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Anaheim, CA (Sports Network) - Brett Anderson turned in eight scoreless innings and Andy LaRoche drove in three runs as Oakland survived a late scare to top the Angels, 4-3, in the finale of a four-game series. Anderson (3-4) allowed three hits, fanned four and walked three, needing just 105 pitches to complete his outing. Brett did a heck of a job. He located well, had a decent fastball. All the guys in the lineup had a hit and thats encouraging, Athletics manager Bob Geren said about his clubs victory. Grant Balfour gave up a two-out, three-run homer to Mark Trumbo in the ninth which cut the As lead to one, but he retired pinch-hitter Russell Branyan on a long fly to center to end the game. Cliff Pennington added two hits and an RBI for the Athletics, who managed a split in the set. Joel Pineiro (2-1) gave up four runs on 11 hits with three strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings for the Angels, who couldnt sustain momentum from a 4-1 win on Wednesday. It was a so-so effort, a lot of balls found the hole, Pineiro said of his start. I had good stuff but we came up a little short. Anderson threw a good game against us. Anderson was pulled for Balfour to start the ninth, and Erick Aybar led off with a single. Two strikeouts followed, but Alberto Callaspo walked and Trumbo cleared the wall in left-center to make it 4-3. Branyan, signed by Los Angeles prior to the contest after Arizona released him Saturday, gave a Balfour offering quite a ride, but it fell in front of the wall in center for the final out. LaRoches RBI groundout in the second put Oakland on the board, then the As came up with three more in the fourth. Josh Willingham led off with a single, and after two straight fly outs, Mark Ellis singled ahead of LaRoches two-run double. Pennington followed with an RBI hit to bring in LaRoche and it was 4-0. Meanwhile, Anderson retired the first 10 men he faced until a one-out base hit from Aybar in the fourth. He induced an inning-ending double play from Peter Bourjos in the fifth, then got Bobby Abreu to fly out with two men in scoring position in the sixth. In the seventh, Torii Hunter walked and Callaspo singled, but Anderson escaped with a double-play grounder from Trumbo and Bourjos swinging strikeout. The Angels went down in order in the eighth. I made pitches when I had to. My stuff wasnt that good but I give credit to my defense, Anderson admitted. It was an overall team win. 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Augustin has averaged 19.8 points during the winning streak. Unlike the Wizards, who freely talked about a rematch in the playoffs, the Bulls didnt want to think that far ahead. "We lost to these guys at home. We lost to them here. It was just getting this win tonight," Augustin said. "Were not looking forward to the playoffs just yet, but we wanted to come out tonight and do it for ourselves." John Wall scored 20 points, and Marcin Gortat had 19 for the Wizards, who sit in sixth place in the East. If they hold that spot, they would face the third-seeded team. Several Washiington players cited fatigue as an issue on the back end of a back-to-back, but coach Randy Wittman noted that Chicago played Friday night as well.dddddddddddd. It also didnt help that Trevor Ariza played through an illness and went 1 for 9 from the field. Wittman, however, said his team wasnt ready for the Bulls intensity and aggression. "You fight aggression with aggression," Wittman said. 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