Los Angeles Angels vs Oakland Athletics Live Streaming
Monday, June 7, 2010
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10:05 pm EDT Mon Jun 7, 2010
The Los Angeles Angels have won five straight games overall and five in a row at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, and that’s where starter Scott Kazmir is enjoying a 14-inning scoreless streak. The Angels hope all of those streaks will continue Monday night when they open a four-game series against the Oakland Athletics. After getting off to a slow start in which they were below .500 for the entire month of May, the Angels are starting to show why they are the three-time AL West champions. Los Angeles has matched its longest win streak of the season and has won 10 of 12 overall. The Angels are 4-2 against the Athletics this year, outscoring them 20-3 in a three-game sweep May 14-16. The first six meetings were all in Anaheim. Last year, Los Angeles went 8-1 at the Coliseum for its best mark in Oakland since going 6-0 in 1997. Kazmir is 5-2 with a 1.99 ERA in his last seven starts at the Coliseum, and his 2.66 ERA there is his second-lowest ERA at any current ballpark. He didn’t allow a run in winning two outings at Oakland last season.
The left-hander has done a good job against Athletics regulars Kurt Suzuki and Mark Ellis while Jack Cust has fared better. Kazmir has won two straight road starts after going 0-3 with a 7.59 ERA in his first four. He yielded one run over 5 2-3 innings Wednesday in a 7-2 victory at Kansas City. The Angels completed a weekend sweep in Seattle with a 9-4 victory Sunday. They outscored the Mariners 27-7 in the series, with Hideki Matsui and Mike Napoli enjoying big efforts. Matsui was 5 for 12 with two homers and five RBIs over the weekend while Napoli had six hits and scored four runs in the last two games. Matsui is 8 for 21 with seven RBIs against the A’s this year, and Bobby Abreu - hitless in his last 10 at-bats - is 10 for 24 with seven runs scored versus Oakland. The A’s played their fourth straight one-run game Sunday and avoided a three-game sweep by Minnesota with a 5-4 victory. Cust and Kevin Kouzmanoff each had three hits as the A’s strung together enough offense to prevail.