Jerry McDonald has been with the Bay Area News Group for more than 30 years, with a heavy concentration of NFL football since the Raiders returned to Oakland in 1995. His all-time favorite athlete is a right-handed pitcher at Division III Linfield College in Oregon.
Tyler Nevin is greeted by Zack Gelof at home plate after a second inning solo home run against the Los Angeles Angeles in Anaheim.Right-hander Griffin Canning handcuffed the A’s to a single run in going seven innings for the first time this season in a 5-1 win by the Angels in the first of a three-game road series in Anaheim.
The A’s put two runners aboard against Joyce on a single by JJ Bleday and a walk to Miguel Andujar, but Joyce struck out Brent Rooker on a 101 miles per hour fastball to end the inning. Ward homered for the Angels, his 13th, in the first inning, on a 3-1 sinker. Tyler Nevin hit a solo shot for the A’s in the second to center field, his fifth of the season.
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