Angels starter Jose Soriano is on a stricter pitch count not because he’s injured, but because he’s a prime candidate to get traded sooner than later. His last outing vs. the Rays, he tossed five shutout innings and was pulled at 78 pitches. He’s gone over five innings once in the last four starts. Over the last two weeks, the Athletics own a .941 home OPS and an .815 OPS vs. right-handers. Over their last 11 games, they’ve scored at least four runs in all of them and five-plus in nine.

One-third of Shea Langelier’s hits the last two weeks have been home runs. He has five of them and is batting .221. But his career batting average vs. Jose Soriano is .500. He’s 7-of-14, with two home runs, seven RBI and a 1.604 OPS. The A’s bullpen has a 6.42 ERA in June with the second-highest HR rate among all bullpens, all with double-digit winds blowing straight out to center at a stadium that already allows homers. A smaller unit play.