The Angels and Athletics played a four game series and there was a ton of good pitching in this one. In all four games, the loser scored no more then three runs and in three of them, the loser scored two or less.
Oakland drew first blood on Thursday as Mike Piazza hit a solo homerun in the ninth off of Francisco Rodriguez in his first loss of the season. Joe Saunders gave up nine hits but he gave up just three runs in 5 2/3 innings. Vlad Guerrero hit homerun number two and Garrett Anderson hit his first in the 4-3 loss.
On Friday, Dustin Moseley got it done. He gave up just one run on five hits with four strikeouts in six innings of work. K-Rod closed it out and picked up the save and Vlad Guerrero hit a three run homerun. Howie Kendrick also went yard with a solo shot in the 5-2 win.
It was John Lackey’s turn on Saturday. He gave up just a single run on seven hits in seven innings. Vlad Guerrero had two hits and he drove in his tenth run in the 2-1 win.
The Angels couldn’t drive the nail in the A’s coffin though and they lost a 2-1 game yesterday. Kelvim Escobar had a nice start go to waste and the only run for the Angels came in the sixth when Macier Izturis singled home Garrett Anderson.
The Angels have the day off today and then they take on the Indians in Cleveland for a three game series.
