ANAHEIM – Jesse Hahn turned in the best effort by an A’s starter yet this season Tuesday, but it wasn’t good enough for a win.
Not for Hahn, anyway, despite eight innings of brilliant one-hit shutout pitching.
And not for the A’s as a team as the bullpen faltered in a 2-1, 11-inning loss. Santiago Castilla gave up a Mike Trout homer that tied the game in the bottom of the 10th and Ryan Madson was stung by a two-out walkoff single from Kole Calhoun in the 11th.
Danny Espinosa singled to open the 11th, took second on a bunt and the A’s dodged a bullpen when Yunel Escobar’s bid for a game-winning single was speared by Jed Lowrie.