LOS ANGELES — first baseman Matt Olson belted a walk-off home run off Josh Hader in the 10th inning Tuesday night to give the host Oakland Athletics a 3-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers in the opener of a three-game interleague series in Northern California.

Chris Bassitt and five relievers combined on a seven-hitter, helping the A’s prevail in the first meeting between the clubs since 2016.

Olson’s homer, his 22nd of the season, was the left-handed hitter’s ninth off a lefty pitcher this season, and just the second of his career in extra innings. It was the fourth home run Hader (1-4) surrendered to a left-handed batter this season.

Blake Treinen (5-3), who pitched a 1-2-3 top of the 10th with two strikeouts, got the win.

The crowd-pleasing finish capped a roller-coaster ride over the final three innings, during which the A’s twice blew one-run leads.

After the A’s had scored the game’s only run of the first seven innings on a two-out double by Olson in the third inning, the Brewers got even in the eighth on a two-out, RBI single by Yasmani Grandal.

Oakland went back on top when Khris Davis snapped a 29-game homer-less drought with a tiebreaking solo shot with two outs in the bottom of the eighth. But again the Brewers caught up, this time on a solo homer by Eric Thames with one out in the ninth off Liam Hendriks.

The homers were No. 17 of the season for Davis, No. 15 for Thames.

Both starters had outstanding outings.

Bassitt worked six shutout innings, allowing three hits. He walked one, struck out six and left with a 1-0 lead.

Brewers righty Adrian Houser nearly matched Bassitt pitch for pitch. He was charged with one run on three hits in five innings, with one walk and six strikeouts.

Davis (three) and Olson (two) combined for five of the seven hits for the A’s, who improved to 6-3 in interleague play.

Orlando Arcia had three hits for the Brewers, who fell to 3-8 in interleague contests.

CANNING DAZZLES AS ANGELS STOP TIGERS
Griffin Canning threw six shutout innings, Shohei Ohtani had three hits and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Detroit Tigers 6-1 Tuesday night in Anaheim, Calif.

Canning (4-6) looked much more comfortable in a starting role, coming off his most recent outing last week when he was called upon to pitch the 15th and 16th innings of emergency relief in a game against Baltimore.

Canning gave up three runs in the 15th and two more in the 16th in what was a deflating loss to the Orioles. But he rebounded well Tuesday, shutting out the Tigers on four hits and one walk. He struck out seven and made 93 pitches to earn his first win since June 27.

The Angels finished with 12 hits, including two from rookie Matt Thaiss, who got the Angels going with a two-run homer in the second inning and then added an RBI single in the seventh.

The home run was Thaiss’ fifth in 14 games since being called up from Triple-A Salt Lake in early July.

Canning was sharp early, allowing only one Tigers baserunner to get as far as second base through the first four innings. Then in the fifth he got a key out to end the inning when Niko Goodrum lined out to center with runners on second and third.

The Angels added to their lead in the bottom of the fifth and knocked Tigers starter Drew VerHagen out of the game. Ohtani had an RBI single and Andrelton Simmons had a bloop double that drove in the second run of the inning for a 4-0 Angels lead.

VerHagen (1-2) allowed four runs (three earned) on 10 hits in 4 2/3 innings.

The Tigers scored their only run of the game in the seventh when Victor Reyes doubled and scored on a single by Jake Rogers off Angels reliever Taylor Cole.

Rogers, making his major league debut, also had a single in the ninth inning. — Reuters

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