ANAHEIM — Much like the past few years with the A’s, nothing was on the line in their final game of the regular season. But this one felt a whole lot better.
With everyone’s minds already on the AL wild-card game set for Wednesday in New York, Sunday’s 5-4 loss to the Angels in walk-off fashion was about as painless as these type of games can get. This one was more about one more chance for A’s hitters trying to reach personal milestones.
Jed Lowrie tried his best to reach the 100-RBI mark for the first time in his 11-year big league career, but remained stuck at 99 as he blasted a couple of balls to the warning track as part of an 0 for 4 day.