Jack Cust hustled to first base with the bases loaded and two outs in the 11th inning and made it safely as the Oakland Athletics defeated the Detroit Tigers by the score of 5-4. Cust barely made it and probably shouldn’t have if Tigers relief pitcher Feddy Dolsi would have got to the bag like he should. A win is a win however, the A’s will gladly take it.
Eric Chavez hit his third home run of the season in the fifth inning to lead the A’s with three rbi in the game. Travis Buck and Cust both had one rbi to help out as well.
On the mound, Chad Gaudin earned the victory after throwing the tenth and eleventh innings of the game. Gaudin is now 5-3 as he has seen a lot of action out of the A’s bullpen this year.
Starting A’s pitcher Dana Eveland did not have his best stuff as he only lasted 4 1/3 innings. Eveland didn’t have good control at all as he gave up three hits, three runs, and walked seven batters. Eveland was very lucky to come away with a no decision in this game.
Alan Embree gave up one run in relief but four other Athletics pitchers threw scoreless innings to pick him up. Brad Ziegler, Keith Foulke, Huston Street, and Gaudin all did a great job out of the bullpen for the A’s.
