Brent Rooker homered, singled and drove in two runs to lead the Athletics to a 7-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night in West Sacramento, Calif.

Colby Thomas also hit a home run and drove in two runs and Darell Hernaiz went 2-for-4 with a walk, a run scored and two RBIs for the Athletics, who won their second straight game.

Rookie Luis Morales (1-0), making his second major league start, picked up his first big league victory, allowing one run on five hits in five innings. The 22-year-old right-hander walked two and struck out five. Sean Newcomb gave up an unearned run on two hits over the final 1 2/3 innings en route to pick up his first save since April 2021.

Nolan Schanuel had three hits and a walk, Zach Neto had two hits and an RBI and Mike Trout singled and walke

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