ANAHEIM, Calif. (Interstat) — Ryan Zeferjahn pitched six innings of two-run ball and Kirby Yates earned his second save as the Los Angeles Angels defeated the Athletics 5-2 on Saturday night at Angel Stadium of Anaheim.

The Angels snapped a three-game losing streak and improved to 35-49, while the Athletics fell to 40-43. The victory evened the four-game series at one game apiece after won 9-3 on Friday.

Zeferjahn, who improved to 4-3, allowed five hits and two walks while striking out nine over six innings. The only runs he surrendered came on a solo home run by Jonah Heim in the second inning and a run-scoring single by Colby Thomas in the sixth.

Geoff Hartlieb took the loss for the Athletics, falling to 1-1. He pitched two-thirds of an inning, allowing two hits and one earned run.

The Athletics struck first in the top of the second inning. After Tyler Soderstrom struck out, Heim launched a 1-0 pitch over the center-field wall for his seventh home run of the season, giving a 1-0 lead. The Athletics added another run in the sixth when Nick Kurtz singled, advanced on a walk to Lawrence Butler and scored on a sharp line-drive single to left by Thomas.

The Angels responded in the bottom of the fourth inning. With two outs, Jo Adell tripled to left field, driving in Nolan Schanuel and Jorge Soler to tie the game at 2-2. The triple was Adell’s first of the season.

The pivotal moment came in the eighth inning. The Athletics loaded the bases with nobody out on a Shea Langeliers single, a Butler walk and a Heim walk. But reliever Matt Krook, who had entered earlier in the inning, struck out Carlos Cortes on a foul tip and then induced a lineout to center by Max Muncy to escape the jam.

The Angels capitalized immediately in the bottom half. Soler led off with a single, and after a strikeout, Adell was hit by a pitch. Oswald Peraza then greeted reliever Justin Sterner with a sharp line-drive single to center, scoring Vaughn Grissom, who had entered as a pinch runner for Soler, giving the Angels a 3-2 lead. Logan O’Hoppe followed with a single to center that brought home Adell, making it 5-2.

Yates worked a perfect ninth inning for his second save, striking out two.

The Angels’ offense collected 10 hits, led by Adell, who tripled and doubled, and Peraza, who had two hits, including the go-ahead single. The Athletics managed five hits, with Heim’s homer providing the only extra-base hit.

Attendance was 37,064, and the game lasted 2 hours, 41 minutes.

The Athletics return Sunday for the series finale before heading home to host the Los Angeles Dodgers for a three-game set starting Monday. The Angels begin a six-game road trip Monday at Seattle.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Los Angeles Angels 5, Athletics 4. Interstat’s ELO system had projected the Athletics with a 51.90 percent probability to win. The Angels had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total score of 7 went over the over/under line of 8.5.