ANAHEIM (Interstat) — The Athletics erupted for six runs in the third inning Tuesday night and never looked back, defeating the Los Angeles Angels 14-6 at Angel Stadium of Anaheim.

Zack Gelof and Brent Rooker each homered and drove in three runs to power the Athletics, who evened their record at 24-24 while sending the Angels to their sixth loss in seven games, dropping them to 17-32.

The game turned decisively in the top of the third, with the Athletics sending 10 batters to the plate and scoring six times against Angels starter Reid Detmers. Jeff McNeil led off the inning with a single, and Darell Hernaiz followed with another single. After Shea Langeliers flied out, Nick Kurtz singled to center to drive in McNeil. Colby Thomas then doubled to right-center, scoring Hernaiz and Kurtz. Rooker followed with an RBI single, and Henry Bolte added a ground-rule double. Gelof capped the outburst with a two-run single to center, making the score 6-0.

The Angels answered immediately in the bottom of the third when Mike Trout led off with a home run to center, his 12th of the season. Los Angeles pulled within 6-4 in the fourth inning. Oswald Peraza singled and later scored on a walk to Trout. Jose Siri doubled, and Vaughn Grissom singled to left, driving in Siri and Zach Neto.

The Athletics added to their lead in the sixth. Jonah Heim led off with a double, and after McNeil struck out, Hernaiz walked. Langeliers also walked to load the bases. Kurtz then singled to center, bringing home Heim and Hernaiz to push the lead to 8-4.

Gelof extended the margin in the seventh with a solo home run to right-center, his sixth of the season, making it 9-4.

The Angels trimmed the deficit in the eighth. Nolan Schanuel was hit by a pitch, and Logan O’Hoppe doubled. Josh Lowe then doubled to left, scoring Schanuel and O’Hoppe to cut the lead to 9-6.

The Athletics responded emphatically in the top of the ninth. McNeil singled, and Langeliers walked. Kurtz doubled to right, scoring both runners. Rooker then crushed a two-run homer to left-center, his seventh of the season, extending the lead to 14-6. Hernaiz added an RBI single in the ninth.

Justin Sterner (2-3) earned the win despite pitching only one-third of an inning. He entered in the eighth and recorded the final out of the inning, then worked a clean ninth. Jacob Lopez started and allowed four earned runs on seven hits over 3 2/3 innings, striking out two. Scott Barlow pitched a scoreless inning, and Joel Kuhnel struck out two in a hitless inning.

Reid Detmers (1-5) took the loss, allowing seven runs on nine hits over 4 1/3 innings with five strikeouts and one walk.

Gelof finished 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs. Rooker was 2-for-4 with a homer and three RBIs. McNeil went 2-for-4, and Kurtz had three hits and three RBIs. Heim added a double among his two hits.

For the Angels, Trout homered, walked twice and scored two runs. Siri doubled, and Grissom had two hits and two RBIs. O’Hoppe and Lowe each doubled.

The Athletics won despite losing the series opener 2-1 on Monday. They managed 15 hits overall, while the Angels had 10. Attendance was 23,803, and the game lasted three hours.

Interstat’s game simulator projected a final score of Athletics 5, Angels 2, with Interstat’s ELO system giving the Athletics a 56.30 percent probability to win. The Angels were installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total of 20 runs went under the over/under line of 9.