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Kochanowicz struggled early in this one, but he’d retired 13 in a row when he was taken out with a two-run lead after 94 pitches. The bullpen let that lead slip away over the next three innings, so Kochanowicz remains 2-3 with a 4.55 ERA through 10 starts. He’s shown considerable improvement from last season, but he’s clearly not a mixed-league option right now. He’s due to face the Tigers next week.

Yates was pitching with a lead for the first time in five appearances since coming off the IL, though that had less to do with his status than the fact that the Angels have done little but trail lately. Up 5-3, they went to Ryan Zerferjahn in the seventh tonight, only to watch him hit back-to-back batters with one out. Sam Bachman came in and, after allowing one inherited runner to score, kept the A’s scoreless through the eighth. That led to Yates taking over in a one-run game, but McNeil sent a ball 364 feet down the right-field line to even things up. The Angels ended up losing in 10. Yates has allowed three runs in five innings since coming off the IL, and his velocity is down a bit more than two mph from last year. He’s probably not going to run away with the closer’s role in Anaheim.

That’s the good news. The bad is that he committed two errors in left field, and he couldn’t put a bunt down before striking out as the leadoff man in the bottom of the 10th. Lowe is hitting .333 over his past 10 games, so that’s a little something. He has five homers on the year but just a .182/.225/.322 line overall.

Saucedo returns to the majors after spending two weeks in Triple-A purgatory. The 32-year-old southpaw made one relief appearance for the Angels earlier this month. He’s made 149 career appearances in the big leagues since 2021.

Johnson returns to the minors after allowing eight runs over five innings across three relief appearances since returning from the injured list on May 15. The 23-year-old still has a chance to eventually emerge as a back-end rotation arm for the Angels but the results haven’t been there in the majors over the last two years.

Manoah has been removed from Los Angeles’ 40-man roster after posting a disastrous 9.82 ERA and 5/8 K/BB ratio across 7 1/3 innings over three relief appearances for the Angels earlier this season. It’s safe to assume his days as a relevant fantasy contributor are over.

Trout drew a walk in the first inning, then led off the third with a solo homer off Jacob Lopez. He drew his second walk in the fourth with the bases loaded to bring a second run home. The 34-year-old slugger has cooled off in May after hitting .248 with ten homers through April. Tuesday’s blast was his second of the month, giving him 12 on the year while slashing .235/.398/.488 with 34 runs scored, 25 RBI, and five steals across 216 plate appearances.

Detmers had retired the first seven A’s batters before unraveling in the third inning. With two runners on and two outs, he gave up five straight hits to bring six runs home. He hung in to give the Angels three more innings, pitching into the sixth. Detmers would depart with two outs and two runners on. Both inherited runners would come in to score. The 26-year-old left-hander will carry a 5.07 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, and a 61/19 K/BB ratio across 55 innings into a start against the Rangers in Anaheim on Sunday.

Ureña was excellent, but J.T. Ginn went zero-for-zero for him while he was in the game to keep him from picking up a deserved win. The 22-year-old has allowed more than two runs in just one of his four starts, and his ERA is down to a very solid 2.70 on the season. Ureña is still just 22-years-old, and he’s definitely a player who offers some upside in the coming years. He’ll try and show he’s more than just a long-term play again when he faces the Rangers over the weekend.

The Angels had only two hits and three baserunners in this game, but after Adam Frazier book up J.T. Ginn’s no-hitter to begin the ninth, Neto socked the game winner to center to give the Angels the win. It’s the eighth homer of the season for Neto, and he’s driven in 22 runs over the first 48 games of the campaign.