Angels at Athletics 7/26/20 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Los Angeles Angels will play on the road in Northern California on Sunday against American League West rival the Oakland Athletics. The Angels opened their regular season with a 7-3 loss to the Athletics on Friday night in 10 innings.The Angels had tied the score in the top of the ninth with a home run by Jason Castro against new Athletics closer Liam Hendriks. Albert Pujols made an opening day start for the 20th straight season at age 40 for the Angels.

Jason Castro is the leading hitter for the Angels through one game with a batting average of .333 and the Angels second baseman is leading in home runs with one and is tied with two others in RBIs with one. The Angels will send Shoehei Ohtani to the mound on Sunday against the Indians. Last season the right-hander did not pitch after suffering an injury but for his career is 4-2 with an ERA of 3.31, 63 Ks and 22 BBs.

The Oakland Athletics opened their regular season with a walk off grand slam in the bottom of the 10th inning by Matt Olson. Marcus Semien started the inning at second base under the new Major League Baseball extra-inning rule and was the first of four to score on Olsen's slam. Burch Smith earned the victory for the Athletics after pitching the top of the tenth. 

Ramon Laureano is leading the A’s in hitting with an average of .667. Matt Olson is tied for the lead with Laureano in home runs with one each, while Olson is the leader in RBIs for Oakland with four. Oakland will send Mike Fiers to the mound on Sunday. The right-hander in 2019 was 15-4 with an ERA of 3.90, 126 Ks and 53 BBs.