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"Game Recap"

J. J. Hardy put his team ahead with an RBI double in the 2nd inning, but was called out trying to stretch it into a triple. Alcides Escobar got the ball rolling in the 6th inning with an RBI single to score Austin Jackson, then Jim Thome got a hold of a meat ball and deposited it into right center for the 3 run homerun (Pictured Above). Carl Crawford broke up the shut out with 2 outs in the 9th inning with a solo homerun to opposite field.

"Player of the Game"


Tommy Hanson pitched the 1st complete game for the Oakland
Athletics in the 2010 season. He was 1 out away from the shut
out before Carl Crawford blasted a solo homerun.



"Statistics"

MLB Scoreboard | Baltimore Orioles (5-7) at Oakland Athletics (8-5)
April 18, 2010	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore Orioles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	0
Oakland Athletics	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	X	5	9	0

Baltimore Orioles
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Rafael Furcal	4	0	0	0	0	2	.333
Mike Lowell	4	0	0	0	0	1	.250
Carl Crawford	4	1	2	1	0	0	.313
Andy LaRoche	4	0	0	0	0	3	.307
Orlando Hudson	3	0	2	0	0	0	.372
Garret Anderson	3	0	2	0	0	0	.352
Colby Rasmus	2	0	0	0	0	1	.121
Jose Guillen	3	0	0	0	0	0	.204
Greg Zaun	3	0	1	0	0	0	.333
TOTALS	30	1	7	1	0	7	.233
BATTING HR: Crawford 1 HBP: Rasmus 1 GIDP: Lowell 1, Anderson 1, Guillen 2

Baltimore Orioles
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Joe Blanton (L, 1-2)	5.0	6	4	4	0	6	4.11
Joe Beimel	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	6.13
Devern Corona	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	9.00
Totals	8.0	9	5	5	0	9	0.00

Oakland Athletics
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Scott Podsednik	4	1	1	0	0	1	.277
Alcides Escobar	4	1	1	1	0	1	.270
David Wright	4	0	0	0	0	0	.288
Jim Thome	4	1	1	3	0	2	.297
Jay Bruce	3	1	1	0	0	2	.297
J.J. Hardy	3	0	2	1	0	1	.282
James Loney	3	0	1	0	0	0	.265
Angel Salome	3	0	0	0	0	2	.214
Austin Jackson	3	1	2	0	0	0	.326
TOTALS	31	5	9	5	0	9	.290
BATTING 2B: Hardy 1 3B: Loney 1 HR: Thome 1 GIDP: Podsednik 1
BASERUNNING SB: Jackson 1

Oakland Athletics
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Tommy Hanson (W, 1-1)	9.0	7	1	1	0	7	2.10
Totals	9.0	7	1	1	0	7	0.00

"Game Highlights"





"End of Series Team Stats"

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At.
3 Game Series



"New York Yankees" (3-9) - 5.43 ERA - .241 BA - Ranked #5
At.
"Oakland Athletics" (9-5) - 2.57 ERA - .282 BA - Ranked #1



"Projected Starting Line Ups"





"Projected Pitching Match Ups"

"Game #1"
(NYY) Rich Harden (0-1) - 6.00 ERA - 6 K's - 4 BB's - 4.2 INN - 2 Start's
Vs.
(OAK) Stephen Strasburg (2-0) - 0.62 ERA - 15 K's - 4 BB's - 13.2 INN - 2 Start's

"Game #2"
(NYY) Jordan Zimmerman (0-2) - 8.64 ERA - 6 K's - 9 BB's - 8.1 INN - 2 Start's
Vs.
(OAK) Felix Hernandez (1-0) - 2.37 ERA - 15 K's - 1 BB - 19.0 INN - 3 Start's

"Game #3"
(NYY) Brian Duensing (0-2) - 11.05 ERA - 1 K - 7 BB's - 7.1 INN - 2 Start's
Vs.
(OAK) Clayton Kershaw (1-1) - 3.50 ERA - 18 K's - 3 BB's - 18.0 INN - 3 Start's

[Sacrafice]

"Game Recap"

