That’s two in a row! One more and it’s a winning streak.
The Oakland A’s blanked the Los Angeles Angels 4-0 on Thursday, opening a four-game series in Anaheim on the right foot. Oakland has been slumping lately, but for the second straight game they made the plays they needed
and also got a couple of the fortunate hops that haven’t been bouncing in their favor lately.
The headline entering the evening was the A’s debut of outfielder
Starling Marte, who was acquired in a trade yesterday, and indeed Marte did contribute to the victory. But the bottom line is the Angels didn’t score, and that’s mostly because
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