Katie Ledecky Events Olympic Trials 2024-07-02 Katie Ledecky Events Olympic Trials - Last update images today Katie Ledecky Events Olympic Trials Pages, Burleson Deliver RBI Hits In The 10th As St. Louis Beats Pittsburgh 3-2 OAKLAND, Calif. -- — Lawrence Butler homered, JP Sears won for the first time in more than a month, and the Oakland Athletics blanked the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday for a second straight game by the same 5-0 score to complete a three-game series sweep. Miguel Andujar and Brent Rooker hit back-to-back RBI singles in the third and Tyler Soderstrom added a sacrifice fly in the decisive inning on a hot Independence Day in the Bay Area, with an announced holiday crowd of 11,956. Oakland's pitching shut down an Angels lineup that had been on quite an offensive run. “This offense that we faced had scored five or more runs in (seven) consecutive games, they had won six of their last seven, they swept us in Anaheim, beat a Detroit team at home, came here really confident and really swinging the bats well," A's manager Mark Kotsay said. “So our pitching staff really did a great job this series of controlling their offense, keeping the guys that had really been providing the offense at check and not giving away free bases.” Sears (5-7) struck out six and walked one, allowing two hits over five innings to snap a six-start winless stretch since beating Houston on May 25. The left-hander had dropped his previous four decisions. “It's contagious, you just want to do what the guy did before you,” Sears said. The Angels lost a fourth straight game coming off a 5-0 shutout Wednesday. They were shut out in consecutive games for the first time since June 20-21, 2023 at home against the Dodgers. The club now has a six-game losing streak at the Coliseum. "It was just a tough overall series," said center fielder Kevin Pillar, who made several sparkling catches and said he was close to snagging Butler's eighth inning drive. “We were playing really good baseball at home, you got that off day, you come here, just playing these guys not a lot of secrets.” Right-hander Roansy Contreras (1-1) walked two of the first three batters in the third to get in trouble, then gave up the run-scoring singles and a sacrifice fly before another walk — and that was it in his second start for the Angels. He lasted just 2 2/3 innings. The Angels played the first of four straight day games as they head to Chicago to face the Cubs — their first visit to Wrigley Field since 2019. TRAINER'S ROOM Angels: OF Mike Trout hit on the field off a tee during Monday's off day and is running on a treadmill as he recovers from a torn meniscus in his left knee. Manager Ron Washington saw the video and said “he looked natural.” ... 3B Luis Rengifo was feeling better after exiting a night earlier with an injury on his lower right arm near the wrist after fouling a ball off it in the ninth inning. ... 3B Anthony Rendon (left hamstring strain) will return to regular third base duties when healthy, with some games at designated hitter as needed, Washington said. Athletics: LHP Kyle Muller has rejoined the team from his rehab assignment and is expected to be activated from the injured list this weekend after dealing with tendinitis in his pitching shoulder. UP NEXT RHP Griffin Canning (3-8, 4.71 ERA) takes the mound for the Angels in the series opener with the Cubs. LHP Hogan Harris (1-2, 3.18) pitches for the A's in Friday’s series opener against Baltimore, which counters with RHP Albert Suárez (4-2, 2.43). ------ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB 4b1184e76e0802821f2be71e54948f6f Katie Ledecky Usa Nats 2017 1198 ?fit=2400%2C1600&ssl=1 Katie Ledecky Us Swimmer SSP 6483 ?1612016033 Tmp BNyJCE 9660430a4d3793e5 Katie Katie Ledecky Freestyle Swimmer Usa Team Olympics 01 Katie Ledecky PB69564 E1573247662887 GettyImages 589031082 1200x800 Ledecky 1500 Gold Lead Katie Ledecky Road To Rio 2jpg Ledecky Titmus FB GettyImages 1331053090 1024x696 Katie Ledecky 2016 O Trials 12179 20210803050812 50c8dadb37e669b1a86350f77b67cf7cca2b5b81d3f0e8dee7921d0c5e886d83 GettyImages 1311839033 E1623620694513 ?quality=65&strip=all Katie Ledecky By Mike Lewis 7 ?1708547022 D2f2e21f3c0a72eda699429256ba1e90 YEMJBLS3GAI6NO7QL5BRVWRHAU GettyImages 1331609042 ?quality=85&strip=all&w=1024&resize=3511%2C1975&strip=all Tmp PZocie Bf6a5ced8050d333 Katieledecky Katie Ledecky 800 Free Final World Championships 2019 9 700x500 ?resize=769%2C549&ssl=1 F492e2fb4a908441f5ebc4290d1ff3af 95153fc4 Abc8 42fb 9a15 48c2fc9eac77 1920x1080 E3129b931e6f0326b76276f46676b52b 9693 Katie Ledecky Prelims 200 Free 2016 Rio Olympics E1470792339920 ?fit=1238%2C992&ssl=1 1234250592 AP 21209118852004 ?quality=85&strip=all&w=1024&resize=4385%2C2924&strip=all Katie Ledecky Tyr 8 1024x1536 Katie Ledecky Aug 3 2012 London England United Kingdom Katie Ledecky Usa After Her CMFNM3 Katie Ledecky Mesa 2016 Stretch Final Finals E1465232053829 ?w=3075&ssl=1 16464072 Y2AF2YWOI4I6XIREXVM32IQZPQ &w=540