Scott Podsednik grounded to 2nd base in the 3rd inning, but beat out the double play attempt scoring James Loney and keeping the inning alive. Podsednik stole 2nd and Alcides Escobar came through once again with a single to right field for the RBI. Jim Thome lead off the 6th inning with a triple. A triple! It was a long shot to left field in which Eric Byrnes (Pictured Above) miss played and crashed hard into the wall allowing the big man to get all the way to 3rd base. J. J. Hardy singled him in and James Loney doubled into the left center field gap to score Hardy for the 4-0 lead. James McDonald nearly gave the game away in the 8th inning giving up 2 hits and 2 walks including a 2 RBI single to Howie Kendrick. Neftali Perez came in and surrendered a single allowing another McDonald runner to score, but got the remaining 2 outs to preserve the lead. Trevor Hoffman came in the 9th to earn his 3rd save of the season.

"Player of the Game"


Stephen Strasburg has been unhitable so far in his first 3 major
league starts and earns "Player of the Game" honors for his
performance against the Yankees. He pitched 7 innings of 3 hit
ball before turning it over to the bull pen which nearly gave away
the game.



"Statistics"

MLB Scoreboard | New York Yankees (3-9) at Oakland Athletics (9-5)
April 20, 2010	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York Yankees	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	6	1
Oakland Athletics	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	X	4	10	2
WIN: Stephen Strasburg (3-0) LOSS: Rich Harden (0-2) SAVE: Trevor Hoffman (3)

New York Yankees
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Shane Victorino	5	1	1	0	0	1	.175
Howie Kendrick	4	0	2	2	0	1	.236
pr-Corey Patterson	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00
ds-Corey Brady	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.96
Magglio Ordonez	4	0	1	0	0	1	.333
Prince Fielder	3	0	0	0	1	1	.297
Scott Rolen	4	0	0	0	0	0	.250
Matt LaPorta	4	0	1	1	0	1	.224
Eric Byrnes	3	0	0	0	1	2	.238
Julio Lugo	4	0	0	0	0	1	.136
Chris Snyder	3	1	1	0	1	1	.289
TOTALS	34	3	6	3	3	9	.176
BATTING 2B: Victorino 1 GIDP: Lugo 1
FIELDING E: Brady 1

New York Yankees
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Rich Harden (L, 0-2)	5.2	7	4	4	1	3	7.83
Bob Howry	2.1	3	0	0	0	3	6.09
Totals	8.0	10	4	4	1	6	0.00

Oakland Athletics
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Scott Podsednik	4	1	0	1	0	0	.258
Alcides Escobar	4	0	2	1	0	0	.288
David Wright	4	0	0	0	0	1	.267
Jim Thome	4	1	2	0	0	0	.313
Jay Bruce	3	1	0	0	1	1	.280
J.J. Hardy	4	0	1	1	0	2	.280
James Loney	4	1	3	1	0	0	.301
Angel Salome	4	0	1	0	0	1	.218
Austin Jackson	4	0	1	0	0	1	.320
TOTALS	35	4	10	4	1	6	.286
BATTING 2B: Thome 1, Loney 1 3B: Thome 1
BASERUNNING SB: Podsednik 1
FIELDING E: Escobar 2

Oakland Athletics
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Stephen Strasburg (W, 3-0)	7.0	3	0	0	1	7	0.43
James McDonald	0.1	2	3	3	2	0	9.81
Neftali Feliz (H, 1)	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	1.28
Trevor Hoffman (S, 3)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
Totals	9.0	6	3	3	3	9	0.00

"Game Highlights"

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"Game Recap"

The New York Yankees put up 2 runs in the 2nd inning off of a double by Eric Byrnes scoring Scott Rolen. 2 batters later Chris Snyder doubled to right center scoring Byrnes. In the bottom of the 2nd Jay Bruce hit a solo homerun to get back within 1 run. In the 3rd inning David Wright got his 2nd hit of the game and his 1000th hit of his career (Pictured Above). The 4th inning saw Jay Bruce hit his 2nd homerun of the game to tie up the game at 2. The game would be quiet with both starters pitching very well. In the 7th inning the Athletics took the lead after Scott Podsednik singled home Angel Salome which doubled to lead off the inning. Oakland would hold on as Trevor Hoffman would notch his 4th save of the season.

