Angels 8 Athletics 3
The Angels welcomed the scalding Oakland Athletics back to the Big A on Thursday evening with a bucket of ice to the face. The A’s were coming in fresh off a two-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals helped by a shutout from Mengden and Co., but would find themselves symbolically marginalized by their hosts.
It wasn’t an easy start by any means. For the second consecutive start, Griffin Canning failed to put away the very first batter of the game for 10 pitches.