The Future? | Oakland A's Fantasy Franchise

[Sacrafice]

"Game Recap"

The Seattle Mariners are winners of 2 in a row and look to cap off the 4 game series with a victory in the final game tomorrow night, but tonight they will celebrate a 8 to 4 victory over the Oakland Athletics. Jimmy Rolens and Ramon Hernandez was the players of the day once again as they combined for 5 hits on 8 at bats with 2 runs, 2 RBI's, 1 double and 1 homerun. Seattle hit 5 doubles in the game. Paul Konerko was the only silent bat today, but he can have the day off because he helped score runs in the first 2 games of the series. Alcides Escobar was the lone bright spot for the Athletics. He went 4 for 4 with 2 RBI's in the game.

"Player of the Game"


For the 2nd game in a row Ramon Hernandez is the Player
of the Game. He went 3 for 4 with 1 run, 2 RBI's and 1 homerun
in the game.



"Statistics"

MLB Scoreboard | Seattle Mariners (1-1) at Oakland Athletics (1-1)
April 7, 2010	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seattle Mariners	0	0	3	0	0	4	1	0	0	8	14	0
Oakland Athletics	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	13	1
WIN: Noah Lowry (1-0) LOSS: James McDonald (0-1) SAVE: Joey Devine (1)

Seattle Mariners
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Jimmy Rollins	4	1	2	0	1	1	.538
Robinson Cano	5	1	1	0	0	3	.230
Juan Rivera	4	1	2	2	1	0	.250
Jason Werth	5	1	1	1	0	1	.153
Mike Sweeney	5	2	2	1	0	0	.230
Paul Konerko	5	0	0	0	0	2	.166
Chase Headley	3	1	2	1	1	0	.400
Ramon Hernandez	4	1	3	2	0	0	.454
Mike Cameron	4	0	1	0	0	1	.222
TOTALS	39	8	14	7	3	8	.368
BATTING 2B: Rollins 1 (2), Cano 1 (1), Sweeney 2 (2), Cameron 1 (1) HR: Rivera 1 (1), Hernandez 1 (2)
BASERUNNING CS: Rollins 1 (1)

Seattle Mariners
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	AVG
Noah Lowry (W, 1-0)	6.0	11	4	4	0	4	6.00
Joey Devine (S, 1)	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	6.75
Totals	9.0	13	4	4	0	6	0.00

Oakland Athletics
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Scott Podsednik	5	1	1	0	0	1	.333
Alcides Escobar	4	0	4	2	0	0	.538
David Wright	4	0	0	0	0	1	.250
Jim Thome	4	0	2	1	0	0	.545
Jay Bruce	4	1	2	1	0	0	.500
J.J. Hardy	4	0	0	0	0	0	.166
James Loney	4	1	2	0	0	0	.333
Tyler Flowers	3	0	0	0	0	2	.200
ph-Everth Cabrera	1	0	0	0	0	1	.500
Austin Jackson	4	1	2	0	0	1	.500
TOTALS	37	4	13	4	0	6	.351
BATTING 2B: Thome 1 (1) HR: Bruce 1 (1) GIDP: Podsednik
BASERUNNING CS: Escobar 2 (2)
FIELDING E: Hardy 1 (2)

Oakland Athletics
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	AVG
Brandon Morrow	4.0	8	3	3	2	5	6.75
James McDonald (L, 0-1)	2.0	3	4	4	1	1	15.42
Neftali Feliz	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	4.50
Trevor Hoffman	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0.00
Totals	9.0	14	8	8	3	8	0.00

"Game Highlights"

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"Game Recap"

The Oakland Athletics split the 4 game series to open up the 2010 campaign over the Seattle Mariners by winning the last game by a score of 7 to 6. It was the perfect scenario in the 1st inning. First 2 men out and the #3 hitter get's on base so the clean up hitter can drive home the run. In this case it was Jim Thome swinging for the fences hitting the 2 run homerun. Seattle clawed back and took a 1 run lead into the bottom of the 6th inning where J. J. Hardy gave the lead back to Oakland on a 3 run homerun. Seattle would tie the game back up 6-6 in the 7th inning, but Rookie of the Year candidate, Austin Jackson broke the tie with a bomb to dead center field for his 2nd career homerun in dramatic fashion. Trevor Hoffman (Pictured Above) would close down the 9th for his 1st save on the season and his MLB leading 592nd career save.