"Player of the Game"


Jay Bruce had his 2nd two homerun game of the season with
both of them being solo shots. the 2nd one tying up the game.



"Statistics"

MLB Scoreboard | New York Yankees (3-10) at Oakland Athletics (10-5)
April 21, 2010	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York Yankees	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0
Oakland Athletics	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	3	8	2
WIN: Jeff Suppan (1-1) LOSS: Jordan Zimmerman (0-3) SAVE: Trevor Hoffman (4)

New York Yankees
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Shane Victorino	3	0	1	0	0	1	.183
Howie Kendrick	4	0	0	0	0	2	.214
Magglio Ordonez	4	0	1	0	0	0	.326
Prince Fielder	4	0	0	0	0	1	.274
Scott Rolen	4	1	1	0	0	1	.250
Matt LaPorta	4	0	1	0	0	1	.226
Eric Byrnes	4	1	1	1	0	3	.239
Julio Lugo	4	0	0	0	0	2	.125
Chris Snyder	3	0	1	1	0	0	.292
TOTALS	34	2	6	2	0	11	.176
BATTING 2B: LaPorta 1, Byrnes 1, Snyder 1 HBP: Victorino 1 GIDP: Fielder 1
BASERUNNING SB: Victorino 1

New York Yankees
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Jordan Zimmerman (L, 0-3)	6.2	7	3	3	1	3	6.60
J.J. Putz	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	1.54
Totals	8.0	8	3	3	1	4	0.00

Oakland Athletics
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Scott Podsednik	3	0	1	1	0	0	.262
Alcides Escobar	2	0	0	0	0	0	.277
ph-Bill Hall	2	0	0	0	0	1	.285
David Wright	4	0	2	0	0	2	.283
Jim Thome	4	0	0	0	0	0	.290
Jay Bruce	4	2	3	2	0	0	.314
J.J. Hardy	4	0	0	0	0	0	.259
James Loney	2	0	0	0	1	0	.290
Angel Salome	3	1	2	0	0	0	.257
Austin Jackson	3	0	0	0	0	01	.301
TOTALS	31	3	8	3	1	4	.258
BATTING 2B: Bruce 1, Salome 1 HR: Bruce `1 SAC: Podsednik 1
FIELDING E: Escobar 1, Hardy 1

Oakland Athletics
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Felix Hernandez	6.0	5	2	0	0	8	1.80
Jeff Suppan (W, 1-1)	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	1.80
Trevor Hoffman (S, 4)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
Totals	9.0	6	2	0	0	11	0.00

"Game Highlights"

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"Game Recap"

Scott Rolen got the game rolling with an RBI double scoring Prince Fielder and Eric Byrnes hit an RBI single to score Rolen in the 4th inning. Prince Fielder saved a run in the 4th inning off the great defensive play (Pictured Above) robbing Bill Hall of a double. In the 5th inning Prince Fielder hit an RBI double scoring Chris Snyder. Howie Kendrick also scored on an error by Everth Cabrera. The Athletics got 2 runs back in the 6th inning off of a Austin Jackson double and a Bill Hall 2 out single. The Athletics took the lead in the 7th and it was looking as though Even Meek would pick up his 4th win on the season, but it was not meant to be as he gave up 2 hits and a walk in the 8th inning. Neftali Feliz tried to get out of the bases loaded situation, but gave up a 2 run single to Julio Lugo to give up the lead and the game.

"Player of the Game"


Prince Fielder was the man of this day going 3 for 4 with 2 runs
and an RBI double. His defensive play also lead to the Yankees victory.



