Game #12: A's 5, Rangers 4
April 15, 2006 | A's vs. Texas
Back-to-back-to-back bombs. Love the alliteration!
Top of the 6th inning, it looked like Harden was struggling. He only needed one more out to finish the inning, but he walks Young and Texeira, then gives up a HR to Nevin. Just like that, our 2-1 lead is lost with this three-run home run. Score is now 4-2, Rangers.
Bottom of the 6th, Vicente Padilla returns to the mound. First pitch to Chavy is a HR. First pitch to Thomas is another HR. First pitch to Bradley is yet another HR. Three pitches = three homers. The A's get the lead and hold on to it.
Swisher was actually the first A's player to hit a HR in this game. It was a two-run homer. On TV they showed him smiling in the dugout. After Bradley hit the last of the back-to-back-to-back HRs, he and Swisher did some fancy handshake and cheered at each other. Are these two friends? That makes me smile. :-)
Also of note: Interesting play in the 4th by the A's defense. Texeira is on second when Nevin hits the ball towards Scutaro who fields the ball and throws it to Chavy at third. Chavy tags Texeira out at third and Nevin gets the single on base on a fielder's choice*. This seemed to be a big deal for the radio announcers; Korach said something about Scutaro making a split second decision to get Texeira out at third (unexpected) instead of going for Nevin at first (expected). Next at-bat is a 3-6 DP and the inning is over. So Scutaro made the right decision then?
*Thanks, al, for the correction!
(Game experience: Watched FSN-BA+ with audio turned down while listening to KYCY 1550 AM. Also practiced scoring.)
A's record: 6-6 | streak: W-1 | well-A-meter: 4
Back-to-back-to-back bombs. Love the alliteration!
Top of the 6th inning, it looked like Harden was struggling. He only needed one more out to finish the inning, but he walks Young and Texeira, then gives up a HR to Nevin. Just like that, our 2-1 lead is lost with this three-run home run. Score is now 4-2, Rangers.
Bottom of the 6th, Vicente Padilla returns to the mound. First pitch to Chavy is a HR. First pitch to Thomas is another HR. First pitch to Bradley is yet another HR. Three pitches = three homers. The A's get the lead and hold on to it.
Swisher was actually the first A's player to hit a HR in this game. It was a two-run homer. On TV they showed him smiling in the dugout. After Bradley hit the last of the back-to-back-to-back HRs, he and Swisher did some fancy handshake and cheered at each other. Are these two friends? That makes me smile. :-)
Also of note: Interesting play in the 4th by the A's defense. Texeira is on second when Nevin hits the ball towards Scutaro who fields the ball and throws it to Chavy at third. Chavy tags Texeira out at third and Nevin gets the single on base on a fielder's choice*. This seemed to be a big deal for the radio announcers; Korach said something about Scutaro making a split second decision to get Texeira out at third (unexpected) instead of going for Nevin at first (expected). Next at-bat is a 3-6 DP and the inning is over. So Scutaro made the right decision then?
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| R Harden (W, 2-0) | 7.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 107-63 | 3.66 |
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| V Padilla (L, 2-1) | 5.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 90-56 | 4.76 |
*Thanks, al, for the correction!
(Game experience: Watched FSN-BA+ with audio turned down while listening to KYCY 1550 AM. Also practiced scoring.)
A's record: 6-6 | streak: W-1 | well-A-meter: 4
posted by blank book at 4:03 PM
1 Comments:
Regarding the play Scutaro made in the 4th inning, when there's a base running on second with less then two outs, it's automatically assumed the runner will advance to third on a ground ball to the second baseman. Because it is such long throw to third and a tag has to be applied, the second baseman will almost always opt for the sure force out at first instead. What Scutaro did was a rare defensive play that defies convention. It's almost as rare the right-fielder throwing out the batter at first for a 9-3 put out.
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