Taylor Ward homered and drove in four runs, and the Los Angeles Angels scored 11 times in the third inning to beat the Oakland Athletics 13-1, spoiling the major league debut of pitcher Shintaro Fujinami.
Anthony Rendon added a sacrifice fly before Lamb’s two-run single made it 6-0 and ended Fujinami’s afternoon after 55 pitches.“Definitely the start we needed,” Ward said. “Just bringing the fire like that, we need to do that every game. For me, I was just trying to really stay on heater. In the situation I was in, with runners on, I figured he may go to an off-speed pitch early on, so I was ready for it.”“The first inning the fastball was working very well.
Sandoval allowed two hits in five innings. He struck out two and walked two. In nine career starts against Oakland, the left-hander is 3-3 with a 1.84 ERA. “I’m just trying to keep my foot on the gas and make pitches,” Sandoval said. “Made some pitches but also didn’t make some pitches.”It was the fourth time in the last 50 years the A’s allowed 11 or more runs in one inning. … Oakland shortstop Carlos Perez singled in the ninth in his first big league at-bat since 2018. “Congrats to Carlos for getting that hit after not being here for five years,” A’s manager Mark Kotsay said.Angels: Brandon Drury was given a planned day off.
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