"Player of the Game"


J. J. Hardy came through in the clutch today going 2 for 4 with
an RBI triple and a 3 run bomb to left field giving him 4 RBI's
in the game.



"Statistics"

MLB Scoreboard | Seattle Mariners (2-1) at Oakland Athletics (1-2)
April 8, 2010	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seattle Mariners	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	6	18	0
Oakland Athletics	2	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	X	7	8	0
WIN: Evan Meek (2-0) LOSS: Nick Masset (0-1) SAVE: Trevor Hoffman (1)

Seattle Mariners
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Jimmy Rollins	5	0	2	2	0	0	.500
Robinson Cano	5	0	2	0	0	1	.277
pr-Gregor Blanco	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Juan Rivera	4	1	3	0	0	0	.375
Jason Werth	5	1	1	0	0	0	.166
Mike Sweeney	4	1	2	1	1	1	.250
pr-Scott Sizemore	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Paul Konerko	4	1	2	1	1	1	.250
Chase Headley	5	1	4	2	0	0	.533
Ramon Hernandez	4	0	0	0	1	1	.333
Mike Cameron	5	1	2	1	0	0	.285
TOTALS	41	6	18	6	3	3	.439
BATTING 2B: Cano 1, Headley 2 HR: Cameron 1 HBP: Rivera 1 GIDP: Werth 1, Hernandez 1

Seattle Mariners
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	AVG
Ross Ohlendorf	4.0	5	3	3	1	0	6.75
Carlos Silva	2.0	2	3	3	1	1	13.50
Nick Masset (L, 0-1)	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	27.00
John Grabow	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Totals	8.0	8	7	7	2	1	0.00

Oakland Athletics
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Scott Podsednik	4	0	1	0	0	0	.315
Austin Jackson	4	1	1	1	0	1	.437
David Wright	3	2	1	0	1	0	.266
Jim Thome	4	1	2	2	0	0	.533
Jim Edmonds	4	2	1	0	0	0	.200
J.J. Hardy	4	1	2	4	0	0	.250
James Loney	3	0	0	0	0	0	.266
Tyler Flowers	2	0	0	0	1	0	.166
Everth Cabrera	3	0	0	0	0	0	.200
TOTALS	31	7	8	7	2	1	.258
BATTING 3B: Hardy 1 HR: Jackson 1, Thome 1, Hardy 1
BASERUNNING CS: Podsednik 1

Oakland Athletics
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	AVG
Tommy Hanson	5.1	10	3	3	1	3	5.06
James McDonald (BS, 2)	0.2	2	1	1	1	0	15.00
Joel Hanrahan (H, 1)	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	13.50
Neftali Feliz (BS, 1)	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	3.85
Evan Meek (W, 2-0)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00
Eric O'Flaherty (H, 1)	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Trevor Hoffman (S, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Totals	9.0	18	6	6	3	3	0.00

"Game Highlights"





"End of Series Team Stats"

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At.
3 Game Series



"Oakland Athletics" (2-2) 4.75 ERA - .350 BA - Ranked #2
At.
"Los Angeles Angels" (3-1) 6.25 ERA - .323 BA - Ranked #1



"Projected Starting Line Ups"





"Projected Pitching Match Ups"

"Game #1"
(OAK) Stephen Strasburg (0-0) 0.00 ERA - 0 K's - 0 BB's - 0.0 INN - 0 Starts
Vs.
(LAA) Jeff Niemann (0-0) 0.00 ERA - 0 K's - 0 BB's - 0.0 INN - 0 Starts

"Game #2"
(OAK) Felix Hernandez (0-0) 1.50 ERA - 1 K - 0 BB's - 6.0 INN - 1 Start
Vs.
(LAA) Chad Billingsley (1-0) 1.29 ERA - 5 K's - 2 BB's - 7.0 INN - 1 Start

"Game #3"
(OAK) Clayton Kershaw (0-1) 7.20 ERA - 9 K's - 0 BB's - 5.0 INN - 1 Start
Vs.
(LAA) Derek Lowe (0-0) 11.25 ERA - 4 K's - 3 BB's - 4.0 INN - 1 Start

[MarinersVsDodgers]

I guess it's not exactly a rival franchise...
but I am doing a Seattle Mariners Dynasty.

