ANAHEIM – The Athletics appeared to have no answer for Angels starting pitcher Walbert Ureña through the first four innings Friday. Things changed quickly for the A’s in the fifth when they rattled off six consecutive singles and scored seven runs in 11 minutes in a 9-3 win over the Angels at Angel Stadium. The outburst came after the A’s didn’t have a baserunner in the first four innings against Ureña, who pitched five scoreless innings in his last start against the A’s on June 20. “He was dominant for four innings," said A's manager Mark Kotsay. "He’s been dominant all year against us, really. I think we did a good job of making an adjustment during the fifth inning. We got more patient, drew a walk or two, put some hits together. The plan tonight was to get the ball up in the zone. During the fifth, I think we took advantage of some mistakes up in the zone.” Tyler Soderstrom and Lawrence Butler drew walks off Ureña, and the floodgates opened. The next six A’s hitters singled, and five of them drove in runs. After Max Muncy singled, Jeff McNeil hit a two-run single to give the A’s a 2-1 lead. Alika Williams subsequently singled and advanced to second on a throwing error by Josh Lowe. Henry Bolte hit a two-run single, and Nick Kurtz snapped a 0-for-15 streak with an RBI single to extend the Athletics’ lead to 6-1. Shea Langeliers drove in Kurtz with a single to make the score 7-1 before Ureña was pulled from the game. The run support was plenty for J.T. Ginn, who threw eight no-hit innings at Angel Stadium on May 18 before allowing a walk-off home run to Zach Neto with no outs in the ninth in a 2-1 loss. Ginn allowed eight hits Friday, but limited the Angels to just 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position. He allowed three runs in six innings with five strikeouts and one walk to earn his sixth win of the season.
