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Darn it

16 April 2006

Texas 5, Oakland 3 at McAfee Coliseum
Oakland Record: (6-6)

Winning pitcher – Francisco Cordero (1-1)
Losing pitcher – Huston Street (1-1)

Texas Runs: 5, Hits: 9, Errors: 1
Oakland Runs: 3, Hits: 9, Errors: 1

HR: TEX – D. Jimenez (1) M. Teixeira (2)
HR: OAK – None

Street totally blew it. Alas.

Sweet suite game!!!

15 April 2006

Texas 4, Oakland 5 at McAfee Coliseum
Oakland Record: (5-6)

Winning pitcher – Rich Harden (2-0)
Losing pitcher – Vicente Padilla (2-1)
SV – Huston Street (3)

Texas Runs: 4, Hits: 5, Errors: 1
Oakland Runs: 5, Hits: 8, Errors: 0

HR: TEX – P. Nevin (3)
HR: OAK – M. Bradley (2) E. Chavez (6) N. Swisher (4) F. Thomas (3)

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Good (but not for baseball) Friday

14 April 2006

Texas 6, Oakland 3 at McAfee Coliseum
Oakland Record: (5-6)

Winning pitcher – Kevin Millwood (1-2)
Losing pitcher – Barry Zito (1-2)

Texas Runs: 6, Hits: 8, Errors: 0
Oakland Runs: 3, Hits: 10, Errors: 0

HR: TEX – None
HR: OAK – M. Bradley (1) F. Thomas (2)

The A’s better snap this losing streak tomorrow. I’m going to be there and they must win. It’s not a demand. It’s merely a suggestion. 😉

The Cardinals lost too.

The baseball gods are unkind to me today. Alas.

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Swept!

13 April 2006

Oakland 2, Minnesota 8 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Oakland Record: (5-5)

Winning pitcher – Kyle Lohse (1-1)
Losing pitcher – Joe Blanton (1-1)

Oakland Runs: 2, Hits: 7, Errors: 0
Minnesota Runs: 8, Hits: 12, Errors: 0

HR: OAK – None
HR: MIN – M. Cuddyer (1) T. Hunter (3)

BUMMER!!! We’re sitting at .500. It’s early in the season. I already hear that in my head. 😆

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bah

12 April 2006

Oakland 5, Minnesota 6 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Oakland Record: (5-4)

Winning pitcher – Carlos Silva (1-1)
Losing pitcher -  Esteban Loaiza (0-2)
SV -  Joe Nathan (2)

Oakland Runs: 5, Hits: 9, Errors: 0
Minnesota Runs: 6, Hits: 13, Errors: 0

HR: OAK – N. Swisher (3)
HR: MIN – T. Hunter (2) J. Morneau (4)

alas, a loss!

11 April 2006

Oakland 6, Minnesota 7 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Oakland Record: (5-3)

Winning pitcher – Brad Radke (2-0)
Losing pitcher -  Dan Haren (0-1)
SV -  Joe Nathan (1)

Oakland Runs: 6, Hits: 9, Errors: 1
Minnesota Runs: 7, Hits: 10, Errors: 0

HR: OAK – E. Chavez (5) B. Crosby (1)
HR: MIN – T. Batista (2) J. Morneau (3)

Bummer!  Oh well, at least I got to watch it on tv.  Yah!

First game at the new Busch Stadium

10 April 2006

Milwaukee 4, St. Louis 6 at Busch Stadium
St. Louis Record: (4-3)

Winning pitcher – Mark Mulder (1-0)
Losing pitcher – Tomo Ohka (0-1)
SV – Jason Isringhausen (3)

Milwaukee Runs: 4, Hits: 10, Errors: 1
St. Louis Runs: 6, Hits: 8, Errors: 0

HR: MIL – B. Hall (1)
HR: STL – M. Mulder (1) A. Pujols (4)

Mulder gives Cards win in Busch opener – just a quick rundown of today’s game in St. Louis. Mark Mulder hit his very first major league home run in his first win of the season!!! 😀


Mulder connecting for his first home run


And his first curtain call…

Congratulations to Mr. Mulder and the Cardinals! 😀