"Statistics"

MLB Scoreboard | New York Yankees (3-11) at Oakland Athletics (11-5)
April 22, 2010	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York Yankees	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	6	10	1
Oakland Athletics	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	5	8	1
WIN: Jason Frasor (1-1) LOSS: Evan Meek (3-1) SAVE: Chad Qualls (1)

New York Yankees
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Shane Victorino	4	0	0	0	1	0	.171
Howie Kendrick	5	1	0	0	0	1	.191
Magglio Ordonez	5	0	0	0	0	1	.298
Prince Fielder	4	2	3	1	0	1	.309
Scott Rolen	4	1	2	1	0	0	.266
Matt LaPorta	4	0	1	0	0	1	.228
pr-Corey Patterson	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000
Eric Byrnes	2	0	0	1	2	0	.229
Julio Lugo	4	0	2	2	0	0	.153
Chris Snyder	4	1	2	0	0	0	.311
TOTALS	36	6	10	5	3	4	.278
BATTING 2B: LaPorta 1, Fielder 1, Rolen 1, Snyder 1 GIDP: Snyder 2
BASERUNNING CS: Victorino 1
FIELDING E: Rolen 1

New York Yankees
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Brian Duensing	6.1	5	4	4	2	4	8.56
J.J. Putz (BS, 2)	0.1	3	1	1	0	0	2.25
Jason Frasor (W, 1-1)	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	6.75
Chad Qualls (S, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0.00
Totals	9.0	8	5	5	3	7	0.00

Oakland Athletics
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Scott Podsednik	4	0	2	1	1	1	.276
Alcides Escobar	5	0	1	1	0	1	.271
Bill Hall	4	0	1	1	0	1	.277
Jim Thome	4	0	0	0	0	3	.271
J.J. Hardy	4	0	1	0	0	0	.258
James Loney	3	1	0	0	1	0	.275
Tyler Flowers	4	1	1	0	0	0	.181
Everth Cabrera	3	2	1	1	1	1	.238
Austin Jackson	4	1	1	1	0	0	.298
TOTALS	35	5	8	5	3	7	.229
BATTING 2B: Hall 1, Jackson 1
BASERUNNING SB: Cabrera 1, Jackson 1 CS: Podsednik
FIELDING E: Cabrera 1

Oakland Athletics
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Clayton Kershaw	5.0	6	4	2	0	3	3.52
Joel Hanrahan	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	3.37
Evan Meek (L, 3-1)	1.1	2	2	2	1	1	3.17
Neftali Feliz (BS, 2)	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	1.03
Totals	9.0	10	6	4	3	4	0.00

"Game Highlights"





"End of Series Team Stats"

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At.
3 Game Series



"Cleveland Indians" (6-9) - 4.67 ERA - .249 BA - Ranked #4
At.
"Oakland Athletics" (11-6) - 2.50 ERA - .278 BA - Ranked #2



"Projected Starting Line Ups"





"Projected Pitching Match Ups"

"Game #1"
(CLE) Jake Peavy (1-1) - 3.32 ERA - 14 K's - 10 BB's - 19.0 INN - 3 Start's
Vs.
(OAK) Brandon Morrow (0-1) - 4.02 ERA - 14 K's - 6 BB's - 15.2 INN - 3 Start's

"Game #2"
(CLE) Hiroki Kuroda (1-1) - 5.65 ERA - 11 K's - 4 BB's - 14.1 INN - 3 Start's
Vs.
(OAK) Tommy Hanson (1-1) - 2.11 ERA - 12 K's - 1 BB - 21.1 INN - 3 Start's

"Game #3"
(CLE) Gil Meche (1-1) - 2.61 ERA - 21 K's - 6 BB's - 20.2 INN - 3 Start's
Vs.
(OAK) Stephen Strasburg (3-0) - 0.44 ERA - 22 K's - 5 BB's - 20.2 INN - 3 Start's

[Sacrafice]

"Game Recap"

The Cleveland Indians showed up to play today and gave their starter, Jake Peavy the boost he needed early on to come away with the victory by a score of 6 to 3. Brandon Morrow hid an injury during pre game warm ups and only lasted 1 inning before he couldn't continue any longer (Pictured Above). That was all the Indians needed as they put up 3 runs in the 1st inning and another in the 4th off of James McDonald which only lasted a little over 1 inning himself before he was pulled in favor of Jeff Suppan which finished off the game. Jay Bruce hit his 7th homerun of the season which was his 200th career hit and 50th career homerun for the 22 year old.

