ANGELS 7, ATHLETICS 1
OAKLAND, Calif.-- The Angels' bats stayed heated up as the rain came down, scoring 7 runs in tonight's game to beat the Athletics once again. Albert Pujols smacked one out in the 1st inning for his 592nd career home run and drove in 3 runs while Kole Calhoun hit 3 doubles and drove in 2. Matt Shoemaker dominated on the mound, allowing only one run on 3 hits across 7 innings while striking out 7. Jose Alvarez and Mike Morin came out in relief and threw 2 scoreless innings between the two of them.
Once again the Oakland starter struggled as Jesse Hahn gave up 6 runs in 4 innings and took the loss. Yonder Alonso drove in their only run. After the game, manager Bob Melvin said of the A's pitching woes, "We just need to hit our spots with our pitches. It's only game 2, so there's no reason to be worried yet, but it's definitely something we need to work on."
The next time we will see the Angels on MLB Network is on April 11th, as the Rangers visit Anaheim for a divisional matchup.
| Los Angeles Angels at Oakland Athletics |
| Apr 4, 2017 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Los Angeles (2-0) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| Oakland (0-2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| W: Matt Shoemaker (1-0) L: Jesse Hahn (0-1) |
| Los Angeles Angels |
| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR | AVG |
| Cameron Maybin | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | .375 |
| Kole Calhoun | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | .500 |
| Mike Trout | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | | .111 |
| Albert Pujols | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | | .222 |
| Yunel Escobar | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | .500 |
| Luis Valbuena | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | .286 |
| Andrelton Simmons | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | .375 |
| Danny Espinosa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | .000 |
| Carlos Perez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | .250 |
BATTING:
2B: Calhoun 3 (3), Simmons (2)
3B: Maybin (1)
HR: Pujols (1)
RBI: Calhoun 2 (2), Pujols 3 (3), Maybin 2 (2)
GIDP: Valbuena |
BASERUNNING:
CS: Maybin (1) |
| Oakland Athletics |
| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR | AVG |
| Rajai Davis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | .125 |
| Mark Canha | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | .250 |
| Khris Davis | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | .375 |
| Yonder Alonso | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | .000 |
| Stephen Vogt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | .167 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | .286 |
| Adam Rosales | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | .143 |
| Matt Joyce | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | .143 |
| Jed Lowrie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | .000 |
BATTING:
RBI: Alonso (1) |
| Los Angeles Angels |
| PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Matt Shoemaker | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | | 1.29 |
| Jose Alvarez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 |
| Mike Morin | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 |
| Oakland Athletics |
| PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Jesse Hahn | 4.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | | 13.50 |
| Ryan Madson | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 0.00 |
| Liam Hendriks | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | | 4.50 |
| Ryan Dull | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 0.00 |