Good luck with yours!

[Sacrafice]

Quote: Originally Posted by MarinersVsDodgers

I guess it's not exactly a rival franchise... but I am doing a Seattle Mariners Dynasty. Good luck with yours!

Thank you!

I don't have many Mariners on my squad, but I do have Felix. Too bad he is hurt for you. I run with the Mariners in a online league and they are raking for me! 15-3 so far. I went with fantasy draft over posting my real life Brewers because it's not something that is done often so I wanted to go outside of the box this year and I know a lot more of the top prospects than years past and wanted a way to run with most of them and trading for them in a season wouldn't cut it lol...

[Sacrafice]

"Game Recap"

Stephen Strasburg got his 1st career start and he did not disappoint going 7.2 innings without giving up a run. He struck out 9 Angels batters and scattered 6 hits. The Oakland Athletics offense was on fire scoring 13 runs on 15 hits, but the runs were aided by 3 throwing errors by the Angels defenders. 5 homeruns were hit by Oakland as the ball was flying off the bats tonight. Angels starter Jeff Niemann (Pictured Above) couldn't last 5 innings getting pulled in the 5th after giving up 6 runs with 4 of them earned on just 5 hits given up.

"Player of the Game"


BRUCE!!! Right Fielder, Jay Bruce had a solid game knocking 2
balls into the stands and collecting 4 RBI's. Bruce went 3 for 5
reaching home plate on all 3 of his hits.



"Statistics"

MLB Scoreboard | Oakland Athletics (2-2) at Los Angeles Angels (3-1)
April 9, 2010	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland Athletics	1	2	0	1	2	0	0	5	2	13	15	0
Los Angeles Angels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3
WIN: Stephen Strasburg (1-0) LOSS: Jeff Niemann (0-1)

Oakland Athletics
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Scott Podsednik	3	2	1	0	1	0	.318
ph-Bill Hall	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
Alcides Escobar	5	0	1	0	0	1	.444
David Wright	4	2	1	2	0	1	.263
Jim Thome	4	1	1	1	1	1	.473
Jay Bruce	5	3	3	4	0	0	.529
Jim Edmonds	5	2	2	1	0	2	.300
James Loney	5	2	2	3	0	0	.300
Angel Salome	5	1	2	2	0	0	.400
Everth Cabrera	5	0	1	0	0	1	.200
TOTALS	42	13	15	13	2	6	.357
BATTING 2B: Podsednik 1, Wright 1, Edmonds 1, Loney 1 HR: Bruce 2, Edmonds 1, Loney 1, Salome 1 SF: Wright 1
BASERUNNING SB: Podsednik CS: Escobar

Oakland Athletics
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	AVG
Stephen Strasburg (W, 1-0)	7.2	6	0	0	2	9	0.00
Eric O'Flaherty	1.1	1	0	0	1	3	0.00
Totals	9.0	7	0	0	3	12	0.00

Los Angeles Angels
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Skip Shumaker	4	0	1	0	0	0	.312
Carlos Beltran	4	0	1	0	0	0	.368
Adam Lind	3	0	1	0	1	1	.277
David Oritz	3	0	0	0	1	2	.312
Bobby Abreu	4	0	1	0	0	1	.263
Erick Aybar	4	0	0	0	0	3	.333
Shon Schmitt	3	0	1	0	1	1	.166
Ramon Castro	4	0	1	0	0	2	.250
Brandon Inge	3	0	1	0	0	2	.411
TOTALS	32	0	7	0	3	12	.219
BATTING 2B: Beltran 1 GIDP: Abreu 1, Castro 1
FIELDING E: Aybar 1, Castro 1, Inge 1

