Oakland Athletics at Los Angeles Angels 5/20/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 05/19/2022 at 10:42 PM ET

The Oakland Athletics go back on the road Friday night for a game in Anaheim, CA against the Los Angeles Angels. Oakland comes into Friday struggling as of late 16-24 on the year after losing four of the last five games played including a 14-4 blowout loss to the Minnesota Twins last came out. Daulton Jefferies took his seventh loss of the season against Minnesota after giving up six runs on seven hits across 4 innings of work. The Oakland bullpen struggled as well giving up eight more runs on seven more hits across the final five innings of the game.

Sheldon Neuse leads the Oakland offense with a .272 batting average to go along with a team high 34 hits. Sean Murphy supplies the Oakland power with a team leading four home runs to go along with a team high 20 RBI’s.

The Los Angeles Angels go back home Friday night eight games above .500 riding a three game losing streak after a 6-5 lost to the Texas Rangers in extra innings. Shoehei Ohtani got the start for Los Angeles last game out giving up two runs on six hits across 6 innings of work leading to a no decision. The Los Angeles bullpen was mediocre allowing two runs on five hits before Rasiel Iglesias came on in the 10th inning to give up two runs on one hit leading to the loss.

Jared Walsh was the star of the Los Angeles offense against Texas going 2-4 from the plate with two home runs to drive in 3 runs. Mike Trout chipped in as well going 1-5 from the plate to drive in two runs in the game.

Los Angeles is the better team win this matchup it will look to end their recent skid on Friday night. Take Los Angeles to control this game throughout as they will get back to their winning ways on their home field. Look for Los Angeles to do enough to get by a struggling Oakland team and pick up the victory. Final Score Prediction, Los Angeles Angels win 7-4.

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