Oakland Athletics vs Los Angeles Angels 5/22/2022 Picks Predictions

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The Oakland Athletics (17-24) are on their way to battle against the Los Angeles Angels (24-17) in the series installment finale of the AL West Division at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on Sunday, May 22, 2022, at 4:07 PM ET.

Oakland will be meeting the Angels in sudden death on Sunday after splitting the first two installments of a series. The Athletics won the opener at 4-2 but lost the next round at 3-5 on Saturday.

Oakland fell to 5th place at 17-25 in the American League West Division with a .405 team percentage and 9.5 games behind first-place after acquiring 139 runs but surrendered 167 for a -28 run difference on the season.

3B/2B Sheldon Neuse scored one run on a double with one RBI in leading the offense for the Athletics in their recent loss. The pitching staff conceded a total of 8 hits, 5 earned runs, and 3 BBs while striking out 7 hitters in the losing effort.

Catcher Sean Murphy nailed 4 home runs, 20 RBIs, and a batting average of .200 while LF Seth Brown contributed 21 RBIs, 4 homers, and batting .192 in leading Oakland. 3B Sheldon Neuse recorded an on-base percentage of .329, slugging .366, and averaged .269 at the plate for the Athletics.

Left-hander Cole Irvin (2-1, 2.93 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 18 Ks) will be climbing up the hill to start for Oakland versus the Halos on Sunday Afternoon. Cole gave away 25 hits, 4 home runs, and granted 7 free bases in his career starts in the major league this season.

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Oakland Athletics vs Los Angeles Angels Predictions 5/22/2022

The Los Angeles Angels will try to extend their successful campaign and win this series against the Athletics on Sunday. The Angels lost the opener at 2-4 on Friday but won game 2 at 5-3 on Saturday.

Los Angeles is in 2nd place at 25-17 in the American League West Division with a team percentage of .595 and 1.5 contests behind first place after collecting 203 runs while losing 155 for a run difference of +48 over the course of the campaign.

In Game 2, Second Baseman Luis Rengifo earned a one-run score on two base knocks with two RBIs for LA while Michael Lorenzen lasted for 6.0 innings of work with 3 hits and 2 walks conceded but wrung up 5 batters in the win.

CF Mike Trout led the Angels in hitting home runs with 11 while adding 24 runs batted in and batting .310 on the year.

Pitcher Shohei Ohtani pitched in a team-high 27 RBIs with 8 homers and a .255 batting average while RF Taylor Ward averages .370 at the plate with an OBP of .481 and a slugging percentage of .713 in leading the Halos.

Los Angeles will give the ball to southpaw Patrick Sandoval (2-1, 1.91 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 31 Ks) to start the series installment finale versus the Athletics on Sunday. The left-handed thrower relinquished 26 hits and 16 bases on balls with no long balls allowed in pitching for 33.0 innings in pro baseball this year.

Oakland Athletics vs. Los Angeles Angels. The MLB Pick for this contest is Los Angeles -208. The Angels badly need to win this closing match to get back to the winning track with home-field advantage on Sunday. The Halos will also have crowd support and better bats to win this contest. Prediction, Los Angeles Angels will win at 7-3.

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