Los Angeles Angels
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	AVG
Jeff Niemann (L, 0-1)	4.2	5	6	4	1	2	7.71
Aaron Heilman	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Kevin Jepsen	2.0	3	3	3	1	1	6.75
David Weathers	0.1	5	2	2	0	0	20.25
Jensen Lewis	1.0	2	2	2	0	3	13.50
Juan Cruz	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Totals	9.0	15	13	11	2	6	0.00

"Game Highlights"





"Injury Update"


Michael Brantley broke his hand in the 1st minor league game of the season and is expected to be out anywhere from 1 to 2 months. Brantley was prepped to be the 1st call up in case of injury at the major league level in the out field and this will be a minor set back if that indeed does happen. The Athletics have opted to place Brantley on the 15 day DL in case it's closer to the month time frame over placing him on the 60 day DL.

[Sacrafice]

"Game Recap"

Oakland bashed their way to another high scoring game against the Los Angeles Angels winning game 2 by a score of 8 to 4. There was no homeruns hit for Oakland, but 5 doubles and 1 triple did more than enough damage to the home team. Felix Hernandez had a 1 hitter going into the 7th inning. The lone hit was mere inches away from being caught by Jay Bruce (Pictured Above). Hernandez would surrender 2 runs before handing the ball off to James McDonald which got into trouble, but finally got through a scoreless outing.

"Player of the Game"


Angel Salome is one more good game away from becoming the
new starting catcher for the Athletics. The catcher hit a triple along
with a double driving in 2 runs in the process.



"Statistics"

MLB Scoreboard | Oakland Athletics (3-2) at Los Angeles Angels (3-2)
April 10, 2010	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland Athletics	0	2	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	8	11	1
Los Angeles Angels	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	0
WIN: Felix Hernandez (1-0) LOSS: Chad Billingsley (1-1)

Oakland Athletics
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Scott Podsednik	4	1	2	3	0	0	.346
ph-Jim Edmonds	1	0	0	0	0	0	.272
Alcides Escobar	5	0	0	0	0	1	.347
David Wright	4	0	2	1	0	0	.304
ph-Bill Hall	1	0	0	0	0	1	.500
Jim Thome	3	0	0	0	1	0	.409
Jay Bruce	3	2	1	0	1	0	.500
J.J. Hardy	4	1	1	0	0	1	.250
James Loney	4	1	1	1	0	0	.291
Angel Salome	3	2	2	2	0	0	.500
Austin Jackson	4	1	2	1	0	0	.450
TOTALS	36	8	11	8	2	3	.306
BATTING 2B: Podsednik 1, Wright 1, Loney 1, Salome 1, Jackson 1 3B: Salome 1 SF: Salome 1 GIDP: Bruce 1
BASERUNNING SB: Escobar 1
FIELDING E: Escobar 1

Oakland Athletics
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	AVG
Felix Hernandez (W, 1-0)	7.0	4	2	2	1	5	2.07
James McDonald	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	9.00
Totals	9.0	5	2	2	2	7	0.00

Los Angeles Angels
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Skip Schumaker	4	0	0	0	0	3	.250
Carlos Beltran	2	1	0	0	2	0	.333
Adam Lind	4	0	2	0	0	1	.318
David Ortiz	4	0	0	0	0	0	.250
Bobby Abreu	3	1	1	0	0	1	.272
Erick Aybar	4	0	1	1	0	0	.320
Shon Schmitt	4	0	0	0	0	0	.125
Ramon Castro	3	0	0	0	0	2	.200
Brandon Inge	3	0	1	0	0	0	.400
TOTALS	31	2	5	1	2	7	.161
BATTING 2B: Lind 1, Inge 1 3B: Abreu 1 HBP: Abreu 1 GIDP: Ortiz 1, Aybar 1

