Major League Baseball
Los Angeles Angels
4
Oakland Athletics
8
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| OAK | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
Jeff Samardzija pitched seven strong innings and received some rare run support to snap a four-start winless stretch, and the Athletics kept hold of the top AL wild-card spot by beating the AL West champion Angels 8-4 on Monday night.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
A Pujols homered to left (433 feet), G Beckham and M Trout scored.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
S Vogt singled to deep right center, B Moss and A Dunn scored, J Lowrie to third.
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 10: foul
Pitch 9: foul
Pitch 8: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
N Punto safe at third on throwing error by third baseman D Freese, N Freiman and G Soto scored.
Pitch 7: foul
Middle of the 9th
G Beckham grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, C Iannetta out at second.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
G Beckham batting
C Iannetta singled to left, E Aybar to third.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
C Iannetta batting
B Boesch flied out to right, E Aybar to second on error by second baseman N Punto.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
B Boesch batting
E Aybar singled to center.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
E Aybar batting
L Gregerson relieved E Scribner.
Top of the 9th inning
End of the 8th
A Dunn struck out swinging.
Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
A Dunn batting
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LAA win series 2-1
Coco CrispCF4
Sam FuldRF23
Josh Donaldson3B3
Jonny GomesLF31
Derek NorrisDH33
Jed LowrieSS8
Nate Freiman1B
Geovany SotoC18
Nick Punto2B1
Brandon MossLF37
Adam DunnDH10
Stephen Vogt1B21
Kole CalhounRF56
Mike TroutCF27
Albert Pujols1B5
David Freese3B25
Erick AybarSS0
Brennan BoeschDH31
Chris IannettaC22
Gordon Beckham2B29
Collin CowgillLF5
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