ANAHEIM, Calif. – By the 11th inning, the Cleveland Indians didn’t have many options in a bullpen that was already spent after a 12-inning win at Oakland the day before. So it was left to long man Justin Germano to keep it going as long as he could.

Germano faced four batters and didn’t get an out. Torii Hunter hit an RBI single to give the Los Angeles Angels a 2-1 victory on Friday night.

“Our bullpen wasn’t as deep today because of yesterday’s extra-inning ballgame,” manager Manny Acta said. “Germano hasn’t pitched in a week, so I can’t expect him to come in and blow everybody away. His job is to be the long man, and Chris Perez wasn’t available tonight, so we had to go with him. But it’s tough to ask him to come in and go through the heart of their order and get them out.”

The Angels loaded the bases on singles by Erick Aybar, Bobby Abreu and Maicer Izturis, and Germano (0-1) failed to get his 0-1 pitch down to Hunter. The four-time All-Star whacked it into the left-field corner, where it bounced over the short fence and into the seats.

“I didn’t know what he really had, but in that situation, I was just trying to get something up and put it in the outfield,” Hunter said. “You don’t necessarily have to get a hit, just get it out there and get a sac fly or whatever. The first pitch was a curveball, and it was so slow, I almost blew my back out when I swung. I didn’t know what was coming next, and he just left the curveball up a second time.”

Tyler Chatwood pitched eight sparkling innings for the Angels, holding the surprising AL Central leaders to one run and two hits – both by Carlos Santana. The rookie right-hander was coming off a shaky performance at Tampa Bay, when he gave up five runs in the first inning and Los Angeles rallied for a 6-5 win.

Fernando Rodney (1-1) worked the 11th inning to get the victory.

Cleveland grabbed the lead in the fourth. Asdrubal Cabrera was hit by a 2-2 pitch leading off the inning and advanced to third on a grounder up the middle by Santana that squirted under the glove of diving second baseman Izturis. Travis Hafner then hit a run-scoring bouncer to first baseman Howie Kendrick.

The Angels tied it in the sixth when Abreu led off with a single against Justin Masterson and scored on Izturis’ double to right-center. Izturis tried to advance on a fly ball to right field by Hunter, but was thrown out by Shin-Soo Choo.

Masterson pitched with runners on base in each of the first four innings – giving up seven hits during that stretch – but came away unscathed each time.

Izturis hit a first-inning fly ball to left fielder Michael Brantley that was too shallow to get Aybar in from third base, and Hunter stranded the runner with a comebacker to Masterson.

The Angels threatened again in the third on one-out singles by Aybar and Abreu, but Izturis lined into a double play started by second baseman Orlando Cabrera. In the fourth, Vernon Wells grounded into an inning-ending double play after an infield single to second by Alberto Callaspo and a bunt hit by Kendrick.

Masterson, trying to improve to 6-0, allowed a run and nine hits over seven innings in his seventh start of the season. He struck out five and walked none while lowering his ERA to 2.11.

“Masterson was very good,” Acta said. “He threw 120 pitches his last outing and couldn’t push him any further, but he gave us seven innings tonight. It might sound funny, but we swung the bat good – even though it doesn’t show on the scoreboard. We squared up some balls, but they made some good plays.”

The best defensive gem came from 5-foot-7 Angels rookie Alexi Amarista, who raced back toward the warning track and made a leaping grab of Choo’s bid for extra bases in the eighth inning. Amarista started in the outfield for the first time in the majors, with Wells shifting from left field to center.

“Man, that guy’s like Spud Webb. He jumped up pretty high. I think he can dunk,” Hunter said with a grin. “He’s a gamer, though. That’s why they brought him up. We love him. He’s not scared, and he’s had good at-bats. That’s why he’s out there. He’s just a little fella, but he can play anywhere. We were all excited for him. Someone that short, you’ve just got to love him.”

The Angels’ next victory will be Mike Scioscia’s 1,000th as a big league manager – all with the Halos. Bill Rigney, the team’s first manager from 1961 through 1969, is second on the franchise list with 625.

COLUMBUS — An Ohio homeless man with a smooth radio voice that made him an online sensation says he’s going back into rehab for alcohol and drug dependency.

At the airport in Columbus, Ted Williams told WBNS-TV on Thursday that he was returning to Origins Recovery in Texas.

He agreed to go to the center in January after a TV interview with Dr. Phil McGraw but left after two weeks. Williams said at the time that entering rehab was a “rushed decision” and that he wanted to pursue job offers.

He now says he hopes to get “real recovery” and some rest. He says he wants to be able to say, “‘Hey Dr. Phil. I did it.”

Williams found fame after The Columbus Dispatch newspaper posted a web video of him.

