ANAHEIM — The A’s were unable to take their impressive hitting show on the road.
After racking up 19 runs and 27 hits in a three-game sweep of the Texas Rangers over the weekend, the offense went cold against the Los Angeles Angels.
The A’s ran into a buzzsaw in Andrew Heaney. A former first round pick of the Miami Marlins, Heaney was once considered one of baseball’s elite prospects. Injuries, including Tommy John surgery, have derailed that hype over the past two seasons, but the A’s may have run into a rejuvenated version of the 26-year-old right-hander as they struck out ten times in the first six innings of Monday’s 3-1 loss that snapped their three-game win streak.