Milone can’t do it alone

CLEVELAND — Tommy Milone was what the A’s had working for them Tuesday night.

He couldn’t do it all alone, though, and one bad sequence on defense sunk the A’s. Milone wriggled out of trouble extremely well all evening, but in the fifth inning, Carlos San- tana reached when first baseman Brandon Moss ranged to his right for Santana’s chopper and it ticked off his glove; second baseman Eric Sogard barehanded the ball and overthrew first base, putting Santana at second on the double error.

Manager Bob Melvin said that Moss “has a lot of range, and sometimes has got to know his limits. … But that’s your instinct as a first baseman on a ball hit to your right, to try to go get it.”

“Tommy pitched fantastic, it’s unfortunate they got one run on a freak play,” Sogard said. “That throw is one I should make; I barehanded it, and it was not my best possible grip, but I should still make the throw.”

A one-out single by Mike Aviles moved Santana to third, and he scored on Gomes’ sacrifice fly to deep center.

Milone went seven innings and allowed five hits, walked none and struck out five.

Indians starter Zach McAllister also was sensational, allowing five hits in 72⁄3 innings, walking one and striking out four.

McAllister exited after John Jaso’s two-out single in the eighth, but Rich Hill took over and got pinch hitter Luke Montz to ground out to short. A’s pinch hitters are 2 for 32 this season. Briefly: Brett Anderson (ankle), scheduled to come off the disabled list on May 16, will join the A’s to throw a bullpen session Wednesday. If all goes well, he might make a rehab start. … Hiro Nakajima (hamstring) resumed his rehab assignment with Triple-A Sacramento and went 0-for-4 at Memphis. … There was a scoring change in the A’s 19-inning game on April 29-30; Jaso’s hit and RBI was changed to an error on Angels second baseman Howie Kendrick.