ANAHEIM — After two days’ worth of pent-up frustration, the A’s offense unleashed all of its anger on Angels pitcher Parker Bridwell. The A’s led big early and were finally starting to feel good about themselves again, but it was soon coughed up by their bullpen.
After Kendall Graveman made what was at one point an 8-3 lead stick for five innings despite allowing five runs, his bullpen collapsed in the seventh by allowing five runs, including a grand slam by Cliff Pennington. The A’s were swept out of Anaheim with Wednesday’s 10-8 loss to the Los Angeles Angels in the finale of a three-game series.