Andy Pages was in the middle of a game that ended 4-1, and the Athletics were the team left with the loss in Anaheim. The series opener gave the Angels the first result of the set and left the Athletics chasing from the start.
Athletics in Anaheim
The score was the story. The Athletics fell 4-1, a margin that left little room for recovery once the game moved past the opening stretch.
For Anaheim, the opener delivered the first win in the series. For the Athletics, it created an immediate hole that now shapes the rest of the matchup.
Angels Open 4-1
No player names or inning-by-inning detail were provided, so the final line is the only hard edge of the result. Even so, the number tells enough: the Athletics did not keep pace, and the Angels handled the early pressure well enough to finish with a three-run cushion.
That kind of opening leaves the losing side with a narrow margin for error in the rest of the series. The Athletics now have to respond after a game in Anaheim that ended with the Angels ahead 4-1 and the opener already gone.
