LOS ANGELES ANGELS (22-27) @ OAKLAND ATHLETICS (29-22) RHP SHOHEI OHTANI (1-0, 2.37 ERA) vs. RHP CHRIS BASSITT (4-2, 3.69 ERA) OAKLAND COLISEUM – 6:40 p.m. PDT TV – Bally Sports West RADIO – KLAA AM 830 THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2021 GAME #50 (22-27) OAKLAND, CA ROAD GAME #23 (9-13) LEADING OFF: Today, the Angels play the first of six games LINEUP SHUFFLE: Angels have used six different players as the on a Bay Area road trip to Oakland (May 27-30) and leadoff hitter across the last 14 games after David Fletcher THIS DATE IN ANGELS HISTORY San Francisco (May 31-June 1)...Angels went 5-5 on last served as leadoff man in each of first 35 games this season. May 27 homestand against the Cleveland Indians (1-3), Minnesota Twins (1-1 doubleheader split), Oakland Athletics (1-2) and PARTY STARTER: Sunday, Justin Upton made his first career (2003) The Angels are guests of Texas Rangers (2-0)...Angels went 2-4 on last road trip to start from the leadoff spot in his 1,778th career Major League President George W. Bush at the Houston (1-2) and Boston (1-2), earning their victories in the game...Upton has hit leadoff home runs each of the last two White House to commemorate the first and last games of the trip. days for the Angels, becoming the first LAA player to accomplish 2002 World Series title…President the feat since rookie Mike Trout on Sept. 8-9, 2012. Bush also gives the players a tour of WELCOME BACK FANS!: Friday, the Angels announced Angel the Oval Office; (2005) Chone Fig- Stadium will return to full capacity beginning June 17 vs. Angels have made a Major League leading 40 gins leads off for the second straight GLOVE HURTS: game with a triple, first time in club Detroit...Single game tickets for all remaining regular season errors this season, but have gone errorless in 10 of last 16 history a leadoff hitter did so to start home games will go on sale to the general public on tomorrow, games...Halos are 6-16 when committing an error in 2021... consecutive games. May 28th at 9:00 a.m. PT...Registered users on Angels.com LAA has had five games this season with 3+ errors (most in have access to a special presale which began this morning Majors)...Halos committed 36 errors during 60-game 2020 season. 2021 MISC. WINS & LOSSES at 9:00 a.m...Beginning on June 17th, in accordance with the Current record ........................22-27 updated California and MLB health guidelines, guests will be VS. OAKLAND: Today’s game marks the fourth (1-2) of 19 Home record...........................13-14 required to wear a mask unless they are prepared to provide meetings this season between the Angels and A’s (10 at Angel Road record .............................9-13 proof of full vaccination or a recent negative Covid test...A Stadium & nine at the Coliseum)...Angels lost two of three Current streak ....................... Won 3 complete listing of protocols and stadium policy information is meetings at Angel Stadium this past weekend. Current road trip ........................0-0 Last homestand ..........................5-5 available at angels.com/protocols. Last road trip ..............................2-4 AGAINST THE A’s: In 36 career games against the A’s, David Last 5 games ...............................3-2 TITLE CHANGES: Matt Wise and Dom Chiti are now officially Fletcher is batting .323 (41/127) with seven doubles, one Last 10 games ............................5-5 the Angels Pitching Coach and Bullpen Coach respectively, home run and 10 RBI...Shohei Ohtani has hit eight career after previously serving in those roles on an interim basis home runs against the A’s, which is his second most against Number of Days since the start of Spring Training. any opponent (has 9 HR vs. Texas). In first place ...................................9 In second place ............................10 Yesterday, earned his 1300th Last week, earned his In third place .................................8 CONGRATS JOE: Joe Maddon HOO-RAY GOOSE: Phil Gosselin In fourth place .............................15 career victory as a manager...He is the 34th manager all-time Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the University of In fifth place.................................14 to reach the mark and the fourth active skipper to do so, Virginia. joining Tony La Russa (2756), Dusty Baker (1919) and Terry When Angels Francona (1728). A.L. HOME RUN LEADERS SINCE SEPT. 4, 2020: Score first .................................14-6 1. José Ramírez, CLE - 21 Score second or shutout ...........8-21 RO SHOW: Jose Rojas has hit 12 doubles this season, which T2. Jared Walsh, LAA - 20 1-run games................................8-5 is second most in Angels history after 36 career games; only