{"id":324495,"date":"2026-05-20T11:58:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T11:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/324495\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T11:58:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T11:58:03","slug":"athletics-face-angels-in-anaheim-to-open-four-game-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/324495\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletics Face Angels in Anaheim to Open Four Game Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.readers.id\/en\/tag\/oakland-athletics\" title=\"Oakland Athletics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland Athletics<\/a> will play the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.readers.id\/en\/tag\/los-angeles-angels\" title=\"Los Angeles Angels\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Angels<\/a> on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, at Angel Stadium in Anaheim to open a four-game series, with both teams fighting to break their respective losing streaks, sports.yahoo.com reported.<\/p>\n<p>Oakland enters the game with a 23-23 record after dropping consecutive series at home against the St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants, according to reports from sports.yahoo.com and si.com.<\/p>\n<p>The Athletics have performed better on the road with a 13-11 record this season compared to their struggles at home, sports.yahoo.com noted.<\/p>\n<p>            &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                            <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5vLvOaQ15z.jpeg\" alt=\"Athletics Blow Out Angels to Rebound from Heartbreaking Loss\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<\/p>\n<p>The Angels are on a six-game losing skid and hold a 16-31 record under first-year manager Kurt Suzuki, placing them last in the American League West, sports.yahoo.com reported.<\/p>\n<p>Right-handed pitcher J.T. Ginn will start for the Athletics, carrying a 2-1 record and a 3.12 ERA with 34 strikeouts across 43.1 innings pitched into his eighth start of 2026, according to sports.yahoo.com.<\/p>\n<p>Ginn has secured wins in his last two starts, allowing only one earned run over 14 innings against Philadelphia and St. Louis, as reported by si.com.<\/p>\n<p>            &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                            <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/zMPD05Sgdc.jpeg\" alt=\"Zach Neto Hits Walk Off Homer to Break Up No Hitter\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<\/p>\n<p>Athletics first baseman Nick Kurtz, the reigning American League Rookie of the Year, has a 40-game on-base streak and remains the only left-handed hitter in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.readers.id\/en\/tag\/major-league-baseball\" title=\"Major League Baseball\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Major League Baseball<\/a> history with 40 home runs, 40 RBIs, and 100 walks in his first 162 career games, sports.yahoo.com reported.<\/p>\n<p>Athletics catcher Shea Langeliers enters the series with a .337 batting average and a .609 slugging percentage, si.com reported.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles will counter with 22-year-old rookie right-handed pitcher Walbert Ure\u00f1a, who holds a 1-4 record and a 3.29 ERA with 26 strikeouts in 27.1 innings pitched, according to sports.yahoo.com and si.com.<\/p>\n<p>            &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                            <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wkT75pxPMV.jpeg\" alt=\"Grayson Rodriguez Struggles in Angels Debut Following Long Injury Layoff\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<\/p>\n<p>Ure\u00f1a has posted three consecutive quality starts but has struggled with control, walking 17 batters in his first 27 Major League innings, sports.yahoo.com noted.<\/p>\n<p>Angels outfielder Mike Trout holds a career .293\/.407\/.569 slash line with 41 home runs and 141 hits in 141 games against the Athletics, si.com reported.<\/p>\n<p>The two franchises have played 1,045 times in their history, with the Athletics holding a 545-500 advantage in the all-time series, si.com reported.<\/p>\n<p>            &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                            <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/frlejRNZuG.jpeg\" alt=\"Cleveland Guardians Aim for Series Sweep Against Los Angeles Angels\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Oakland Athletics will play the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, at Angel Stadium in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,19753,99757,2866,5128,1334,14827,125713],"class_list":["post-324495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-angel-stadium","tag-j-t-ginn","tag-los-angeles-angels","tag-mike-trout","tag-mlb","tag-oakland-athletics","tag-walbert-urena"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}