Angels try to protect Ohtani against A's

The Los Angeles Angels will host the Oakland A's Saturday afternoon in Anaheim, Calif., with Angels manager Joe Maddon hoping he has given MVP candidate Shohei Ohtani adequate protection in the lineup.

Injuries have forced heavy hitters Mike Trout, Anthony Rendon and Jared Walsh out of the lineup, leaving Maddon with slim pickings when trying to find a hitter to bat behind Ohtani, baseball's home run leader with 37, in t