Bundy dazzles A's, Castro leads Halos' HR barrage in 6-0 win

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Dylan Bundy threw seven scoreless innings of four-hit ball in another superb start, Jason Castro hit a three-run homer and the Los Angeles Angels won back-to-back games for the first time this season, 6-0 over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night.

Anthony Rendon, Castro and Brian Goodwin homered in the fourth off Mike Fiers (1-1), and David Fletcher homered in the sixth inning to give the Angels back-to-back home games with at least four homers for the first time in franchise history.

That was more than enough offense for Bundy (3-1), who struck out 10 with one walk while dropping his ERA to 1.57. The right-hander has been mostly fantastic in four starts since the Angels acquired him from Baltimore for four minor leaguers last December.

Bundy has thrown 12 consecutive scoreless innings, and he has yielded only nine hits and two walks against 25 strikeouts in his last 20 innings. He threw the Angels’ first complete game since June 2018 last week in Seattle, and he followed up with a second straight 10-strikeout game against the A's superior lineup.

Fiers yielded seven hits and five runs while failing to get out of the fourth inning for the AL West-leading A's, who have lost two straight since arriving in Anaheim with a nine-game winning streak.

Rendon’s 408-foot solo shot to the bullpens beyond the left field fence got the Angels’ offense started. The Halos’ new $245 million third baseman is heating up with homers in consecutive games and four total hits since his batting average dipped to .103 last weekend.

After Shohei Ohtani and Albert Pujols singled, Castro — the Angels’ new catcher and an East Bay native — brought them home with his second homer of the season off the fake rock pile beyond center field. Goodwin added a solo...

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