Minnesota Twins MLB game, final score 15-2, from Jon ESPN.26. Minnesota Twins MLB game from Apon ESPN.Game summary of the Baltimore Orioles vs. Expert recap and game analysis of the Los Angeles Dodgers vs. We do it again tomorrow Bartolo Colon vs. And it's a notable difference that the A's get to play the Astros I don't think I really realized how unfair Interleague play was there is a difference between the Astros and the Giants. 600, collecting another win for a starting pitcher, and finally righting the ship after the 0-2 start. When it was all said and done, the A's are 3-2, dating Miss. But luckily, Resop cleaned up the threat, and Scribner pitched the last two innings, allowing one run. The Astros scored one off Straily in the sixth, and Neshek gave up another run in the seventh, right before he loaded the bases with two hits and a walk. Eric Sogard was nailed by a pitch to re-load the bases yet again, and this time, Coco got the hit a two-run double to score runs seven and eight. Chris Young walked to re-load the bases, and Josh Donaldson, in one of the hardest hit ball of the inning, singled in two more. John Jaso took advantage of the chaos following the error by dropping a safety squeeze right in front of the plate, while Reddick scampered home to score the A's fourth run. The scorekeeper agreed with me it was an error on the play, leaving Cespedes 0-5 on the night, and he did not look good doing it. It was a pretty routine ground ball hit to shortstop that was booted into two runs. Scott Hatteberg will tell you that this was a hard hit ball, and a tough play, but that's not true. Lowrie and Reddick walked to load the bases, bringing up Cespedes. Let me sum up.Ĭoco Crisp started the carrousel with a one-out double, knocking Peacock out of the game. However, his replacement, Xavier Cedeno, must have done something terrible to the Houston manager he was left in long enough to give up six runs without recording an out. He lasted into the fifth, striking out 5 A's, walking 3 allowing 3 hits and 2 runs. The A's 1-0 lead would stay that way until the 5th inning, as the A's got Brad Peacock to wobble, but not fall down. The A's took the lead from the very first batter tonight as Coco Crisp crushed a 1-2 count curveball for a leadoff home run. I'm not naive as to think the A's won't have numerous different starting rotations in 2013, but I don't have to like this one. Don't get me wrong I know we need the depth. And for those of you doing the math that's an average of 14 strikeouts in a 27-out game.īut strikeout-prone opponent or not, Dan Straily still put together a completely dominating performance, striking out 11 Astros while walking none in his 6.2 innings, allowing just five hits, one real run, and one garbage run from Neshek's poor outing.īut even after that, he'll be sent down to the minors tonight, in favor of Bartolo Colon, who will start tomorrow, being rewarded for cheating last season with 7 times Straily's salary and his starting position. That's 54 strikeouts in four games the most in baseball since the 1900's. Everything I'm going to say should be weighed with the fact that the Astros struck out 13 times tonight, 15 times on Wednesday, 15 times on Tuesday, and 13 times on Monday. I can't discuss Dan Straily without talking about the Astros first. The telling statistic is the 8 Oakland batters the Astros' walked if not for Pat Neshek's hot mess in the seventh, the A's pitchers wouldn't have walked a batter. Believe it or not, the A's and Astros ended the game with just about the same number of hits (10 and 9, respectively) the Astros just put more A's on base. I'd love to say that the A's hit their way through the inning, but that's not entirely true. Clinging to a 1-0 lead, the Astros handed the A's seven runs in the inning to give them a 8-0 lead. If you like to use your baseball games to run errands, perhaps get a haircut, make some dinner, walk the dog, perhaps a short movie then the fifth inning would have been perfect for you. True story.īut then came the fifth inning. Believe it or not, there was a point in tonight's game where the A's held a slim 1-0 lead, and A's fans everywhere were lamenting the wasted early scoring opportunities.
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