The Oakland A’s lost to the Angels on Tuesday by a lopsided score of 17-5, giving the green-and-gold their fourth loss in five Cactus League games this spring. On the bright side, most of the scoring came in garbage time off of A’s pitchers who are unlikely to factor into the MLB plan this year.
The game was close for most of the day. Both teams scored in the 1st, and the A’s settled into an early 3-1 lead thanks to a couple run-scoring hits by Stephen Piscotty. But then the Angels rallied off Fernando Rodney for four runs in the 4th, and Oakland never came back.