AROUND THE HORN

■ Braves: Ozzie Albies hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in a three-run fifth inning, and the Braves beat Athletics 4-2 on Wednesday in Oakland, California, to deny the Athletics’ bid for their first three-game winning streak this season. Coming off their second pair of consecutive wins, the A’s lost for the 20th time in 24 games and fell to 12-46. They’re 24 ½ games behind AL West-leading Texas. The A’s drew just 6,429 to the Coliseum, the 22nd time in 31 home games attendance has been under 10,000. Jared Shuster (2-2) allowed two runs, three hits and four walks in 5 ⅓ innings to win consecutive decisions for the first time this season. Jesse Chavez, A.J. Minter, Nick Anderson and Raisel Iglesias combined to retire the Athletics’ last 11 batters, with Iglesias getting three outs for his fifth save in six chances. The A’s had three hits, the seventh time they’ve had three hits or fewer. Orlando Arcia had three singles and a walk, Ronald Acuña Jr. had two hits and drove in a run and the Braves won for the third time in their last nine road games. James Kaprielian (0-6) has the most consecutive losing decisions for an A’s pitcher at a season’s start since Mike Mohler began 0-8 in 1997. Kaprielian gave up three runs and five hits in 4 ⅔ innings. Albies homered on a slider for a 2-0 lead in the fifth. His 11 home runs are his most since a careerhigh 30 in 2021, when he was an All-Star. Riley, whose fielding error at third a night earlier allowed the A’s to score the game-ending run, was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the fifth following a two-out intentional walk to former A’s first baseman Matt Olson. The A’s closed to 3-2 in the sixth on Ramón Laureano’s RBI single and Carlos Perez’s run-scoring groundout. Acuña hit an RBI single off Ken Waldichuk in the seventh.

■ Tigers: Jake Rogers hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the sixth and Jake Marisnick followed with a run-scoring single in his Tigers debut, leading the hosts over the Rangers 3-2. The Rangers still took two of three and have won six straight road series for the first time. The Rangers went 18-9 in May and their 35-20 record is the team’s best 55-game start. Marcus Semien extended his hitting streak to 20 games with a double in the third. With the score 1-1, Nick Maton and Tyler Nevin started the sixth with singles off Dane Dunning (4-1). Zack Short reached on a bunt single against Jonathan Hernández, loading the bases. and Rogers’ sacrifice fly put Detroit ahead and Marisnick, acquired from the White Sox on Tuesday, singled for a 3-1 lead. Nathaniel Lowe cut the deficit with an RBI single in the seventh against Chasen Shreve. Jason Foley struck out Adolis García, ending the inning and stranded a runner on third in the eighth when Will Smith hit an inning-ending groundout. Will Vest (2-0) retired five straight batters. Alex Lange worked around Semien’s one-out walk in a hitless ninth for his 10th save in 11 chances.

■ Angels: Shohei Ohtani homered in consecutive innings, including a 459-foot drive that was the longest of his MLB career, and drove in four runs to lead the Angels over the host White Sox 12-5. Mike Trout put the Angels ahead 2-0 with a 476-foot HR in the first. Taylor Ward also went deep as the Angels hit four two-run HRs plus a solo shot. Ohtani drove a first-pitch fastball from Lance Lynn (4-6) just to left of straightaway center in the third. That 425-foot drive put the Angels ahead 4-1. Lynn didn’t even bother to turn and look when Ohtani hit a full-count fastball more than a dozen rows over the bullpen in right-center in the fourth. The two-way star is batting .269 with 15 HRs and 38 RBIs to go along with a 5-1 record and 2.91 ERA.