Cleveland 4, Oakland 13 at McAfee Coliseum
Winning pitcher – Barry Zito (9-8)
Losing pitcher – C.C. Sabathia (6-8)
SV – Keiichi Yabu (1)
Cleveland Runs: 4, Hits: 6, Errors 1
Oakland Runs: 13, Hits: 14, Errors 0
HR: CLE: J. Peralta (14) OAK: E. Chavez (17)
Oakland Record:(54-45)
This game was on television for us out here in the Valley. Yeehaw! It was GREAT watching it, especially seeing Chavez’s TWO home runs and Zito’s nasty curveball. So LOVE it when they win. 🙂
Oakland 8, Texas 3 at Ameriquest Field in Arlington
Winning pitcher – Rich Harden (8-4)
Losing pitcher – Chan Ho Park (8-5)
Oakland Runs: 8, Hits: 13, Errors 0
Texas Runs: 3, Hits: 7, Errors 0
Oakland Record:(53-45)
Not exactly a stellar performance from Harden, but an awesome game by the offense. The important thing? The A’s are now tied for first in the Wild Card race. Woohoo!
Yesterday was the company party at the in-laws house. (They own the company, hence the party at their place.) In past years, the weather had co-operated by not being so hot. Not so this year! Twas SWELTERING, no breeze until late in the afternoon– just downright uncomfortable. But that aside, it was a nice time. 🙂
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Oakland 5, Texas 4 at Ameriquest Field in Arlington
Winning pitcher – Kirk Saarloos (6-6)
Losing pitcher – Ricardo Rodriguez (2-2)
SV – Huston Street (9)
Oakland Runs: 5, Hits: 6, Errors 0
Texas Runs: 4, Hits: 9, Errors 1
HR: OAK: E. Chavez (15) D. Johnson (6) J. Payton (8) N. Swisher (14)
HR: TEX: A. Soriano (24) M. Teixeira (27)
Oakland Record:(52-45)
I didn’t get to watch this one on TV. Even if it had been on television, we wouldn’t have been able to watch it because we were at a company party. More on that later. 😉
Woohoo for the A’s!!! Holding strong in second place and just one game back of the Wild Card. It’s wonderful and crazy and I totally LOVE it! What’s the motto? Oh yes, I LIVE FOR THIS.
Jason Kendall is INSANE! We just saw the highlight for the end of the A’s/Ranger’s game and holy crap! Kendall chased the wild pitch, then dove into the runner at the plate for the last out of the game. I can’t even describe it. INSANE! Wow, how could you NOT love that man? Rarr!
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I’ll add the postgame alert later. I just had to comment on Kendall. 😆
[the postgame alert edit]
“If She Were Any Other Woman” – Buddy Jewell
Oakland 11, Texas 10 at Ameriquest Field in Arlington
Winning pitcher – Danny Haren (8-7)
Losing pitcher – Chris Young (8-6)
SV – Justin Duchscherer (5)
Oakland Runs: 11, Hits: 15, Errors 1
Texas Runs: 10, Hits: 11, Errors 1
HR: OAK: N. Swisher (13)
HR: TEX: R. Hidalgo (16) M. Teixeira (26)
Oakland Record:(51-45)
Second place is a good place, considering where they were earlier in the season. Gosh, I love baseball. 😆
Oakland 6, Texas 4 at Ameriquest Field in Arlington
Winning pitcher – Jay WitasickJr. (1-4)
Losing pitcher – Kameron Loe (4-3)
SV – Huston Street (8)
Oakland Runs: 6, Hits: 11, Errors 0
Texas Runs: 4, Hits: 9, Errors 0
Oakland Record:(50-45)
Wow, eh? Five games over .500. Life is good for my boys.
I had a dream that I was in a classroom or something with Bruce Campbell. What the heck?!
Oakland 3, LA Angels 0 at Angel Stadium of Anaheim
Winning pitcher – Barry Zito (8-8)
Losing pitcher – Paul Byrd (9-6)
SV – Huston Street (7)
Oakland Runs: 3, Hits: 8, Errors 0
LA Angels Runs: 0, Hits: 7, Errors 0
HR: OAK: M. Ellis (2) M. Kotsay (9) LAA:
Oakland Record:(49-45)
I love seeing their record above .500. ‘Tis beautiful, eh? 😉
Oh yes, and Mulder won his 11th today too. Woohoo!
Mulder (11-5) induced 11 ground-ball outs and kept Milwaukee from ever sustaining a rally. He and his teammates finished off the visiting Brew Crew in a mere two hours, 22 minutes, and while it was certainly well-played, it wasn’t a game that will necessarily stand out as unforgettable.
“There’s nothing wrong with that,” Mulder said. “That’s the way I like to be. It’s kind of weird. It was so hot out there, I was just trying to keep everything real slow, nonchalant, trying not to get too involved in it or overwork myself.
“I was just trying to throw sinkers and splits and changes, cut the ball in here and there, throw a couple good curveballs. Just trying to mix it up and keep it real boring.”
Mulder likes being boring? 😉 Nah!
