with Kole Calhoun aboard to tie it at 9, forcing extra innings. 
The A's had rallied late for the second night in a row, this time for four runs in the eighth inning against Angels reliever Joe Smith, to take a 9-6 lead on Jackie Robinson Day.A's starter Dan Straily couldn't get out of a four-run Angels fourth inning punctuated by Calhoun's two-run home run, which gave the Angels a 6-3 lead. A's starters had allowed three earned runs or fewer in each of the season's first 13 games before Straily allowed six in 3 2/3 innings.But Smith, who hadn't allowed a run in six previous outings, didn't retire any of the five A's he faced in the eighth, walking three and giving up RBI singles to Brandon Moss and Alberto Callaspo. Reliever Jose Alvarez was greeted by pinch-hitter Derek Norris' two-run single.David Freese singled in an Angels run in the bottom of the eighth.Angels starter Garrett Richards allowed five earned runs on eight hits in seven innings. He struck out five, but walked Josh Reddick twice, and the .098 hitter scored both times.The A's cut their deficit to one run by scoring twice in the seventh on the second RBI single of the night by Eric Sogard, plus a wild pitch. Sogard was just 2-for-17 on the road trip before his first RBI single got the A's rolling in a three-run third inning. That hit snapped an 0-for-23 streak by the A's with runners in scoring position. It was also Sogard's first RBI this season.He came in hitting .333 (22-for-66) in his career against the Angels, and batted .386 against them last season.John Jaso followed Sogard with an RBI grounder, then Lowrie doubled home Sogard to put Oakland up, 3-2..The Angels had jumped to a 2-0 lead in the first inning on Trout's RBI double and Howie Kendrick's RBI single.Earl Bloom /MLB.com
The A's had rallied late for the second night in a row, this time for four runs in the eighth inning against Angels reliever Joe Smith, to take a 9-6 lead on Jackie Robinson Day.A's starter Dan Straily couldn't get out of a four-run Angels fourth inning punctuated by Calhoun's two-run home run, which gave the Angels a 6-3 lead. A's starters had allowed three earned runs or fewer in each of the season's first 13 games before Straily allowed six in 3 2/3 innings.But Smith, who hadn't allowed a run in six previous outings, didn't retire any of the five A's he faced in the eighth, walking three and giving up RBI singles to Brandon Moss and Alberto Callaspo. Reliever Jose Alvarez was greeted by pinch-hitter Derek Norris' two-run single.David Freese singled in an Angels run in the bottom of the eighth.Angels starter Garrett Richards allowed five earned runs on eight hits in seven innings. He struck out five, but walked Josh Reddick twice, and the .098 hitter scored both times.The A's cut their deficit to one run by scoring twice in the seventh on the second RBI single of the night by Eric Sogard, plus a wild pitch. Sogard was just 2-for-17 on the road trip before his first RBI single got the A's rolling in a three-run third inning. That hit snapped an 0-for-23 streak by the A's with runners in scoring position. It was also Sogard's first RBI this season.He came in hitting .333 (22-for-66) in his career against the Angels, and batted .386 against them last season.John Jaso followed Sogard with an RBI grounder, then Lowrie doubled home Sogard to put Oakland up, 3-2..The Angels had jumped to a 2-0 lead in the first inning on Trout's RBI double and Howie Kendrick's RBI single.Earl Bloom /MLB.com
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