the fact they played a Double-A (and that is being generous) team and now playing a legit threat to win it all might also have something to do with it. as we have seen in the past - it is easy to pound the "weak sisters" and then do the same to the "big bullies."
instead of asking what is wrong with the A's (and geez - what a shock - the A's coming up SMALL in a pressure siuation - wow - that's never happened before) lets give some "Dap" to the Angels - they have earned it more than the A's should be criticized
now the a's are down 2-1 in B7 and are in some trouble for the angels bullpen - especially the guys for the last 3 innings of shields, donnelly and K-rod are about as automatic as it gets. when playing the angels you better be ahead after 6 for if you are down after 6 - don't count on winning too many games - if any!
for my money - angels' bullpen is either the BEST pen in the game - or damn close to it