Unbelievable Showdown: Will the Angels Shock the Athletics This Friday Night?

The Athletics could’ve had a significantly better year if they didn’t have one of the worst slumps of the season. Basically, they were the Colorado Rockies for a short stretch of the year. In that stretch, they lost 20 of 21 games. They are 15 games under .500 for the season, so if you remove that one stretch of their year, and you actually have a winning club. There really wasn’t a great indicator of why the Atheltics sucked so badly in that stretch. It could’ve been bad pitching considering they have a 4.90 ERA for the season. The team is bolstered, certainly, by their offense. They are hitting .253 as a team, and if they can get some arms, this should be a good team in the next few years. Tonight, they send out Jack Perkins to the mound. I’m not 100% sure how they will use him – as an opener or as a true starter. He was able to get through six innings in his last outing, but he went no more than 3.1 in any other outing this season. Overall, he has a 4.08 ERA and a 1.05 WHIP. Perkins has never faced the Angels. 

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