The Los Angeles Angels look to keep the West title in reach when they face the Houston Astros.
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Left-hander Barry Zito made his first appearance for the Oakland Athletics, the organization that drafted him out of San Diego University High School in the first round of the 1999 draft, since September 28, 2006, working the eighth inning of a 5-1 loss to the Houston Astros on Sunday. George Springer drove home the game’s final run for a 10-6 win. “It’s an terrible feeling”. Valencia had a solo shot in the fourth inning, his second career multihomer game and the first since 2010. I’ll take a shot with the guy who has to rebound… “That was something I’ll never forget”, Duffy said, adding that he had the souvenir ball.
“I don’t want to give up runs, obviously, but it’s good to know (after Sunday) it feels good out there”, he said. The Angels are slated to send Jered Weaver to the mound to oppose Houston for the 4th time in 2015. He’s put up a.988 fielding percentage and committed just one error over his 32 games with the East Bay team.
“That wasn’t a way to start a game, but we fought back and we were able to come back and that was big”, Gray said. He is also one of the most unpredictable pitchers in baseball.
Up to that point, the Athletics had rallied from a 3-0 deficit and led by as many as three runs after the fifth inning.
His first home run Friday came in the fourth inning after Josh Reddick had led off with a home run.
The Astros left fielder homered twice to do in Oakland in a 5-1 Houston victory. He was bailed out by his offense on Tuesday and picked up a win against the Chicago White Sox despite allowing six runs and 10 hits in six innings.
He surrendered a two-out RBI double to Athletics shortstop Marcus Semien in the second inning but recovered to retire 14 of 15 batters. Colby Rasmus walked with two outs in the ninth, but pinch-hitter Preston Tucker struck out to end the game. Carson Blair hit an RBI single and scored on Craig Gentry’s triple to give the A’s a 6-3 lead. Altuve eventually scored on a sacrifice fly, but the game remained manageable for the A’s since they trailed by only three. Altuve got a mouth full of dirt and nearly knocked down home plate umpire Toby Basner when his momentum from the slide pushed him through the umpire’s legs.
Fernando Rodriguez’s struggles persisted in the seventh inning, when he allowed a single to Carlos Correa and a two-out walk to Rasmus. Fuld smiled and shook his head after getting up and an incredulous Correa shouted “No way” before heading to the dugout.
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He last pitched in the majors in 2013 with the San Francisco Giants and had his contract purchased from Triple-A Nashville last Wednesday. So it really might depend on Trout to have a monster series, and you can hope his league-best performance against fastballs below 91 miles per hour , cutters and changeups (1.435 OPS combined) will provide big early results before the Astros get into their bullpen.
