<p>OAKLAND, Calif. — Chris Bassitt pitched a two-hitter for his first career complete game, Sean Murphy hit a two-run single in the decisive sixth inning and the Oakland Athletics took advantage after Bay Area traffic kept Shohei Ohtani off the mound for a 5-0 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday night.</p>
<p>Bassitt (5-2) struck out nine and walked one to beat the Angels in back-to-back outings after a win Saturday in Anaheim, allowing just two runs in 7 2/3 innings. He completed this gem in 114 pitches, improving to 1-2 over five starts at home this year.</p>
<p>He allowed a one-out double in the ninth to Justin Upton then recovered to finish it in 2 hours, 59 minutes with Lou Trivino warming up in the bullpen.</p>
<p>Matt Chapman and Elvis Andrus also had run-scoring singles while Tony Kemp added a sacrifice fly in the five-run sixth in an interesting opener to the four-game series.</p>
<p>Everything changed quickly some 2 1/2 hours before first pitch.</p>
<p>Ohtani moved from the mound to designated hitter after <a href="https://apnews.com/article/oakland-athletics-los-angeles-angels-baseball-mlb-business-3ef6229367941490e4ee26774c0820b9?utm_medium=ap_sports&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow">his arrival to the ballpark got delayed </a> when he was forced to take BART public transportation because of an accident on the Bay Bridge that held up the team bus.</p>
<p>Manager Joe Maddon inserted Ohtani as designated hitter and went with well-rested Patrick Sandoval, who allowed five five hits over five scoreless innings with four strikeouts and two walks.</p>
<p>Aaron Slegers (2-2) relieved and gave up Chapman’s RBI single to break up a scoreless game before Murphy gave Bassitt a nice cushion.</p>
<p>Ohtani, who hit his 15th home run Tuesday against Texas, went 0 for 3 with a walk and a strikeout. </p>
<p>Mitch Moreland came off the injured list from a stint with an inflamed rib and had been set to start for Oakland before the Ohtani switch meant the A’s faced a lefty starter rather than a right-hander.</p>
<p>MORE FANS</p>
<p>The A’s announced they will begin hosting fans at full capacity beginning June 29 against Texas. There will be a fireworks show July 2 after a game against the Red Sox. Thursday’s game drew 5,487.</p>
<p>TRAINER’S ROOM</p>
<p>Angels: Maddon also scratched C Kurt Suzuki, who was traveling with Ohtani. The Angels want him to catch the two-way Japanese star Friday night when he pitches instead.</p>
<p>Athletics: LHP Jesús Luzardo, recovering from a hairline fracture in his pitching pinkie sustained playing video games, allowed one hit and struck out one over 1 2/3 innings, throwing 25 pitches as planned in his first rehab start for Triple-A Las Vegas on Thursday night. … LHP A.J. Puk (strained left biceps) — who surrendered a homer in the sixth inning pitching in relief with Las Vegas while striking out three Tuesday night — will likely build up to pitching a couple of innings out of the bullpen before rejoining the A’s, though manager Bob Melvin didn’t yet know the formal plan for Puk’s next step. </p>
<p>ROSTER MOVE</p>
<p>The A’s optioned OF Luis Barrera to Triple-A to clear roster room for Moreland’s return.</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>LHP Sean Manaea (3-2, 4.17 ERA) pitches for the A’s trying to end a five-start winless stretch in which he’s 0-1 and will start opposite Ohtani (1-0, 2.37) making his seventh appearance of the season on the mound. He is 2-1 with a 5.54 ERA in three previous starts against the A’s.</p>
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