Zach Neto delivered a decisive two-run home run in the ninth inning to secure a 9-7 comeback victory for the Los Angeles Angels over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday. The win allowed the Angels to split their three-game series after dropping the first two contests, including a notable blown lead in Friday’s game.

The game featured a back-and-forth battle highlighted by Denzer Guzman’s three-run homer in the eighth inning that tied the score for Oakland. Guzman’s homer was his third in as many days, coming off Angels pitcher Hogan Harris, and brought the Athletics level at 7-7. Donovan Walton contributed a solo home run and drove in three runs for the Angels, while Nolan Schanuel and Jose Siri recorded two hits each to aid the team’s offense.

Oakland’s Nick Kurtz extended his power display by hitting his 19th home run of the season. Kurtz’s 55 career home runs have tied him with Bob Johnson (1933-34) for the most home runs in Athletics franchise history through the first two seasons of a career. Zac Gelof, the Athletics’ standout hitter, reached base multiple times, going 1-for-1 with a single, then doubling in the fourth inning and later reaching on an error in the seventh. His hit streak has now reached 24 games, marking one of the longest active streaks in the franchise since 1961. In total, five players drove in runs for Oakland, including Joey Meneses, who made an immediate impact by collecting an RBI single in his Athletics debut after being called up from the minors prior to the game.

Los Angeles starter Reid Detmers pitched six innings but struggled, giving up five runs and issuing four walks. Oakland’s Jack Perkins countered with five innings of work, striking out eight batters and allowing four runs. The Angels took control late, with Chase Silseth assuming the mound in relief and delivering two strikeouts while pitching a scoreless eighth inning to earn the win. Sam Bachman then closed out the game in the ninth, recording a 1-2-3 inning for his first save of the season.

The Angels capitalized in the ninth after Siri singled with one out. Facing a fastball count of 0-and-1, Neto drove a home run just over the left-field fence, giving his team the lead for the first time in the game. The victory ended a challenging series for Los Angeles, which had to overcome an early deficit and a history of blown leads in recent matchups against Oakland.