OAKLAND — Naturally, the A’s have been able to put up a ton of runs in a win streak that is now up to 10 in completed games. What may have been overlooked in this stretch, though, is how often they’ve been able to tamp down opposing lineups.
But on Monday in a 8-5 Memorial Day victory over the Los Angeles Angels at the Coliseum, it was important for the A’s to not only score, but to keep adding to their lead.
So even after Josh Phegley homered in the fifth inning to give the A’s a 4-3 lead, Stephen Piscotty’s two-run single later in the inning, Matt Chapman’s solo home run in the seventh and Matt Canha’s RBI single in the eighth all played a role in keeping Oakland perfect since a May 14 loss to the Seattle Mariners.