The suspect, who was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound, has been identified as Delbert E. Sheppard Jr., 26, of Elyria. See tomorrow’s Chronicle for more details about the incident.

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A 1:44 p.m. call out over the scanner says the suspect was captured. An ambulance has been called to a Darrow Road address.

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Law enforcement officials are swarming the Darrow Road area, assuming that the man has traveled that way from Route 60.

It is assumed he is still armed with a long-barreled weapon.

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FLORENCE TWP. — Law enforcement is searching for a man who pulled a long-barreled revolver on an Ohio Highway Patrol trooper who had stopped to assist the man on the Ohio Turnpike.

Lorain County Sheriff’s Capt. James Drozdowski said the man’s vehicle was disabled and as the trooper stopped the man pulled the gun and fled.

He is described as a white male in his 20s wearing a black hoodie sweatshirt and blue jeans.

Drozdowski said the gunman is considered armed and dangerous and anyone who spots him should call 911 immediately.

He said the man is believed to be in Florence Township east of Angling Road and south of the Turnpike.

Check back at www.chroniclet.com for more on this story.

OAKLAND, Calif. – Music blared throughout the Cleveland Indians clubhouse. From one track to the next, a few players belted out lyrics. Some could even be heard in the hallway outside.

One thing is for sure: The Indians are making noise again.

Jack Hannahan and Lou Marson had RBI singles in the 12th inning, and the Cleveland Indians matched the best start in franchise history with a 4-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Thursday.

“They’re very resilient and they believe in themselves,” Indians manager Manny Acta said. “It’s early, but the amount of times that we have done it late in the games really kind of gives them confidence.”

A night after their seven-game winning streak was snapped, the Indians won in their final at-bat for the seventh time this season. This is the seventh time the Indians have started 21-9, including 1948 – the last time they won the World Series.

Hannahan’s bloop single to left field off reliever Craig Breslow (0-2) provided the go-ahead run, and Marson followed with a single to propel Cleveland to another late-inning rally. Chad Durbin (2-1) pitched two innings for the win and Chris Perez earned his ninth save in 10 chances.

“It just says we don’t quit,” Perez said. “No matter where we start the rally, we believe that the next guy is going to be able to continue it.”

The Athletics couldn’t quite match the late-game exploits.

Ryan Sweeney had a career-high five hits and added two RBIs for the Athletics, who wasted another strong performance by starter Brett Anderson. He pitched nine innings and got a no-decision.

Oakland stranded 12 runners and twice blew chances in extra innings with men in scoring position.

“This was a tough one to lose,” A’s manager Bob Geren said. “That’s a game we could have and should have won.”

The Indians again showed why they have been one of baseball’s best and most surprising teams this season.

They overcame Sweeney’s tying RBI double in the eighth against reliever Vinnie Pestano and continually pitched out of jams. Sweeney’s run-scoring single in the 12th brought Oakland within a run before Perez regrouped to get pinch hitter Hideki Matsui to pop out to short left and end the game.

“They’re a scrappy team that knows how to put runs on the board,” Sweeney said. “They have the best record in baseball for a reason.”

The Indians found a way to outlast another pitcher at his peak for their first series win in Oakland since 2002.

Anderson retired the first 13 batters with relative ease, with only two outs even making it beyond the infield. Not until one out in the fifth inning did a Cleveland hitter finally reach base, and even that took some help.

Travis Hafner hit a hard groundball to first baseman Daric Barton, who made a diving stop but bobbled the ball trying to transfer it out of his glove and toss it to Anderson hustling to cover the base.

The slow-to-score A’s struggled again to produce at the plate behind a sharp starting pitcher.

Anderson struck out five and allowed seven hits in nine innings, baffling Cleveland’s hitters on a sun-baked day at the Coliseum. He just didn’t get much support, a growing theme for Oakland’s starters this season.

Barton’s two-out RBI single in the fifth drove in Mark Ellis to give Oakland a 1-0 lead. The A’s stranded two more runners in the inning, with Conor Jackson grounding out to end the threat.

The Indians briefly got to Anderson with singles from Marson and Michael Brantley to open the sixth. Then Asdrubal Cabrera drove both home with a single up the middle to put the Indians ahead 2-1.

Indians starter Jeanmar Gomez allowed one run, six hits and two walks in 5 2-3 innings and watched the rest of the way after the bullpen blew the lead and his teammates fought back.

“We just keep trying to have quality at-bats throughout the whole game and grind it out,” Marson said. “We’ve been playing well. Big win today. It’s huge.”

NOTES

The Indians gave CF Grady Sizemore the day off to rest.

… Cleveland RHP Mitch Talbot, on the DL with a strained elbow, is planning to throw another bullpen session this weekend while the team is in Anaheim.