Started the day with photos at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, then lunch with a friend from ORHS before heading out to Anaheim to catch the Oakland A's for the second time this week playing the home standing Los Angeles Angels.
Angels fans still held hope of a wild card berth, but those hopes took a severe hit tonight as the A's defeated the Angels 3-1 behind a stellar pitching performance by Oakland's Gio Gonzalez. Gonzalez pitched 7 1/3 innings yielding only 3 hits and an earned run courtesy of a 7th inning homer by LA's Torii Hunter. Jered Weaver got off to an inauspicious start with a homer by the A's Jemile Weeks, his second of the season. Weaver would settle down and threw 8 1/3 innings giving up 2 runs on 6 hits.
Along with Week's first inning homer, Oakland's David DeJesus would add the icing on the cake with a 9th inning homer off of Weaver who drops to 18-8 with the loss. A's closer Andrew Bailey would pitch a perfect 9th for his 22nd save of the year. Angels fans would cheer a great defensive play in the 5th with one out and Scott Sizemore at the plate. Erick Aybar made a nifty diving stop and leaped up to gun Sizemore out at first.
Tomorrow's game is the Dodgers/Padres from Petco Park in San Diego. Thus far, every visiting team has won, so I'll be interested to see if present trends continue.
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