A's bats can't back up Kennedy in finale Lefty tosses six quality innings in second Oakland start By Mychael Urban / MLB.com ANAHEIM -- Angels rookie Ervin Santana tied the A's in knots Thursday night, and the result was a tie atop the American League West standings. Santana (8-6) scattered six hits over 8 1/3 innings, leading the Halos to a 3-0 victory in the finale of a three-game series at Angel Stadium. The hosts won the final two games of the set to pull into a first-place tie with the A's , who scored a total of three runs in the three games. Oakland closed out a three-city road trip at 7-3 and hosts the Yankees on Friday at McAfee Coliseum for the opener of a three-game series. Lefty Joe Kennedy suffered his first loss with the A's despite six solid innings in his second start as a fill-in for injured righty Rich Harden. Kennedy (3-1) gave up two runs on seven hits and two walks, striking out two. Bengie Molina's two-out single in the third opened the scoring, and Robb Quinlan made it 2-0 in favor of the Angels with a solo homer to left in the fourth. The third run scored with two outs in the bottom of the eighth, when Vladimir Guerrero was hit by catcher Jason Kendall's throw trying to steal third base and scored when the ball glanced into left field. The A's mounted two serious scoring threats. They stranded Mark Ellis -- who doubled to open the game and took third on a sacrifice bunt -- in the first inning, and Ellis hit into a double play with runners at the corners to end the eighth. -- 問我為何住西子灣頭 只因滄海是我的鄰居 余光中 作 --

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