Whoa. We beat Barry Zito. That’s never happened before – ever. I’ll have more to say about the game tomorrow. I will say this now. We’ve played three games. Alfonso Soriano has had an error in all three (although the one in game 2 he didn’t deserve).
After thinking about it overnight, all I can think of to say about the game is damn – we had some great pitching, and against Barry Zito. Wow. So far the pitching has been great in the first three games – something I did NOT expect to happen at all. A nice opening series, even though we lost 2 of 3.
Line Score AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - TEXAS 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 1 OAKLAND 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 0 (FINAL) BATTERIES: TEX - COLBY LEWIS, JAY POWELL (6TH), ERASMO RAMIREZ (7TH), FRANCISCO CORDERO (8TH) AND GERALD LAIRD OAK - BARRY ZITO, CHAD BRADFORD (9TH) AND DAMIAN MILLER WP - COLBY LEWIS (1-0) LP - BARRY ZITO (0-1) SAVE - FRANCISCO CORDERO (1) HOME RUNS: TEX - NONE OAK - JERMAINE DYE (2) OFF COLBY LEWIS IN THE 6TH, 0 ON TIME: 2:31 ATT: 20,232 PROBABLES: ANA - RAMON ORTIZ (NR) TEX - R.A. DICKEY (NR) PROBABLES: SEA - RYAN FRANKLIN (NR) OAK - MARK REDMAN (NR) Box Score TEXAS (2) VS OAKLAND (1) - FINAL TEXAS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg M Young ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .167 H Blalock 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .083 A Soriano 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 H Perry dh 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 .667 M Teixeira 1b 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 .273 E Young lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 3 .571 L Nix rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 K Mench rf-lf 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 .182 R Nivar cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 .167 G Laird c 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .286 Totals 30 2 7 2 4 5 16 BATTING: S - R Nivar. SF - K Mench. RBI - K Mench (1), E Young (1). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - E Young 1, A Soriano 1, M Young 1, G Laird 1. GIDP - H Blalock, E Young. Team LOB - 7. FIELDING: E - A Soriano (3, pop up). DP: 1 (A Soriano-M Young-M Teixeira). OAKLAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg M Kotsay cf 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .167 B Kielty lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .333 E Chavez 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .364 J Dye rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 .364 E Durazo dh 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .222 S Hatteberg 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .167 B Crosby ss 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 .111 D Miller c 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 a-B McMillon ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 M Scutaro 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .111 b-E Karros ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Totals 32 1 5 1 4 8 16 a-flied out to left for D Miller in the 9th; b-flied out to left for M Scutaro in the 9th. BATTING: HR - J Dye (2, 6th inning off C Lewis 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - J Dye (5). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Scutaro 1, D Miller 1, E Karros 1. GIDP - S Hatteberg. Team LOB - 8. FIELDING: DP: 2 (M Scutaro-B Crosby-S Hatteberg, B Crosby-M Scutaro-S Hatteberg). ---------------------------------------------------- TEXAS - 010 100 000 -- 2 OAKLAND - 000 001 000 -- 1 ---------------------------------------------------- TEXAS ip h r er bb so hr era C Lewis (W, 1-0) 5 1/3 5 1 1 4 5 1 1.69 J Powell (H, 1) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 E Ramirez (H, 1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 F Cordero (S, 1) 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 OAKLAND ip h r er bb so hr era B Zito (L, 0-1) 8 7 2 2 4 5 0 2.25 C Bradford 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Pitches-strikes: C Lewis 105-65; J Powell 12-7; E Ramirez 12-6; F Cordero 27-17; B Zito 108-69; C Bradford 6-6. Ground balls-fly balls: C Lewis 4-7; J Powell 1-0; E Ramirez 1-2; F Cordero 1-3; B Zito 8-11; C Bradford 1-2. Batters faced: C Lewis 24; J Powell 3; E Ramirez 3; F Cordero 6; B Zito 33; C Bradford 3. UMPIRES: HP--Kerwin Danley. 1B--Mike Winters. 2B--Dana Demuth. 3B--Brian Runge. T--2:31. Att--20,232. Weather: 57 degrees, sunny. Wind: 7 mph, out to right.