Much of the two series the A’s have played against the Angels over the last eleven days has been frustrating — and that’s a bit of an understatement. Mental errors, poor umpiring, atrocious relief pitching, and questionable manager decisions had caused the Green and Gold to lose three of the last five to the Halos coming into Thursday’s game.
On Thursday night, it was a different story.
Manufacturing Runs
Recently, the A’s offense has been heavily reliant on the solo home run which is a fun, yet inefficient method for run scoring. Wednesday night, Oakland slapped the ball around and generated a lot of offense despite losing in the end.