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Friday, May 02, 2008
Jack Cust went 4-for-4 with a go-ahead homer that triggered an eight-run fifth inning, Emil Brown had four hits and an RBI and the Oakland Athletics beat the Los Angeles Angels 15-8 Thursday night to gain a split of the four-game series.
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Cust, whose two-out error fielding error in left field led to five unearned runs in the Angels’ second inning, gave Oakland a 7-6 lead in the fifth with his second homer of the season and first in 40 career at-bats against Angels pitching.
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Los Angeles starter Nick Adenhart, called up from Triple-A Salt Lake after middle infielder Maicer Izturis went on the disabled list with a strained lower back, gave up five runs, three hits and five walks over two-plus innings in his major league debut.
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Pitching on three days’ rest, Adenhart got the side out in order in the first but walked four consecutive batters during Oakland’s four-run second.
Of Adenhart’s 37 pitches that inning, 24 were balls. But the Angels grabbed a 5-4 lead in the bottom half with five unearned runs. Cust opened the door with a humiliating two-base error, as Garret Anderson’s lazy flyball popped out of his glove when he camped under it.
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1. still hunting for a halo-red october (in Delphi) Posted: May 02, 2008 at 05:53 AM (#2766202)Yeah. I was wrong.
Rich Harden pitched in Sacramento tonight in a rehab start. He went 3.7 innings and gave up one earned run. Sacramento, of course, whipped Omaha.
In this day and age there are very few excuses to pitch anyone on 3 days rest. Sure, maybe at one time pitchers were used to it but that is not how pitchers are trained. Baseball America the other day published an article showing a pitcher's ERA is 0.50 points higher on 3 days rest.
If you have a veteran pitcher and are facing an elimination playoff game, sometimes it can be justified. A 22 year old, who had TJ surgery a few years back, making his MLB debut, is about the worst situation imaginable to throw a guy out there on 3 days rest. I don't know if he would have done any better if he had 4 days rest, but this looks really bad, shortsighted, and stupid.
Ervin Santana - Next Major League Start: 9 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 1BB, 7 K. That was against the eventual World Champion White Sox.
Something tells me that when a kid who is a top prospect is called up and stuggles in his debut, it's not the end of the world. It's May fer chrissakes. Can we please pull back from the ledge?
This wasn't the most enjoyable game to attend. At least my wife, who knows very little about baseball, enjoyed seeing all the home runs and base runners, no matter what color jersey the team was wearing.
-- MWE
I'm with Shredder. It's May.
I think the A's-Angels has become a really great rivalry. Division rivals, Bay Area - L.A. rivalry, teams built on pitching, exciting low-scoring games.
I realize, as an avid A's fan, that over 162 games the Angels are a better team and should easily win the AL West.
I'm not ready to admit the Angels have the better team this year, though.
Willits was just called up.
-- MWE
Keep in mind that Anaheim is on pace to win 97 games. That's 3 more than they won last year, when they won the AL West by 6 games over Seattle and 18 games over Oakland. I don't think the Angels are quite that good. I think they will win somewhere from 90-95 games.
Oakland is on the same pace (as they are tied). However, I don't think my A's will keep this up. My guess is that Oakland wins between 80-85 games. (Before the season, I thought 78-83, but the hot start has altered my conclusion.) I do think, though, that in 2009 or 2010, the A's should be good enough to win 95 games and challenge for the division title (only to bow out in the playoffs where Billy Beane's #### doesn't work).
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