Athletics Drop Game Two to the Dodgers 9-3

After a dominant 11-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers last night at Chavez Ravine, the Athletics faced off against them again tonight in game two of the three-game series at Dodger Stadium. The A’s sent 25-year-old rookie righty Gunnar Hoglund to the mound to face 26-year-old righty Yoshinobu Yamamoto for the Dodgers.

Yamamoto made quick work of the top of the A’s order in the first, but Hoglund did not have the same luck. Three pitches into his start, Shohei Ohtani launched one midway up the rightfield bleachers to give the Dodgers a quick 1-0 lead.

Shea Langeliers led the second inning off with a walk. With two outs he stole second but was stranded there when JJ Bleday grounded out to…