Oakland is back at it tonight in Los Angeles, squaring off against the Angels in the series opener in enemy territory.
It’ll be Paul Blackburn on the bump tonight for the A’s, going against an offense that has scored the second-most runs in all of baseball this year. He would be third in the A.L. in ERA if he had enough innings to qualify, and he did just hold the Angels down to one run over 6+ inning in his last start, but now they’ve seen what he has to offer in his arsenal.
In some pre-game roster moves, Oakland swapped out one reliever for another, sending down a lefty in Kirby Snead and recalling the right-handed Jacob Lemoine.