Oakland Athletics (39-65) vs. Los Angeles Angels (43-59)
Game 2 of the divisional clash between the Oakland Athletics and Los Angeles Angels will be played on Wednesday, August 3, at Angel Stadium of Anaheim. The opening game of the series is played on Tuesday, at the time of writing, and Cole Irvin and Noah Syndergaard will match up in that one.
These America League West rivals have met seven times this season before this series, and the Angels lead the series 5-2. The Angels are N/A favorites in this one, while the total is set at N/A runs.
Despite losing the latest series to the Chicago White Sox on the road, the Oakland Athletics are playing very well in the last two weeks or so. In the second half of the season, they have a positive record, which is an encouraging sign for the worst team in the American League. Oakland even managed to sweep the Houston Astros in that span, one of the strongest teams in the entire MLB.
Ramon Laureano blasted a solo homer in the 2nd to put the A’s up front, but that was pretty much it from Oakland’s offense, who failed to contribute more runs in a 4-1 defeat to the White Sox. Chicago answered with three runs and got a 4-1 victory in the end. Adam Oller (1-4) took a loss after surrendering four runs on seven hits with six strikeouts and no walks over 6.1 innings of work.
At the time of writing, the Oakland Athletics haven’t named the starting pitcher for this Wednesday’s duel against the Los Angeles Angels. They traded Frankie Montas and Lou Trivino to the New York Yankees, and it seems that this transaction directly affected the rotation.