Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
LA Angels 4, Oakland 3
When: 9:05 PM ET, Saturday, April 10, 2010
Where: Angel Stadium, Anaheim, California
Temperature: 62°
Umpires: Home - Gerry Davis, 1B - Brian Knight, 2B - Greg Gibson, 3B - Scott Barry
Attendance: 40249

Hideki Matsui’s run-scoring single in the bottom of the ninth inning gave the Los Angeles Angels a 4-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Saturday.

Matsui hit a 2-0 pitch from Craig Breslow (0-1) to right field, allowing Bobby Abreu to score from second base.

In his first year with the Angels after arriving from the New York Yankees, Matsui is batting .417 with five RBIs.

The Angels pounded out 13 hits, including three from Matsui and two each by Erick Aybar, Howie Kendrick and Abreu in stopping their four-game losing skid.

Fernando Rodney (1-0) picked up the win by pitching a perfect frame in the ninth.

The A’s rallied from a two-run deficit with runs in the seventh and eighth innings to knot things up at 3-3.

Los Angeles went ahead 1-0 on Matsui’s double and led 3-1 following a single by Aybar.

Angels starter Jered Weaver took a no-decision, going six innings and allowing one run on four hits with seven strikeouts.

Kevin Kouzmanoff had a pair of hits, including his first home run of the season for Oakland.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Oakland   LA Angels
Ben Sheets Player Jered Weaver
No Decision W/L No Decision
6.0 IP 6.0
1 Strikeouts 7
10 Hits 4
4.50 ERA 1.50
Hitting
Oakland   LA Angels
Kevin Kouzmanoff Player Hideki Matsui
2 Hits 3
2 RBI 2
1 HR 0
5 TB 4
.500 Avg .600
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Oakland 6 1 11 .182 10 9 3 2 0 1
LA Angels 13 0 19 .361 15 5 4 4 0 0