OH MY GOD! – Just when you didn’t think it could possibly get worse – it does. Worst loss ever in team history, and the most runs the A’s ever score in their team history – going all the way back to the Philadelphia days.
A big two THUMBS DOWN! Could it get any worse on the final game tomorrow? Look at this box score!
Line Score AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - TEXAS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 9 0 OAKLAND 9 0 1 0 5 0 8 0 x 23 24 0 (FINAL) BATTERIES: TEX - DARREN OLIVER, BRIAN SIKORSKI (1ST), MATT PERISHO (5TH), FRANCISCO CORDERO (5TH), JONATHAN JOHNSON (7TH), DOUG DAVIS (7TH), JEFF ZIMMERMAN (8TH) AND RANDY KNORR, BJ WASZGIS (8TH) OAK - BARRY ZITO, SCOTT SERVICE (7TH), TODD BELITZ (9TH) AND RAMON HERNANDEZ, SAL FASANO (6TH) WP - BARRY ZITO (7-4) LP - DARREN OLIVER (2-9) SAVE - NONE HOME RUNS: TEX - NONE OAK - RANDY VELARDE (11) OFF SIKORSKI IN THE 1ST, 1 ON JASON GIAMBI (43) OFF SIKORSKI IN THE 3RD, 0 ON MIGUEL TEJADA (30) OFF CORDERO IN THE 5TH, 3 ON RYAN CHRISTENSON (4) OFF D DAVIS IN THE 7TH, 2 ON TIME: 3:32 ATT: 35,546 PROBABLES: TEX - RYAN GLYNN (5-6, 5.84) OAK - TIM HUDSON (19-6, 4.31) Box Score TEXAS (2) VS OAKLAND (23) - FINAL TEXAS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg Sc Green cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 5 .242 R Clayton ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .241 M Young 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 R Palmeiro 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .288 Dransfeldt ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .115 Curtis lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .275 a-Valdes ph-rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .260 Sierra dh 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .237 Ledee rf-lf 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 .238 Sheldon 2b-1b 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 .289 Lamb 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .276 Knorr c 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 .303 Waszgis c 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .222 Totals 36 2 9 2 2 10 17 a-singled for Curtis in the 8th. BATTING: RBI - Lamb (47), Waszgis (4). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Sc Green 2, Knorr 1, Sierra 1, M Young 1. Team LOB - 9. OAKLAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg Long cf 4 3 3 3 1 0 0 .290 b-Porter ph-cf 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .154 R Velarde 2b 5 3 3 2 0 0 2 .277 Menechino 2b 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 .255 Ja Giambi 1b 3 3 3 3 2 0 0 .334 Je Giambi pr-1b 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 .253 Saenz dh 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 .310 J Ortiz pr-dh 2 2 1 1 0 1 3 .182 d-Hinch ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250 Tejada ss 4 1 1 5 1 0 4 .275 c-Byrnes ph-rf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .300 Grieve lf 4 1 1 0 1 1 2 .279 R Christenson pr-lf 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 .248 Piatt rf-3b 6 2 4 0 0 1 2 .299 Chavez 3b 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .280 a-M Bellhorn ph-3b-ss 4 0 0 0 1 3 5 .154 Ra Hernandez c 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 .238 Fasano c 3 1 2 2 0 1 0 .214 Totals 48 23 24 23 10 10 24 a-walked for Chavez in the 2nd; b-walked for Long in the 7th; c-singled for Tejada in the 7th; d-struck out for J Ortiz in the 8th. BATTING: 2B - Long (34, Sikorski); Grieve (39, Cordero); Fasano (6, Cordero); Piatt (5, Jo Johnson); Menechino (9, Jo Johnson). HR - R Velarde (11, 1st inning off Sikorski 1 on, 2 out); Ja Giambi (43, 3rd inning off Sikorski 0 on, 2 out); Tejada (30, 5th inning off Cordero 3 on, 1 out); R Christenson (4, 7th inning off D Davis 2 on, 2 out). RBI - Ja Giambi 3 (137), Saenz (32), Tejada 5 (115), Ra Hernandez (61), Long 3 (80), R Velarde 2 (40), Fasano 2 (19), Menechino 2 (26), J Ortiz (1), R Christenson 3 (18). 2-out RBI - Ra Hernandez, Long 3, R Velarde 2, Ja Giambi, J Ortiz, R Christenson 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Ra Hernandez 1, M Bellhorn 1, Tejada 2, Hinch 1. Team LOB - 11. -------------------------------------------------- Texas - 010 000 001 -- 2 Oakland - 901 050 80X -- 23 -------------------------------------------------- TEXAS ip h r er bb so hr era D Oliver (L, 2-9) 2/3 5 6 6 1 0 0 7.50 Sikorski 3 1/3 4 4 4 4 2 2 5.73 Perisho 1/3 3 4 4 1 1 0 7.46 Cordero 1 2/3 3 1 1 2 2 1 5.35 Jo Johnson 2/3 5 7 7 2 2 0 6.21 D Davis 1/3 2 1 1 0 1 1 5.38 Je Zimmerman 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 5.30 OAKLAND ip h r er bb so hr era Zito (W, 7-4) 6 5 1 1 1 7 0 2.72 Service 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 6.38 T Belitz 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 2.70 WP - Perisho. Pitches-strikes: Zito 100-62; Service 34-22; T Belitz 16-10; D Oliver 29-18; Sikorski 73-38; Perisho 29-19; Cordero 39-21; Jo Johnson 37-20; D Davis 20-13; Je Zimmerman 28-21. Ground balls-fly balls: Zito 6-5; Service 2-2; T Belitz 1-1; D Oliver 2-0; Sikorski 1-7; Perisho 0-0; Cordero 0-3; Jo Johnson 0-0; D Davis 0-0; Je Zimmerman 0-1. Batters faced: Zito 24; Service 8; T Belitz 6; D Oliver 8; Sikorski 18; Perisho 5; Cordero 10; Jo Johnson 9; D Davis 3; Je Zimmerman 5. UMPIRES: HP--John Shulock. 1B--Brian Runge. 2B--Rocky Roe. 3B--Ian Lamplugh. T--3:32. Att--35,546. Weather: 72 degrees, sunny. Wind: 7 mph, out to right.