By Jeremiah Salmonson

The Oakland A’s are flying high. Having swept the two game series against the Arizona Diamonds the last two days, the A’s were set to welcome the struggling Los Angeles Angels.

The A’s sent starter Mike Fiers (2-1) to the hill as the Angels countered with Andrew Heaney (1-1).

The A’s got off to a quick start in the bottom of the first with a Marcus Semien solo home run. It was Semien’s fourth home run of the year as he has struggled offensively out of the gate this season. The A’s didn’t stop there, they managed to score two more runs on a Stephen Piscotty double to jump to an early 3-0 lead.

The next scoring wouldn’t come until the top of the fifth inning when Anthony Rendon hit an RBI single to get the Angels within two runs with a score 3-1 A’s. The A’s immediately answered back in the bottom of the fifth inning on a Matt Olson RBI double and Stephen Piscotty RBI single. The A’s then had a 5-1 lead going into the sixth inning.

Mike Fiers pitched 5.1 innings giving up three runs on seven hits. He struck out three and walked three.

Andrew Heaney went 4.2 innings giving up five runs on six hits. He struck out six and walked two.

With the starters out of the game the Angles managed to score two more runs in the top of the sixth. The Halos were shut out the rest of the way. Liam Hendricks brought it home with his ninth save of the year. The A’s won it 5-3 taking the winning streak to three in a row and capping six wins out of their last eight games.

The A’s take on the Angles again on Saturday at 1:10 PM PST in Oakland.

The Angels will send to the hill Griffin Canning a left hander (0-3 ERA 4.70) against A’s right hander starter Chris Bassitt (2-0 ERA 2.93).