James Kaprielian delivers against the Seattle Mariners Wed Sep 21, 2022 at the Oakland Coliseum for the Oakland Athletics. Kaprielian gets the start on Tue Sep 27, 2022 in Anaheim against the Los Angeles Angels to open a three game series. (AP News photo)

A’s Look Ahead To Meetings With Angels and Mariners

By Barbara Mason

After an up and down series with the New York Mets this past weekend, the Oakland A’s look ahead to meetings with the Los Angeles Angels and the Seattle Mariners.

They will kickoff a three game series in Anaheim against the Angels starting this Tuesday, head up to Seattle for three Friday and finish off the season at the Coliseum with three against the Angels next Monday evening.

Neither the A’s (56-97) nor the Angels (67-86) have much going this season however the Mariners (83-69) are right in the thick of the playoff hunt.

On Tuesday night the A’s will be down at Angel Stadium for a three game series with first pitch at 6:38PM PT. James Kaprielian will take the mound for the A’s with a 4.43 ERA and a 4-9 win/loss record.

He did win his last outing in Seattle against the Mariners on September 21st. For the Angels, they will send Patrick Sandoval with a 3.01 ERA who also won his last outing against the Rangers.

Kaprielian will have to handle some heavy hitters in Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani. Los Angeles’ leader for RBI’s is Taylor Ward with a .272 batting average another tough customer. Oakland has some offensive fire power of their own in Seth Brown and Sean Murphy.

The A’s got some great offensive work Saturday night beating the NL East leaders, the New York Mets 10-4 coming away with 14 hits in that game. Oakland got some nice work from most of their starting lineup. They really took the Mets to task.

Ramon Laureano remains out with a hamstring issue and will miss the remainder of the season. Oakland will really miss him in the outfield. He recently received a PRP injection in his right hip and will hopefully benefit from it.

There will be some huge crowds for this series with the Angels offering some unheard of ticket deals starting at an unbelievable $1.00 per ticket. Anaheim wants to sell the place out and with prices this low they probably will. Crowds like this will really pick up both teams and will be great fun to watch on NBC Sports California or whatever channel brings you your Oakland A’s.