T2. Vlad Guerrero Jr., TOR - 20 Score 3 runs or fewer ...............1-19 (13) had more...Friday night vs. Oakland, 4. Rafael Devers, BOS - 18 Score 4 runs or more ................21-8 Howie Kendrick Lead after 7 innings ..................16-2 Rojas registered his first two career outfield assists...He was T5. Shohei Ohtani, LAA - 17 Trail after 7 innings ...................4-22 the first Angels outfielder with multiple assists in a game since T5. Byron Buxton, MIN - 17 Tied after 7 innings .....................2-3 Justin Upton on April 18, 2018 vs. Boston. T5. Matt Olson, OAK - 17 Lead after 8 innings ..................20-0 T5. José Abreu, CWS - 17 Trail after 8 innings ...................1-25 WINS AND LOSSES: Angels have won three straight games Tied after 8 innings .....................1-2 (matches longest streak of season - also won three in a row MLB RBI LEADERS SINCE SEPT. 4, 2020: Extra innings ...............................1-1 April 3-5), since falling to season-low mark of eight games T1. Jared Walsh, LAA - 63 Come-from-behind wins ...........12-9 under .500 (19-27) on May 22...LAA stayed at or above .500 T1. José Abreu, CWS - 63 Win/lose in final at-bat ...............7-3 Walk-off games ...........................1-1 through their first 18 games of a season for the first time since 3. Rafael Devers, BOS - 61 Vs. LHS ........................................6-7 2005, but have been under .500 since May 3. Vs. RHS ....................................16-20 DOWN ON THE FARM: Inland Empire’s Ryan Smith was Out-hit opponent .....................14-7 FOUR SCORE: Angels are 21-8 when scoring 4+ runs this named the Low-A West Pitcher of the Week for May 17-23 Out-hit by opponent .................5-17 season and are 1-19 when scoring three-or-fewer. after tossing six scoreless innings with 13 strikeouts in his May Opponent has equal hits ............3-2 21 start vs. Modesto...Salt Lake’s Packy Naughton carried a Collect 10-or-more hits .............12-5 LEAGUE LEADERS: no-hitter through 7.2 innings on Sunday at Las Vegas...Jo Allow 10-or-more hits...............5-12 is tied for the Major League lead in leads all of Minor Leauge Baseball with 10 home runs Collect home run ....................20-19 Shohei Ohtani Adell Allow home run ......................13-22 extra-base hits (29), is third in total bases (109), tied for third this season for Salt Lake. Commit an error .......................6-16 with 15 home runs, fourth with a .626 slugging percentage, tied for fourth with three triples and is tied for sixth with 38 RBI. TROUT TO THE IL: Last Tuesday, the Angels placed OF Mike Monthly Record Jared Walsh ranks fourth in the American League in Trout on the injured list with a right calf strain...An estimated April ................... 12-12 (DNP in ’20) batting average (.321) and OPS (.968), sixth in slugging (.583), return to play is 6-8 weeks...At the time of his IL placement, May.................... 10-15 (DNP in ’20) tied for seventh in hits (54), is eighth in OBP (.385), tied for eighth he led the Majors in OBP (.466) and OPS (1.090) and ranked June ............................. (DNP in ‘20) in RBI (37) and is tied for ninth in total bases (98). fourth (led A.L.) in slugging percentage (.624). July................................ (2-6 in ’20) August ...................... (10-18 in ‘20) Sept/Oct ................... (14-10 in ’20) THAT’S RIGHT: Angels have recorded 16 of their 22 wins this ACROSS THE BAY: Following the current series in Oakland, season in games against a right-handed starting pitcher... the Angels will continue the road trip with a pair of games 2021 SERIES RECORD Angels have won each of last four games vs. a left-handed against the San Francisco Giants (May 31-June 1)...The Angels 6-9-2 starter after starting 2-7 against them...Halos are 6-10 this and Giants will meet a total of four times this season (teams season when the opposing primary pitcher is left-handed (6-7 will meet again June 22-23 at Angel Stadium following the vs. left-handed starters; plus three games where left-handed upcoming weekend series in San Francisco)...Last season, the primary pitcher followed a right-handed starter). Giants won the season series 3-1; teams split a pair of games at Angel Stadium (Aug. 17-18, 2020) and Giants swept two game set at Oracle Park (Aug. 19-20, 2020). UPCOMING GAMES & PROBABLE PITCHERS DAY DATE OPPONENT OPPOSING PITCHER ANGELS PITCHER TIME (PDT) TV Friday May 28 @Oakland LHP Sean Manaea (3-2, 4.17 ERA) RHP Alex Cobb (2-2, 4.78 ERA) 6:40 p.m. BSW Saturday May 29 @Oakland RHP Frankie Montas (5-4, 4.92 ERA) LHP José Quintana (0-3, 7.92 ERA) 1:07 p.m. BSW, NHK Sunday May 30 @Oakland LHP Cole Irvin (3-6, 3.92 ERA) RHP Dylan Bundy (0-5, 6.50 ERA) 1:07 p.m.