It was like the A’s didn’t even show up to play on either side of the ball. Three different A’s pitchers gave up runs in the game as Dana Eveland gave up seven runs, Dallas Braden gave up three runs, and Lenny DiNardo gave up two runs. Terrible job by all three pitchers.
The hitting wasn’t any better however as the A’s left 16 runners on base and did not score one run. Jack Hannahan collected three hits while Emil Brown had two hits, but that was about it for the A’s at the plate.
Now the Athletics travel to Texas to take on the Rangers in a three game series over the weekend.
]]>Definaly not the way you want to lose a game. Hopefully Brown will bounce back and have a good couple of games here soon. All he can do is forget about it and go out there and play baseball.
Frank Thomas tried to rally the A’s back with a solo home run in the ninth inning but the A’s couldn’t push across another run to atleast tie the game. Rajai Davis had the others A’s rbi as he had a rbi single in the fifth inning.
Greg Smith tossed seven innings while giving up five hits and two runs to take the loss. Smith is now 2-4 even though he pitched well enough to ge a win on Tuesday night. Tough break for Smith.
One run was charged to Joey Devine in the eighth inning as he pitched in relief of Smith. Dallas Braden tossed a scoreless ninth inning after Devine exited the game.
A’s RHP reliever Andrew Brown underwent an appendectomy and was placed on the 15-day disabled list to recover from the surgery. The move was retroactive to May 14, one day after Brown last pitched. Oakland recalled LHP Lenny DiNardo from Triple-A Sacramento to fill Brown’s spot.
]]>Kirk Saarloos wasn’t much better then DiNardo though. Saarloos piched 5.2 innings and allowed three more runs to cross the plate on four hits. He also walked two batters.
Emil Brown was the only A’s player to record an RBI in the game. Brown tripled in the fourth inning to score Jack Cust.
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