ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Oakland right-hander Joe Boyle has not allowed a hit through the first six innings of the Athletics' game against the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night.
Boyle was outstanding in his third big league appearance, facing the minimum 18 batters through six inning and allowing only one baserunner on a walk. Zach Neto reached in the first inning, but was erased on a double play.
Nick Allen made several stunning plays at shortstop to keep Los Angeles hitless. He fielded Brandon Drury’s grounder and threw him out with a spinning move in the fourth inning before leaping to stab Logan O’Hoppe’s liner out of the air in the fifth.
Boyle has yet to allow an earned run in 15 major league innings for the A's, providing a rare spot of hope for the franchise finishing up its worst season since 1916 amid its increasingly possible relocation to Las Vegas.
Boyle got his first major league callup on Sept. 17 from the A's, who acquired him from Cincinnati on July 31 in a trade for Sam Moll.
Boyle made brief stops at Double-A Midland and Triple-A Las Vegas before making his big league debut with three scoreless innings against San Diego on Sept. 17.
Boyle then threw six innings of five-hit ball against Detroit last Saturday, earning his first major league victory.
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