OAKLAND, Calif. —  Erick Aybar's infield single drove in the winning run with two outs in the ninth and the Los Angeles Angels rallied to beat the Oakland Athletics 4-3 on Sunday, spoiling another solid outing from All-Star Justin Duchscherer.

Casey Kotchman hit a home run and Howie Kendrick drove in two runs to help the Angels record their 19th comeback win and improved to a major-league best 36-19 in games decided by two runs or less.

Francisco Rodriguez got out of a bases-loaded jam in the ninth for his major-league leading 38th save in 41 chances.

Torii Hunter and Juan Rivera singled to open the ninth against closer Huston Street (2-3), who blew his fourth save. Kendrick hit a sacrifice fly to tie the game. Pinch runner Reggie Willits replaced Rivera at first and was sacrificed to second by Ryan Buddie. Aybar then hit a high chopper that eluded Street's glove, and shortstop Donnie Murphy's throw to first baseman Daric Barton was late. Willits never stopped running, Barton double clutched and Willits just beat the throw, which dribbled away from Kurt Suzuki.

Jose Arredondo (3-0) pitched a scoreless eighth for the win.

Jack Cust had two hits, including his 18th home run, a solo shot off Darren Oliver in the sixth, and ended his strikeout streak at 19 games. He also avoided tying the AL record for most strikeouts before the All-Star break, 115 by Bo Jackson with the Kansas City Royals in 1987.

Duchscherer's lost one streak and continued another, and the A's fell six games behind the AL West-leading Angels.

Duchscherer, selected to his second All-Star Game, had a career-best 18-inning scoreless streak end when Kendrick beat the throw to first on a two-out grounder in the fourth, allowing Vladimir Guerrero to score.

The Oakland right-hander extended his streak of allowing three earned runs or fewer to 19 games, matching the Oakland record, last accomplished by Ken Holtzman in 1974-75. He allowed two runs and five hits over 7 2-3 innings. He walked two and struck out three.

Kotchman homered to hasten the end of Duchscherer's outing in the eighth. Brad Ziegler got the final out of the eighth.

Dustin Moseley gave the Angels a solid outing, giving up two runs, both in the first inning, and four hits over 5 1-3 innings. He walked one and struck out four.

Moseley, working on three days rest, was recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake to take Joe Saunders' spot in the rotation. Saunders was with his wife Shanel on Saturday night in the L.A. area as she delivered the couple's first child, Matea.

Moseley gave up hits to four of the first five batters he faced, with Emil Brown and Carlos Gonzalez each singling home a run. He retired 14 of the last 15 batters he faced.

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