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Final Score: Oakland 3 - LA Angels 5

Anaheim, CA (Sports Network) - Garret Anderson's two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning lifted the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim to a 5-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics at Angel Stadium.

Casey Kotchman, Vladimir Guerrero and Jeff Mathis all added an RBI for the Angels, who rebounded from Monday's 6-1 loss in the series opener and have won two of their last three on the heels of a three-game skid.

Ervin Santana started on the hill for the Angels and allowed two runs on eight hits with seven strikeouts in seven innings, but did not factor in the decision.

"This is a night (in which) we pitched well, we got some late runs and came away with a win," said Angels manager Mike Scioscia. "Garret had a nice swing -- he felt good about it and we felt good about it."

Mark Ellis homered and scored twice for Oakland, which has lost three of its last four games overall and after this setback sits 4 1/2 games behind the AL West-leading Angels.

Oakland starter Rich Harden pitched five innings and surrendered two runs on five hits with five strikeouts and like his counterpart also ended up with a no-decision, which kept his perfect 5-0 record unblemished.

The Angels came to bat in the bottom of the eighth inning with a 3-2 deficit. Ellis gave Oakland the one-run advantage in the top of the frame with a solo homer, but A's reliever Alan Embree (1-3) failed to hold the lead.

The first batter Embree faced was Kotchman, who greeted him with a ground-rule double that jumped over the right-field wall. Maicer Izturis bunted pinch- runner Reggie Willits to third base and Guerrero's base hit tied the score.

With two outs and Guerrero on first, Anderson belted an Embree fastball deep into the maintenance area in right field as the home crowd exploded.

"He's a fastball pitcher and I just tried to react to it," said Anderson. "He got a pitch over the plate and I did something with it."

Francisco Rodriguez worked a 1-2-3 ninth for his league-leading 33rd save.

Oakland scored a run in both the first and second innings via RBI singles by Bobby Crosby and Ryan Sweeney, respectively.

The hosts tied the score with a pair of runs in the home third. Gary Matthews was hit in the back by a Harden fastball and moved to third when Howie Kendrick followed with a double to right field. On Mathis' fly ball, Matthews crossed the plate. Kendrick, who moved to third during the play, then scored when Kotchman grounded out.

The bats for both teams were quiet through the middle innings and Brad Ziegler replaced Harden to start the bottom of the sixth. Ziegler tossed consecutive 1-2-3 half-innings and the A's then grabbed a 3-2 lead in the top of the eighth when Ellis belted a two-out, solo home run off of Scot Shields.

Shields (4-2) picked up the win despite allowing the temporary go-ahead run.