A Thump Angels 10-0, big parties for Stephen Piscotty, Brett Anderson

The Oakland offense was a bit worse for Wednesday's games, with many key contributors.

Then came the fourth inning, when the A-ones – who dropped in each of the first three innings – erupted against Felix Peña, sending 10 men to the plateau and qualifying for a 10-0 win against the Angels . series of three defeats. On the pitching side, Brett Anderson ended the series of Oakland finishes that failed to work more than six innings in unbranded innings of 6 2/3.

"It was good to be back on the winning track and to be a reason to win instead of losing," said Anderson, adding later, "Every game is important right now." but we played atypical baseball and tonight we got back on track in all three facets of the game. "

Oakland did not gain ground on New York in the first place race, nor on the Tampa Bay mat, but the team's magic number for second place was reduced to six with 10 games. remaining.

On what the team called "Cal vs. Stanford Night ", with the team and baseball band Cal and the Stanford band present, was Stephen Piscotty, a Stanford graduate, with the biggest party. Piscotty tied his career record in five innings and he hit his 25th career circuit, a three-point shot in the fifth. He hits .454 with the bases loaded this year.

"He's a guy like we did all year," said manager Bob Melvin. "He's probably having his best season right now."

"I weigh my success a little more in moments and cool memories you accumulate during the season," said Piscotty. "And this one is definitely on top for sure."

With a .216 A in his last five games, Stanford's Jed Lowrie was among those in funk. Piscotty added a two-point double, Ramón Laureano a mere RBI and Jonathan Lucroy a sacrifice.

"We had to break the seal and then the floodgates opened," said Piscotty, highlighting Nick Martini's leadership role. "Martini had an excellent bat, and every time your team fights and someone beats a ball, it sends a shock to the offensive."

Peña, who needed just 25 shots to go through the first three runs, kicked 33 in the fourth quarter.

While Peña imploded in the fourth, Anderson did his best job, requiring only five shots for Mike Trout, Justin Upton and Shohei Ohtani to succeed.

He mostly used his fastball and shifting team, throwing only three sliders all night – and 40 changes. "I went up on the wave of shots and changes and, for the most part, it worked," he said.

Anderson was making his second start since he was running out of time with a nervous irritation on his left arm; his first outing, he dropped four points in 3 1/3 innings to Baltimore. With his occasional health problems and short outings, Anderson may not have been the favorite to end the 25-game series with up to six innings, but the southpaw only allowed three streaks scored three (including trout looking in the sixth) and walked no.

"He attacked and had his hitters on their heels a bit," said Piscotty. "It was a huge start for us."

The longest run of Oakland runners having not reached more than six innings was 29 games from June 29 to July 31, 1997.