Los Angeles Angels
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	AVG
Chad Billingsley (L, 1-1)	3.1	8	7	7	1	1	6.96
Aaron Heilman	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0.00
David Weathers	2.1	2	1	1	0	0	9.81
Kevin Jepsen	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	5.40
Jensen Lewis	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	10.80
Juan Cruz	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
Totals	9.0	11	8	8	2	3	0.00

"Game Highlights"





"Injury Update"


Don't play left field for the Sacramento River Cats apparently. Jordan Danks started the 2nd game of the season replacing Michael Brantley in left and strained his shoulder. He will be sitting on the sidelines for 2 to 3 weeks and has been placed on the 15 day DL. Logan Schafer will assume the haunting role of starter and we hope to not see his name under the injury list tomorrow night!

[Sacrafice]

"Game Recap"

The Los Angeles Angels played a little tougher mainly from starter Derek Lowe, but the errors mounted once again allowing the Oakland Athletics to take advantage and win the game and sweep the series on the road by a score of 6 to 2. A late threat by the Angels was almost enough to at least send this game into overtime. In the 8th inning with the bases loaded after Neftali Feliz walked David Ortiz and 1 out he got Nate Schierholtz to ground out to J. J. Hardy which flipped it over to Everth Cabrera (Pictured Above) to end the inning. Feliz pitched a near flawless 9th inning after the Athletics got an insurance run to finish the game.

"Player of the Game"


Clayton Kershaw had a solid outing giving up 2 runs on 5 hits
with 5 strike outs in 6 innings of work. It is his 1st win of the
season and stands at 1 and 1.



"Statistics"

MLB Scoreboard | Oakland Athletics (4-2) at Los Angeles Angels (3-3)
April 11, 2010	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland Athletics	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	6	9	0
Los Angeles Angels	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	2
WIN: Clayton Kershaw (1-1) LOSS: Derek Lowe (0-1) SAVE: Neftali Feliz (1)

Oakland Athletics
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Scott Podsednik	5	0	0	1	0	0	.290
Austin Jackson	5	0	0	0	0	3	.360
David Wright	4	1	2	1	0	1	.333
Jay Bruce	4	1	0	0	0	1	.416
J.J. Hardy	4	1	1	1	0	0	.250
James Loney	3	1	1	0	1	1	.296
Bill Hall	3	2	2	1	1	0	.600
Angel Salome	4	0	2	1	0	1	.500
Everth Cabrera	4	0	1	1	0	0	.214
TOTALS	36	6	9	6	2	7	.250
BATTING 2B: Salome 1 HR: Wright 1 GIDP: Bruce 1, Hall 1
BASERUNNING SB: Cabrera 1

Oakland Athletics
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	AVG
Clayton Kershaw (W, 1-1)	6.0	5	2	2	2	5	4.90
Joel Hanrahan (H, 2)	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	7.71
Neftali Feliz (S, 1)	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	2.07
Totals	9.0	6	2	2	4	8	0.00

Los Angeles Angels
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Erick Aybar	4	0	0	0	0	0	.275
Carlos Beltran	3	0	1	0	1	0	.333
Adam Lind	4	1	2	0	0	1	.346
David Ortiz	3	1	2	1	1	1	.304
Nate Schierholtz	4	0	1	1	0	1	.250
Bobby Abreu	4	0	0	0	0	0	.230
Rodrigo Mieses	3	0	0	0	1	1	.142
Ramon Castro	3	0	0	0	1	2	.166
Brandon Inge	3	0	0	0	0	2	.347
TOTALS	31	2	6	2	4	8	.194
BATTING 2B: Lind 1, Ortiz 2, Schierholtz 1 HBP: Castro 1 GIDP: Schierholtz 1
BASERUNNING SB: Mieses 1
FIELDING E: Mieses 1, Inge 1

Los Angeles Angels
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	AVG
Derek Lowe (L, 0-1)	5.2	7	5	4	2	3	8.37
Kevin Jepsen	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	5.06
Jensen Lewis	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	9.00
J.C. Romero	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	6.75
Totals	9.0	9	6	5	2	7	0.00

"Game Highlights"





"End of Series Team Stats"