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Oakland Athletics @ Anaheim Angels

2021-09-18 · Night game · Angel Stadium of Anaheim · Att: 27150 · 73°F, sunny · Wind 9 mph to CF · 3:06

Oakland Athletics defeated Los Angeles Angels 3–1. Oakland Athletics opened the scoring in the 1st — Matt Olson homers (36) on a fly ball to right center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Max Stassi lines out to second baseman Josh Harrison — worth 18% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — Bob Melvin (M): Arguing replay ruling.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6
ANA	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7

W: James Kaprielian L: Jose Suarez SV: Andrew Chafin

Umpires — HP: James Hoye · 1B: Erich Bacchus · 2B: Mark Carlson · 3B: Chris Segal · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Josh Harrison	4	0	1	0	0	1
Starling Marte	4	0	0	0	0	1
Matt Olson	3	1	1	1	1	1
Mark Canha	3	1	0	0	1	1
Chad Pinder	4	1	2	1	0	0
Matt Chapman	4	0	1	1	0	1
Khris Davis	3	0	0	0	0	0
Sean Murphy	4	0	0	0	0	1
Elvis Andrus	2	0	1	0	1	0
Jed Lowrie	1	0	0	0	0	1

Anaheim Angels — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brandon Marsh	4	0	0	0	0	1
David Fletcher	4	0	0	0	0	0
Shohei Ohtani	4	1	2	0	0	1
Philip Gosselin	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jared Walsh	4	0	1	0	0	0
Luis Rengifo	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jose Rojas	3	0	2	1	1	0
Max Stassi	4	0	0	0	0	3
Jack Mayfield	3	0	1	0	0	1

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
James Kaprielian	6.0	2	0	5
Deolis Guerra	1.0	3	0	1
Yusmeiro Petit	1.0	0	0	1
Andrew Chafin	1.0	2	1	0

Anaheim Angels — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jose Suarez	5.2	6	2	3
Oliver Ortega	1.1	0	1	1
Mike Mayers	1.0	0	0	2
Jimmy Herget	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Josh Harrison: K
Starling Marte: 8/F89D
Matt Olson: HR/F89XD
Mark Canha: W
Chad Pinder: D8/L89D+.1-H;B-3
Matt Chapman: D7/G5.3-H
Khris Davis: 63/G1S

Bot 1

Brandon Marsh: 8/F78XD
David Fletcher: 5/P5SF/FL
Shohei Ohtani: 9/F89XD

Top 2

Sean Murphy: 7/L7D+
Elvis Andrus: 53/G56S
Josh Harrison: D8/L89
Starling Marte: 9/L9

Bot 2

Philip Gosselin: 9/F9
Jared Walsh: 43/G34D
Luis Rengifo: 53/G6M

Top 3

Matt Olson: 9/F9D
Mark Canha: 4/P34D
Chad Pinder: 43/G4MD

Bot 3

Jose Rojas: S9/L9S+
Max Stassi: K
Jack Mayfield: K
Brandon Marsh: 8/F8D

Top 4

Matt Chapman: K
Khris Davis: 53/G56
Sean Murphy: 63/G6+

Bot 4

David Fletcher: 53/G56
Shohei Ohtani: K
Philip Gosselin: K

Top 5

Elvis Andrus: S8/L8+
Josh Harrison: 6/L6
Starling Marte: K
Matt Olson: W.1-2
Mark Canha: 64(1)/FO/G6.B-1

Bot 5

Jared Walsh: 8/F78XD
Luis Rengifo: 8/F8
Jose Rojas: 8/F8XD

Top 6

Chad Pinder: S8/L8
Matt Chapman: 7/F78XD
Khris Davis: SB2
Khris Davis: 7/F7
Sean Murphy: K

Bot 6

Max Stassi: K
Jack Mayfield: D8/L8XD+
Brandon Marsh: 7/F7D
David Fletcher: 43/G4M

Top 7

Elvis Andrus: W
Josh Harrison: 8/L8D
Starling Marte: 64(1)3/GDP/G6D

Bot 7

Shohei Ohtani: S7/G56
Philip Gosselin: 9/F9
Jared Walsh: S9/F89.1-2
Luis Rengifo: 36(1)/FO/G34.2-3;B-1
Jose Rojas: S8/L8D.3-H;1-2
Max Stassi: K

Top 8

Matt Olson: K
Mark Canha: K
Chad Pinder: 4/F34D

Bot 8

Jack Mayfield: 53/G56
Brandon Marsh: K
David Fletcher: 2/P2F-/FL

Top 9

Matt Chapman: 9/F9D
Jed Lowrie: K
Sean Murphy: 6/F78S

Bot 9

Shohei Ohtani: S8/L78D+
Philip Gosselin: 6/L6D+
Jared Walsh: 8/F8XD
Luis Rengifo: S9/L9L.1-3
Jose Rojas: W.1-2
Max Stassi: 4/L4MD

Notes & reviews

Angels challenged call Rengifo was out at 1st; call overturned - force out, not double play; Athletics manager Melvin ejected by HP umpire Hoye for arguing replay ruling

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