Brad Ziegler blew the save when he gave up a solo home run to Hank Blalock in the bottom of the ninth inning. Alan Embree ended up being the winning pitcher in the game after throwing the tenth inning. Santiago Casilla got his second save of the year when he finished off the Rangers in the eleventh inning. Greg Smith had started the game for the A’s but only lasted five innings as he gave up six hits and two runs.
At the plate for the A’s, Travis Buck had the game winning hit when he singled and Cliff Pennington scored. Pennington also had a rbi single of his own while Jack Cust had a rbi double. There wasn’t much offense for the A’s but on Monday night it was enough to get the victory.
]]>Starting pitcher Gio Gonzalez only lasted 1 2/3 innings as he gave up five hits and charged with nine runs. A terrible start for Gonzalez as he put the Athletics in a big hole early in the game. The bullpen for the A’s wasn’t any better however as they gave up five more runs. Josh Outman was bad as he gave up four hits and three runs, Alan Embree was charged with one run while Jeff Gray also gave up one run.
Rajai Davis and Jack Hannahan both added two rbi each for the A’s at the plate. Daric Barton, Kurt Suzuki, Eric Patterson, and Cliff Pennington all chipped in with one rbi each as well. You can’t but the blame on the offense when they scored eight runs, they were not the reason the team lost this game.
]]>Dallas Braden took the loss after being charged with six hits and three runs over 5 2/3 innings. Braden gave up single runs in the first, third, and sixth innings. Huston Street and Alan Embree both seen action out of the bullpen and held the Twins to the three runs that Braden had given up.
The one run for the A’s that came in the first inning happened when Jack Cust reached on an infield single and Mark Ellis scored. That was all the offense for the A’s as they were limited to just five hits in the game.
]]>Santiago Casilla gave up one hit while only recording one out and was taken out of the game in the 7th inning. Alan Embree recorded the final two outs of the 7th inning and then Jerry Blevins tossed a scoreless 8th inning.
The A’s had some trouble with James Shields who got the start for the Rays. Shields tossed 8 1/3 innings and limited the A’s to three runs. Emil Brown and Carlos Gonzalez both hit solo home runs off of Shields and that was all they had until the 9th inning. The A’s then scored a run in the 9th inning when Ben Zobrist singled off Troy Percival. However, Bobby Crosby grounded out with the tying run on first to end the game.
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]]>Jack Cust and Kurt Suzuki both went deep in the 9th inning that tied the game up at 2-2. Emil Brown hit his 7th home run of the year in the 11th inning to win it for the Athletics in walk off fashion. It was a huge come from behind win the the A’s who are now 50-42.
Huston Street recorded the win and is now 2-2 on the year. Street was the sixth A’s pitcher to see action in the game. Starting pitcher Greg Smith didn’t allow a run over six innings but did give up four hits. Santiago Casilla and Alan Embree were the two pitchers that gave up one run each.
The A’s will now start a three game weekend series with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday. The series is very big because the Athletics are 4.5 games behind the Angels in the divisional standings.
]]>A’s starting pitcher Rich Harden only pitched five innings as he was pulled after giving up five hits and two runs. Brad Ziegler did a good job as he pitched two innings of scoreless relief after Harden left the game.
The A’s had three seperate plates with one rbi each in the game. Mark Ellis hit a solo home run in the eighth inning while Bobby Crosby and Ryan Sweeney both had rbi singles early in the game. A’s just needed a little bit more offense to pull out the victory.
]]>Harden was absolutely marvelous as he gave two hits and pitched eight innings before turning things over to Alan Embree in the ninth. Embree did give up a triple to Pat Burrell but then got Ryan Howard out for the final out of the game. Harden improved his record to 5-0 with the victory. Be prepared to hear more trade rumors considering Harden after this outing.
Ryan Sweeney, Jack Cust, Bobby Crosby, and Jack Hannahan all had one rbi in the game for the A’s. The A’s scored one unearned run in the ninth inning as well in the game.
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]]>I would still like the A’s to put together some innings where they have three or four hits a in a row and manufacture some runs. You can’t always depend on the long ball like they had to on Tuesday night against the Phillies. And only getting six hits in the game, that isn’t very good at all.
Joe Blanton finally had a good outing as he improved his record to 4-10 on the season. Blanton tossed seven innings and only gave up four hits and one run while striking out five batters. Alan Embree gave up a rbi single to Ryan Howard in the eighth inning but then Huston Street was able to shut the door on the Phillies in the ninth inning and record his 14th save of the season.
The A’s will Greg Smith to the mound on Wednesday as they look to go up 2-0 in the series.
]]>The A’s sent Greg Smith to the mound to start the game and he threw the first five innings of the game giving up three hits and one run. Smith did walk three batters while striking out five. I’m not really sure why he was pulled after five innings but the first two guys out of the bullpen did a good job when they came in.
Brad Ziegler and Alan Embree combined to throw the sixth and seventh innings without letting a run score. But in the eighth inning, Keith Foulke gave up a home run to Justin Upton that proved to be the game winning hit. Foulke took the loss the Athletics and is now 0-2 on the season.
Jack Cust had the only rbi for the Athletics when he singled in Mark Ellis in the sixth inning. The A’s only had two other hits in the game as they really couldn’t get anything going at the plate against the Diamondbacks.
Hopefully the A’s will swing a better bat this weekend when they take on the Florida Marlins.
]]>Cust went 2-2 with three walks and the three rbi. He had a two run single in the third inning and then a rbi single in the fourth inning. The A’s got two rbi from Carlos Gonzalez who had a two run double in the third inning. Not to be left out, Mark Ellis, Bobby Crosby, and Kurt Suzuki all had one rbi in the game as well.
Justin Duchscherer pitched the first seven inning for the A’s and gave up five hits and one run. Duschscherer picked up the win and is now 6-4 with a 2.20 era. Great job Justin!
Andrew Brown pitched a scoreless eighth inning before the Yankees scored two runs which were charged to Kiko Calero in the ninth inning. Alan Embree came in for Calero and gave up both runs as he didn’t pick up his teammate. The ninth inning was the only downside in the game as Calero and Embree struggled.
The A’s and Yankees will play another late night game on Thursday as they finish up the series. It will be the rubber game of the series. Will the A’s come out on top? Leave us a comment and let us know!
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