OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Though the ending should live forever on blooper reels, Jason Kendall and the Oakland Athletics didn't believe they stole the lead in the AL West.
Francisco Rodriguez and the Angels simply dropped it.
Kendall alertly dashed home from third base with the winning run when Los Angeles' miffed closer flubbed the throw back from his catcher, putting one of baseball's strangest finishes in years on Oakland's 5-4 victory Thursday.
The A's took sole possession of first place for the first time this season with their second straight come-from-behind win against the Angels' outstanding bullpen. That achievement would be remarkable enough -- but nobody in either clubhouse ever remembered an ending as odd as this one.
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