"Player of the Game"


Jake Peavy was lights out and was a surprise to see him pulled
in the 9th inning after 8 innings of great baseball. He had 9 strike
outs and gave up 2 runs on just 4 hits.



"Statistics"

MLB Scoreboard | Cleveland Indians (6-9) at Oakland Athletics (11-6)
April 23, 2010	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland Indians	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	10	0
Oakland Athletics	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	0
WIN: Jake Peavy (2-1) LOSS: Brandon Morrow (0-2) SAVE: Francisco Cordero (2)

Cleveland Indians
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Julio Borbon	4	3	2	1	1	0	.400
Fernando Tatis	3	1	2	1	1	0	.318
Carlos Quentin	4	0	2	1	0	1	.196
Mark Reynolds	5	1	2	1	0	2	.180
Ty Wigginton	3	0	0	0	0	1	.186
Alexi Ramirez	3	0	0	1	0	2	.250
Ronnie Belliard	3	0	1	1	1	0	.266
Russell Martin	3	0	0	0	1	0	.285
Mike Stanton	4	1	1	0	0	1	.142
TOTALS	32	6	10	6	4	7	.313
BATTING 2B: Borbon 1, Quentin 1, Reynolds 1, Stanton 1 HBP: Wigginton 1 SF: Tatis 1, Quentin 1, Ramirez 1 GIDP: Ramirez 1, Martin 1
BASERUNNING SB: Borbon 1

Cleveland Indians
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Jake Peavy (W, 2-1)	8.0	4	2	2	2	9	3.00
Eddie Guardado	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	16.95
Rafael Betancourt (H, 2)	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0.00
Claudio Vargas (H, 1)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	1.68
Francisco Cordero (S, 2)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	6.75
Totals	9.0	6	3	3	2	11	0.00

Oakland Athletics
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Scott Podsednik	4	0	0	0	0	1	.260
Everth Cabrera	4	0	1	0	0	1	.240
David Wright	3	1	1	0	1	0	.285
Jim Thome	4	1	2	1	0	1	.285
Jay Bruce	2	1	1	2	0	0	.321
J.J. Hardy	3	0	0	0	1	2	.245
James Loney	4	0	1	0	0	1	.274
Bill Hall	4	0	0	0	0	2	.227
Angel Salome	4	0	0	0	0	3	.230
TOTALS	32	3	6	3	2	11	.188
BATTING HR: Thome 1, Bruce 1 HBP: Bruce 1 SF: Bruce 1

Oakland Athletics
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Brandon Morrow (L, 0-2)	1.0	3	3	3	2	2	5.40
James McDonald	1.1	2	1	1	1	3	9.34
Jeff Suppan	6.2	5	2	2	1	2	2.16
Totals	9.0	10	6	6	4	7	0.00

"Game Highlights"





"Injury Update"


There has been talk since the season started about why Aroldis Chapman didn't make the opening day rotation. The Athletics don't even have him on the 40 man roster opting to keep Mark Rogers, Dana Eveland and Jeff Karstiens on the roster in case of injury. Eveland and Karstiens because of their experience in the major leagues. The buzz has been to send down James McDonald due to his poor performance and move Brandon Morrow to the pen and bring up the 21 year old lefty, Chapman, but nothing has come from the general managers office about such a rumor. Well, that may happen sooner rather than later as Morrow went down with a strained oblique injury in today's game. He is not expected to miss a start, but if he does indeed have to sit out Jeff Suppan is expected to make the start for him.

[Sacrafice]

"Game Recap"

Tommy Hanson was hit up hard in this game and was pulled after just 3 innings (Pictured Above). Hanson gave up 6 runs on 7 hits and 2 walks. The Cleveland hitters had all the answers to begin the game, but allowed the Athletics to claw and scratch their way back into the game tying it up in the 9th inning to go into extra innings. Ty Wigginton gave the Indians the lead in the top of the 10th and Jim Thome came about 5 feet short of tying the game back up flying out to center field.

"Player of the Game"


Fernando Tatis was an almost impossible out today going
4 for 5 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI's.



"Statistics"





"Game Highlights"