mlb Game Recap
Oakland Drops Los Angeles 2-1 - Match Report
Oakland shook off a 10-strikeout performance by Shohei Ohtani and still managed to post a 2-1 victory over the Angels on Thursday at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.
Oakland was an underdog by +175 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 7.
Trevor May earned the victory for the Athletics, throwing 1 innings of work, striking out 1, walking 1, and allowing 1 hits and 0 earned runs. That effort was supported by 1 RBIs from Tony Kemp in the win.
Los Angeles's starting pitcher Aaron Loup worked 0.1 innings, giving up 2 hits and 2 earned runs while striking out 1 in the loss. They got 2 hits from Gio Urshela in a losing cause.
The battle of the bats favored Oakland as they had 6 hits, while Los Angeles only had 5.
Dany Jimenez pitched the final 1 innings for the save. He struck out 1 and allowed 0 hits in his outing.