With two on, two out in the bottom of the eight inning, the A’s leading three to one, Ian Kinsler drives a pitch from Russ Springer to deep center field and Ryan Sweeney robbed Kinlser of what would of been a game- changing home run.Then in the top half of the ninth, Matt-oh I wish I could hit a home run-Holliday comes up and drives his first long-ball of the season to center field.
The A’s defeated the Rangers 4-2 Thursday.
Backed by some great situational pitching by Dallas Braden (3-2) and Andrew Bailey, the A’s held onto the win, setting their record at 8-11.
Braden’s pitch count forced his outing short, but he was effective once again, going five innings giving up zero runs, five hits, four walks while striking out six.
Check SportsCenter tonight because there will be plenty of “web gems” from the A’s defense including a nice throw from Holliday in left to get (greedy) Michael Young out at third with one out in the bottom of the ninth.
The offense had 11 hits, with Sweeney, Cabrera, Suzuki, and Crosby each tallying two. RBI’s from Cust (8), Holliday (12), Suzuki (8), and Powell (3).
Yeah boy!
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April 30th, 2009 at 7:38 pm
big win today! but i’m more concerned about the injuries than the bats coming around. i think
chavez was washed up before the injuries. perhaps
mark ellis is done also?
May 1st, 2009 at 1:41 am
They say the heart of a good team can found in it’s defense. With what the A’s are going through with injuries it was great to see the heart they have up and down the roster. Go A’s!!!!