Jerome Williams takes the mound Tuesday night for the Angels, looking for his fourth win in as many starts, as the Los Angeles Angels battle the Oakland Athletics in the second game of a three-game set at Overstock.com Coliseum. Tonight's battle features two pitchers who nearly threw a no-hitter in their last start, as Guillermo Moscoso pitches for the A's.
Williams, at 29, has had a career resurgence for the Angels in the last month, going 3-0 with a 3.51 ERA in six games, including three starts. In those three starts, Williams has pitched at least seven innings each time, and has a combined three walks and 17 strikeouts. Against Seattle on September 7 the only hit Williams allowed was a sixth-inning home run to Trayvon Robinson.
Moscoso took a no-hitter into the eighth inning against the Royals on September 7, and settled for coming within one out of a two-hit shutout.
Here are Tuesday night's starting lineups.
Athletics (67-80)
Weeks 2B
Pennington SS
Matsui LF
Willingham DH
Sizemore 3B
Sweeney CF
Suzuki C
Allen 1B
Taylor RF
Angels (80-67)
Izturis 2B
Kendrick 1B
Abreu DH
Hunter RF
Callaspo 3B
Wells LF
Aybar SS
Bourjos CF
Conger C