The Angels were the ones doing the preening from there.

Their third-inning outburst started with Scott Kingery’s bunt single that turned into two bases when A’s pitcher Jeffrey Springs misfired on his throw to first base. Kevin Newman followed by reaching base on another error, this one with the glove by third baseman Max Muncy.

Zach Neto made it 1-0 on an RBI single that left fielder Brent Rooker bobbled and Schanuel was able to breathe a little easier when his single to center made it 2-0. Clarke even bobbled that ball. Mike Trout made it 3-0 with a single through shortstop.

Adell made it 4-0 in the fourth inning with a towering shot into the A’s bullpen in left field.

In the eighth inning, Adell had a chance to match Clarke on defense, reaching over the wall to catch a drive by JJ Bleday, but the ball was jostled out of his glove as he made impact with the padding. Bleday’s pinch hit home run against right-hander Connor Brogdon cut the A’s deficit to 4-2.

After Brogdon followed with a walk to Seth Brown, manager Ron Washington went to right-hander Ryan Zeferjahn, who ended the threat on a pair of ground balls.

Adell made up for his defensive play that wasn’t meant to be with a two-run single in the eighth for a five-run lead. Angels right-hander Shaun Anderson gave up a two-run home run to Muncy in the ninth before Kenley Jansen recorded the final out.

Kikuchi (2-5) retired the first 13 batters he faced before Muncy singled in the fifth inning. He finished his outing by retiring nine of the next 10 A’s batters. He had five strikeouts to go along with his one walk, while throwing 104 pitches.