ANAHEIM — José Soriano came into Friday night’s game riding the momentum of back-to-back scoreless outings, including arguably the best game of his career.

That came to a crashing end quickly.

Soriano walked the bases loaded in the first inning on his way to giving up eight runs in the Angels’ 10-4 loss to the Athletics.

Soriano’s season has been an inexplicable rollercoaster, in which he’s looked either dominant or awful, with few games in between.

Last week Soriano pitched twice on the Angels’ 10-game trip, shutting out the Texas Rangers over 5⅔ innings and then blanking the Houston Astros on just one hit over seven innings .

Soriano walked only four hitters in those two games, and he equaled that seven batters into Friday’s game. He finished with five walks.

He was fortunate to

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