The hitters are still struggling, but at least the pitchers keeps rolling.
The Oakland A’s kept the Angels offense at bay but once again couldn’t score much themselves, losing 4-1 on Sunday at the Coliseum.
The lineup’s low output wasn’t for lack of opportunity. The A’s put runners in scoring position in six out of nine innings, but only once were they able to push one of them home, which wasn’t enough to support the quality start they got from their own rotation.
The tone was set immediately in the 1st inning. The third batter of the game, Shohei Ohtani, blasted a two-run homer, and in the bottom half of the frame Oakland loaded the bases but stranded them.