Ellis' grand slam in 12th lifts A's over Angels

Los Angeles Angels' Maicer Izturis is congratulated by a teammate after hitting a home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics, Saturday, June 7, 2008, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

OAKLAND, Calif.—Mark Ellis hit a grand slam with two outs in the 12th inning Sunday, giving the Oakland Athletics a 7-3 victory that snapped the Los Angeles Angels' season-best seven-game winning streak.

Ellis hit the first pitch from Chris Bootcheck (0-1) just inside the left-field foul pole for his second career game-ending homer and his third grand slam.

It was the fifth walk-off grand slam by the A's and first since Mark McGwire did it on June 30, 1995, also against the Angels. Ellis' sixth homer of the year ended a 3-hour, 53-minute game and made sure Oakland avoided a three-game sweep against its AL West rival.

After consecutive one-out singles by Gregorio Petit and Rajai Davis, Bootcheck struck out Emil Brown for the second out before walking Travis Buck to load the bases and bring up Ellis.

The Angels had chances in the ninth against Huston Street, but Vladimir Guerrero's fly ball to right didn't go far enough to score Howie Kendrick from third. Torii Hunter struck out, leaving runners on second and third.

Brad Ziegler (1-0) pitched 1 2-3 innings for his first major league win. Eric Chavez hit a tying RBI double in the seventh off Darren Oliver to make it 3-all.

Each of the first two games of the series were decided by two runs, and the Angels' other five wins during their streak were by one run.

Guerrero hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the fourth and Gary Matthews Jr. added an RBI single in the inning against Rich Harden.

The Angels had their division lead over Oakland cut to 4 1/2 games. Los Angeles still concluded an impressive 5-1 road trip.

Angels starter Ervin Santana struck out the side in order in the sixth and appeared poised for his ninth victory in 13 starts this year. He matched his season high with nine strikeouts while walking three in 6 1-3 innings.

Chavez's RBI single in the first snapped Santana's streak of 23 consecutive innings without allowing an earned run against the A's. The right-hander yielded seven hits and two runs.

When Carlos Gonzalez hit an RBI single in the fourth to pull Oakland to 3-2, the rookie ended his stretch of seven straight extra-base hits -- all doubles -- to start his career. Called up on May 30, he became the first major leaguer since Johnny Mize in 1936 to begin his big league career with each of his first seven hits going for extra bases.

Harden matched his season high with nine strikeouts. He allowed three runs and six hits in six innings with three walks in his sixth start since coming off the disabled list May 11 after a shoulder injury.

The hard-throwing right-hander struck out the side in order in the first on nine pitches, the first pitcher in the majors to do so since Atlanta's Buddy Carlyle on July 6, 2007. The last AL pitcher to do it was Pedro Martinez on May 18, 2002, with Boston.

Harden is the first A's pitcher to do it since Lefty Grove on Sept. 27, 1928.

Guerrero hit his eighth home run this season, 19th of his career against the A's and second off Harden. Garret Anderson ended an 0-for-16 stretch with a two-out single in the fifth.

Bobby Crosby, Oakland's shortstop, left after the eighth with a slightly sprained right ankle.

Notes:@ Angels 3B Chone Figgins is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment for Triple-A Salt Lake on Monday, playing five innings in the field. He will likely stay there for three games. Figgins hurt his hamstring May 3 on a slide into home plate against Baltimore. ... Oakland RHP Santiago Casilla, on the DL recovering from an elbow injury, threw 29 pitches in a simulated game. The next step will be a rehab outing Tuesday, probably for Class-A Stockton, then again Thursday for Triple-A Sacramento before he is activated. "My arm is OK," Casilla said. "I feel confused with my mechanics."