OAKLAND, Calif. -- Sean Doolittle couldnt find much fault with his latest outing, which was strange considering the Athletics closer nearly ruined Sonny Grays best start in more than four weeks. A game-ending strikeout of pinch-hitter Chris Iannetta turned out to be the perfect remedy. Doolittle gave up two hits and a walk in the ninth inning, but recorded the final two outs for his 19th save Friday night, preserving Oaklands 5-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels in a matchup of AL West rivals. "Theyre not all going to be pretty, but that was a really, really important win to be able to nail down," Doolittle said. "That was a huge game for us. There was a lot of Adrenalin flowing." Coco Crisp hit his 15th career leadoff home run and Stephen Vogt added a solo shot for Oakland in the opener of a three-game series. Sam Fuld hit a go-ahead triple in the sixth inning and the As pulled within one game of the division-leading Angels. Angels manager Mike Scioscia noted before the game that "the pennant race is in full bloom." The night had that type of feel, too. Grey (13-7) allowed three runs and six hits over 8 1-3 innings to end a monthlong losing streak. He settled down after a shaky start to win for the first time July 26. Oaklands opening day starter, Gray had lost his previous four starts -- that skid came after he had won six straight decisions. Grey struck out five, walked two and left to a rousing ovation from the crowd of 33,810. Fuld tripled off reliever Jason Grilli (1-2) as part of Oaklands two-run sixth. "We havent played a game like that, that crisp, for a while," As manager Bob Melvin said. "(When) we took the lead it really felt like we were finally in charge of a game, where we hadnt been in a while." Mike Trout and Josh Hamilton homered for the Angels. "There were a lot of good things on the field and some things we didnt get done," said Scioscia, whose club is 0-4 at the Oakland Coliseum this season. "We havent gotten it down up here yet this season." The Angels, owners of the best record in the majors, didnt get much rest before the game. They completed a four-game sweep of the Boston Red Sox late Thursday, then took a redeye flight to California. Players and coaches didnt make it to their hotel in San Francisco until 4 a.m. Friday. Trout hit his 28th home run off Gray in the first while Hamilton belted his solo shot with one out in the fourth. The As scored on Crisps leadoff home run in the first. He also doubled and scored on a throwing error by Angels shortstop Erick Aybar in the fifth. Angels starter Hector Santiago allowed two runs on five hits in five innings. The left-hander was replaced two batters after getting hit on his pitching hand by Josh Donaldsons line drive. CRISP HITTING Crisps leadoff home run was his 13th with the As, tying him with Bert Campaneris for the third-most in franchise history. It also marked Crisps second multi-hit game in the past four days. Prior to that he hadnt had one since July 8. TRAINERS ROOM Angels: RHP Garrett Richards underwent surgery to repair the torn patellar tendon in his left knee. Scioscia said that Richards surgery "went as expected." He added that the timetable for Richards recovery remains six to nine months. Athletics: OF Craig Gentry (broken right hand) was reinstated from the 15-day disabled list. RHP Dan Otero was optioned to Triple-A Sacramento. ... 1B Kyle Blanks is having pain in both feet and his lower legs so the team scheduled him for an MRI. UP NEXT Angels: LHP C.J. Wilson (10-8) is 4-0 with a 2.60 ERA in five starts against the As last season. Athletics: LHP Jon Lester (13-8) looks to bounce back from his first loss in an Oakland uniform and his first defeat since June 7 while with Boston. 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It was an incident that fuelled the growing rivalry between the two runaway leaders in the overall standings, with Hamilton insinuating afterward that he would get revenge. "I have apologized to Lewis for having hindered the opportunity for him to improve his lap time," Rosberg said. "I locked up the rears (tires) and then the fronts at the bumpy downhill part of the track before turn five." Stewards cleared Rosberg of any wrongdoing after studying video and telemetry evidence of his manoeuvre. Its the second pole of the season for Rosberg. Hamilton-- who leads Rosberg by just three points in the overall standings -- has the other four. Given that nine out of the past 10 Monaco GPs have all been won from pole position, Rosberg has a great chance to reclaim the overall lead from Hamilton. Rosberg won from pole position here last year for his maiden win. Rosbergs leading time was one minute 15.989 seconds, with Hamilton clocking 1:16.048 and Red Bulls Daniel Ricciardo was in third at 1:16.384. Four-time defending champion Sebastian Vettel of Germany finished fourth, while Fernando Alonso of Ferrari was fifth. Tension has been building over the last few days, with Hamilton even publicly questioning whether his teammate has enough desire. Although reluctant to discuss the incident in the post-qualifying news conference, Hamilton was later asked if the situation within Mercedes now compares to the internal rift between the late Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost, who had an extremely tense relationship racing against each other for McLaren in the late 1980s. Quizzed by British broadcaster BBC if his relationship with Rosberg was heading the same way, Hamilton responded "essentially" before adding: "I dont know if Senna and Prost sat down and talked it out.dddddddddddd I quite like the way Senna dealt with it, so Im going to take a page out of his book." In 1989 Prost took out Senna late in the Japanese Grand Prix to win the title. At the same circuit a year after, Senna did the same to Prost, then with Ferrari, on the first turn to clinch the championship. Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff played down the incident. "I dont think anybody does that deliberately. He missed his braking and he took the exit. Thats it," Wolff said. "There is no difficulty in managing this situation of the drivers. We have spoken to them in the debrief and it was all OK." Earlier Saturday, however, Mercedes chairman Dieter Zetsche sounded almost prophetic when he said "fierce fighting for the No. 1 position" between Hamilton and Rosberg can only be good for the sport. Hamilton, the 2008 F1 champion, recently questioned his teammates hunger to win at the highest level and referred to what he considered Rosbergs easier upbringing as the son of an F1 driver. "I come from a not-great place in Stevenage and lived on a couch in my dads apartment, and Nico grew up in Monaco with jets and hotels and boats and all these kind of things," Hamilton said Thursday. "If I were to come here believing that Nico is hungrier than me then I might as well go home." Hamilton has won the past four races while Rosberg won the season opener in Australia, where Hamilton retired with engine failure. While Rosberg was smiling at the post-qualifying conference, a stern-faced Hamilton gave short answers when asked what he thought about the incident, saying "not really much" and "I was on target, yeah." Rosberg tried to soothe the situation. "Of course Im sorry for Lewis, I didnt know where he was," Rosberg said. Asked to respond to Rosbergs apology, Hamilton shrugged his shoulders and mumbled: "I dont have an answer to it." Told that it was ironic that Rosbergs mistake had led to the yellow flag and stopped the British driver, Hamilton flatly responded "yeah, its ironic." On the track, the German driver looked jubilant as he stepped out of his Mercedes, with Hamilton standing glum-faced close by. ' ' '