ANAHEIM, Calif. (Interstat) — The Athletics overcame an early two-run deficit and defeated the Los Angeles Angels 3-2 in 10 innings Thursday night at Angel Stadium, clinching the three-game series with their second extra-inning victory in as many days.

The Athletics improved to 26-24, while the Angels fell to 17-34 in front of 25,848 fans. The game lasted 2 hours, 54 minutes.

Oakland’s Joel Kuhnel earned the win, improving to 1-1. He pitched the ninth inning, allowing one hit and one walk while striking out none. Mark Leiter Jr. recorded his fourth save of the season, working a scoreless 10th. Angels reliever Ryan Zeferjahn took the loss, falling to 2-2, after giving up the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th.

The Angels struck first in the bottom of the opening frame. Mike Trout led off with a single to center field, and Nolan Schanuel followed by launching a 1-0 pitch over the right-field fence for his fourth home run of the season, giving Los Angeles a 2-0 lead. Trout scored on the homer.

Oakland’s offense was held in check for the first five innings by Angels starter Chase Silseth, who struck out nine and allowed only two hits. The Athletics finally broke through in the sixth. Shea Langeliers doubled sharply to left field off reliever José Soriano, and Nick Kurtz singled to center, scoring Langeliers to cut the deficit to 2-1.

In the seventh, tied the game. Tyler Soderstrom singled off Soriano, and after a forceout, Zack Gelof reached third base on a groundout by Jeff McNeil. Darell Hernaiz then singled to left, plating Gelof and knotting the score at 2-2.

Both bullpens held firm through the eighth and ninth innings. The Angels had a chance to win in regulation when Adam Frazier singled leading off the ninth against Kuhnel. A walk to Trout put runners at first and second with one out, but Schanuel flied out to center and Vaughn Grissom grounded out to shortstop, sending the game to extras.

In the top of the 10th, with the automatic runner at second base, the Athletics manufactured the decisive run. loaded the bases on an intentional walk to Kurtz and a hit batter, Brent Rooker. Tyler Soderstrom forced out a runner at home, but Gelof grounded into a forceout at second base, allowing Nick Kurtz to score from third. The play was initially called an out at first, but the Athletics challenged and the call was overturned.

The Angels mounted a threat in the bottom of the 10th against Leiter. Jo Adell singled to center, putting runners at the corners with no outs. However, Josh Lowe struck out and Jorge Soler grounded into a double play, third baseman Gelof to second baseman Hernaiz to first baseman Kurtz, to end the game.

Oakland finished with seven hits, while the Angels managed five. Neither team committed an error. Athletics starter Luis Severino allowed two runs on three hits over five innings, striking out seven and walking none. Angels starter Chase Silseth allowed one hit over four innings, striking out seven and walking one, but did not factor in the decision.

Key individual performances: Jo Adell went 1-for-4 with a strikeout for the Angels. Zach Neto was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts. Jorge Soler grounded into the game-ending double play in his only at-bat. Yoán Moncada flied out in a pinch-hit appearance. José Soriano allowed two runs on three hits over two innings. Mike Trout walked once and singled, scoring a run. José Fermin pitched a scoreless eighth inning. Sebastián Rivero struck out twice in three plate appearances. Josh Lowe singled and struck out.

The Athletics have now won two of the three games in this series, following a 6-5, 10-inning win Wednesday and a 14-6 victory Tuesday. The Angels won the series opener 2-1 on Monday. next travels to San Diego for a three-game series against the Padres beginning Friday. Los Angeles returns home to host the Texas Rangers in a three-game set starting Friday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a 4-2 final score in favor of Oakland. The ELO system gave the Athletics a 56.9 percent probability of winning. was installed as a -1.5 favorite on the spread. The total of five runs went over the over/under line of eight.