Friday night was the A’s 70th game of the year and the 15th start of the season for Sonny Gray.
It was the fourth of those 15 in which Gray had been matched against the Angels, and while that may just be a schedule fluke for most, it’s a major impediment to the Angels, who are 0-3 against Gray, scoring just four runs (three earned) in 22.2 innings.
Angels’ slugger Mike Trout is an MVP candidate year-in and year-out, but against Gray he’s been amazingly ordinary, just four hits in 22 at-bats (.