By Kahlil Najar

ANAHEIM – Drew Pomeranz pitched seven innings of one run ball and Yoenis Cespedes had one of the best throws you’re going to see this year but Collin Cowgill hit a homer in the bottom of the fourteenth to lead the Angels over the A’s 2-1.

Jeff Francis (0-2) went 1 2/3 innings and gave up two walks and of course the solo shot to Cowgill to end the game. Cory Rasmus (2-0) got the win for the Angels and kept the A’s hit-less in the last two innings of the game. The A’s used a three other relievers tonight in addition to Francis and they gave up four hits in five innings. Sean Doolittle had a pair of strikeouts in the bottom of the 12th.

The highlight of the night for the A’s was in the bottom of the eighth when Cesepedes bobbled Mike Trout’s double to left field and after picking up the ball he saw Howie Kendrick rounding third and threw a laser to Derek Norris who was able to tag out Kendrick. Check out the video of the throw below:

 

Th Angels got on the board first in the bottom of the sixth when after a Mike Trout walk to start the inning, Josh Hamilton singled on a line drive to right field and made it a 1-0 lead for LA. The A’s tied the game in the top of the 8th when after Nick Punto double and a Stephen Vogt ground out, jed Lowrie hit a sac fly to right field and Punto scored after tagging up. Then came the homer in the bottom of the 14th to end the game.

Even though they lost the game, the talk of the night for the A’s was the throw by Cespedes.

“If you hadn’t seen it, you probably wouldn’t have believed it. Flat-footed, he threw it 325 feet on the fly, right to DeNo’s chest,” said Sean Doolittle.

Coco Crisp echoed Doolittle’s sentiments, “Probably the best recovery I’ve ever seen. An amazing throw.”

The A’s and Angels head back at it tomorrow when Tommy Milone (3-3, 3.68 ERA) goes up against Jered Weaver (7-4, 3.31 ERA), game time 7:05PM.