{"id":378626,"date":"2026-06-28T21:22:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T21:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/378626\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T21:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T21:22:16","slug":"angels-play-the-athletics-in-series-rubber-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/378626\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels play the Athletics in series rubber match"},"content":{"rendered":"

Athletics (40-43, fourth in the AL West) vs. Los Angeles Angels<\/a> (35-49, fifth in the AL West)<\/p>\n

Anaheim, California; Sunday, 3:15 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

PITCHING PROBABLES: Athletics: Aaron Civale<\/a> (5-4, 4.88 ERA, 1.58 WHIP, 46 strikeouts); Angels: Samuel Aldegheri (2-3, 5.47 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, 16 strikeouts)<\/p>\n

LINE: Angels -117, Athletics -104; over\/under is 8 1\/2 runs<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: The Los Angeles Angels and Athletics meet on Sunday with the three-game series tied 1-1.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles has a 35-49 record overall and a 20-22 record in home games. The Angels are 26-10 in games when they scored five or more runs.<\/p>\n

The Athletics have a 40-43 record overall and a 22-20 record in road games. The Athletics have the sixth-best team on-base percentage in MLB play at .328.<\/p>\n

The teams match up Sunday for the 11th time this season. The Athletics lead the season series 6-4.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Zach Neto<\/a> has 17 home runs, 39 walks and 39 RBI while hitting .225 for the Angels. Donovan Walton<\/a> is 15 for 38 with four doubles, three home runs and 11 RBI over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n

Nick Kurtz<\/a> has 15 doubles, a triple and 19 home runs for the Athletics. Zack Gelof<\/a> is 13 for 36 with two doubles, three home runs and six RBI over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Angels: 5-5, .248 batting average, 5.35 ERA, outscored by seven runs<\/p>\n

Athletics: 4-6, .223 batting average, 5.82 ERA, outscored by eight runs<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Angels: Ben Joyce<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Travis d’Arnaud<\/a>: 60-Day IL (foot), Adam Frazier<\/a>: 10-Day IL (elbow), Mike Trout<\/a>: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Gustavo Campero<\/a>: 10-Day IL (hand), Grayson Rodriguez: 15-Day IL (back), Sebastian Rivero<\/a>: 10-Day IL (hand), Yoan Moncada<\/a>: 60-Day IL (knee), Jack Kochanowicz<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Robert Stephenson<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Yusei Kikuchi<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Anthony Rendon<\/a>: 60-Day IL (hip)<\/p>\n

Athletics: Jacob Wilson<\/a>: day-to-day (shoulder), Brooks Kriske<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Zack Gelof: 10-Day IL (hand), Brent Rooker<\/a>: 10-Day IL (knee), Luis Severino<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Mark Leiter Jr.: 15-Day IL (hip), Denzel Clarke<\/a>: 60-Day IL (foot), Gunnar Hoglund<\/a>: 60-Day IL (knee)<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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