ANAHEIM, Calif. (Interstat) — The Athletics erased a two-run deficit with a home run in the ninth inning and added a run in the 10th to defeat the Los Angeles Angels 6-5 on Wednesday night at Angel Stadium.

Oakland improved to 25-24 while the Angels fell to 17-33.

The game featured six hits on each side, but the Athletics capitalized on timely hitting and Angels defensive miscues to snap a two-game losing streak in the series.

Athletics starter Jack Kochanowicz, though not involved in the decision, worked six innings, allowing three earned runs on three hits while striking out seven. He walked two and hit a batter.

The Angels struck first in the bottom of the first inning. After Mike Trout walked, Jorge Soler launched his ninth home run of the season to left-center field, giving Los Angeles a 2-0 lead.

Oakland answered immediately in the top of the second. Henry Bolte walked and Darell Hernaiz walked before Carlos Cortes lined a single to left field. Left fielder Josh Lowe misplayed the ball, allowing Bolte to score and Hernaiz to reach third. Cortes advanced to second on the error. Kochanowicz intentionally walked Nick Kurtz to load the bases, but Brent Rooker grounded out to end the inning with the Athletics trailing 2-1.

The Angels extended their lead in the bottom of the second. Jo Adell led off with his seventh home run of the year, a solo shot to left-center. Two batters later, Lowe atoned for his earlier error by hitting a two-run homer to center field, scoring Logan O’Hoppe, who had walked. That made it 5-1.

Oakland chipped away in the seventh. Hernaiz was hit by a pitch, Cortes was hit by a pitch, and after Shea Langeliers flied out, Kurtz singled to center field. Hernaiz scored, and Cortes was thrown out at third on the throw from center fielder Trout to shortstop Zach Neto. The Athletics still trailed 5-3.

The game turned in the top of the ninth. With one out, Jeff McNeil homered to right field, his second of the season, cutting the deficit to 5-4. Henry Bolte grounded out, but Lawrence Butler struck out. Cortes walked, Langeliers was hit by a pitch, and Kurtz grounded out to end the inning, but the damage was limited to one run.

Oakland’s rally continued in the 10th. With Nick Kurtz placed on second base as the automatic runner, Rooker struck out. Tyler Soderstrom then singled to left field, scoring Kurtz. Soderstrom advanced to third on Lowe’s second error of the game, but was left stranded when Zack Gelof struck out and Jeff McNeil was intentionally walked before Henry Bolte grounded out. The Athletics led 6-5.

In the bottom of the 10th, Angels catcher Logan O’Hoppe started on second. Josh Lowe struck out on a missed bunt attempt. Zach Neto grounded out softly to shortstop, moving O’Hoppe to third. Athletics closer Hogan Harris intentionally walked Trout to set up a force play. Nolan Schanuel then walked to load the bases, but Soler grounded out to second baseman McNeil to end the game.

Scott Barlow pitched a scoreless ninth inning and earned the win, improving to 1-0. Chase Silseth took the loss for the Angels, falling to 1-1 after allowing one earned run in the 10th on one hit with two strikeouts. Harris recorded his fourth save of the season.

Key performances included Adell going 2-for-4 with a home run and an RBI. Soler finished 1-for-5 with a two-run homer. For the Athletics, McNeil’s game-tying homer was his only hit, while Soderstrom had two hits and two RBIs.

The Angels’ Zach Neto went 0-for-5, and Mike Trout was 0-for-3 with two walks. Trout’s on-base presence in the 10th did not result in a run.

Both pitching staffs were effective after the second inning. Kochanowicz settled in after allowing five runs through two innings, retiring 10 of the final 11 batters he faced. The Athletics bullpen combined for four scoreless innings, with Barlow and Harris shutting down the Angels in the ninth and 10th.

The game’s decisive inning was the ninth, when McNeil’s solo homer erased a 5-4 deficit and set the stage for extra innings. The Angels had taken a two-run lead into the ninth but could not hold it.

Defensively, the Angels committed two errors by Lowe, both in the outfield, which directly led to unearned runs. The first error in the second inning allowed an extra run to score, and the second in the 10th allowed Soderstrom to reach third base.

The Athletics scored two runs in the first inning on a two-run single by Soderstrom that followed a hit-by-pitch and a walk, but they were held scoreless from the third through the sixth innings by Kochanowicz and relievers Tayler Saucedo and Sam Bachman. Bachman pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings with one hit allowed and one strikeout.

Attendance was 24,588, and the game lasted 2 hours, 51 minutes.

The Athletics have now won two of the three games in this series, following a 14-6 victory Tuesday and a 2-1 loss Monday. They will play the finale of the four-game set Thursday before traveling to San Diego for a weekend series against the Padres.

The Angels will also host the Rangers beginning Friday after concluding the series with Oakland.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Athletics 5, Angels 2. Interstat’s ELO system gave the Athletics a 56.90 percent probability to win. The Athletics were installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5 runs. The total score of 11 went under the over/under line of 9.