In his first time on a major league mound in 11 months, Garrett Richards was dominating Oakland. A groundout to begin the bottom of the fifth inning made it 11 consecutive Athletics the Angels’ right-hander had retired Wednesday at the Oakland Coliseum. The last time Richards left a major league mound, last May Day in Texas, the Angels announced he was dehydrated. Two scouts in attendance at the Oakland Coliseum on Wednesday each said they did not detect a significant deterioration in Richards’ pitches before his departure. “It’s just something that flared up that inning,” Richards said.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 06, 2017 05:37 UTC