ANAHEIM - One night before, local kid Matt Chapman was briefly Oakland’s hero before the Angels stormed back for the win, and Saturday, another player from Orange County provided the dramatics for the A’s.
Dustin Garneau, acquired on waivers from the Rockies on Friday, stung a two-run double in his second at-bat with Oakland and caught a shutout, to boot, to help his new team beat the Angels 5-0, ending the A’s seven-game losing streak in Anaheim.
Two Bay Area products chipped in with big nights, too: Mark Canha (San Jose, Cal) stole home in the sixth inning, the first steal of home plate by an Oakland player since Carlos Gonzalez on June 22, 2008, against the Marlins.