Game #36: A's 0, Yankees 2
May 12, 2006 | A's @ New York
A pitchers' duel in the Bronx between Barry Zito and Yankee RHP Chien-Ming Wang.
Zito gave up a HR to A-Rod and Keisler (I'm not one of the three people who knows who he is) did same with Bernie Williams. Comparing the numbers, they played better. The A's also fell into seven double plays!
Yesterday Yankees LF Hideki Matsui broke his left wrist and required surgery, but of seemingly greater significance to most people, he ended his streak of consecutive games played (518 with New York; 1,768 including games in Japan). Now there's all this concern in New York about how long he'll be out.
I sympathize, but only a little bit. It's not fair nor right to compare this, but one broken limb is lesser than the various strained muscles on different A's players.
Much was made of the Athletics' depth at the start of the season, but here we are six weeks later and almost as many people are hurt or on the DL as are on the field. The list is hard to stomach (oh, sorry about that, Chavy).
On the 15-day DL:
Milton Bradley - sprained right knee
Esteban Loaiza - strained left trapezius muscle
Rich Harden - strained back muscle
Jay Witasick - sprained left ankle (I'm secretly unconcerned about him. Oops, did I say that out loud?)
Other injuries:
Frank Thomas - strained right quadriceps
Eric Chavez - bacterial infection
Joe Kennedy - strained left triceps
Justin Duchscherer - elbow tendinitis
Also:
Jason Kendall - four-game suspension
Dan Johnson - sore left knee, but playing anyway
Mark Kotsay - Macha must make sure his back stays healthy
Bobby Crosby - constantly one unfortunate play away from another strange injury
Wella Lasola - irrational worry punctuated by anxiety attacks
The A's haven't lost more than two games in a row since April19-20 12-13, more than three weeks ago. They're one game under .500 for the first time since April 28.
(Game experience: Constantly interrupted terrible radio reception. Missed last hour of the game.)
A's record: 17-18 | streak: L-3 | well-A-meter: 2
A pitchers' duel in the Bronx between Barry Zito and Yankee RHP Chien-Ming Wang.
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| B Zito (L, 2-3) | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 110-59 | 3.75 |
| R Keisler | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 40-25 | 4.50 |
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| C Wang (W, 3-1) | 8.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 85-52 | 4.04 |
| M Rivera (S, 7) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18-10 | 2.81 |
Zito gave up a HR to A-Rod and Keisler (I'm not one of the three people who knows who he is) did same with Bernie Williams. Comparing the numbers, they played better. The A's also fell into seven double plays!Yesterday Yankees LF Hideki Matsui broke his left wrist and required surgery, but of seemingly greater significance to most people, he ended his streak of consecutive games played (518 with New York; 1,768 including games in Japan). Now there's all this concern in New York about how long he'll be out.
I sympathize, but only a little bit. It's not fair nor right to compare this, but one broken limb is lesser than the various strained muscles on different A's players.
Much was made of the Athletics' depth at the start of the season, but here we are six weeks later and almost as many people are hurt or on the DL as are on the field. The list is hard to stomach (oh, sorry about that, Chavy).
On the 15-day DL:
Milton Bradley - sprained right knee
Esteban Loaiza - strained left trapezius muscle
Rich Harden - strained back muscle
Jay Witasick - sprained left ankle (I'm secretly unconcerned about him. Oops, did I say that out loud?)
Other injuries:
Frank Thomas - strained right quadriceps
Eric Chavez - bacterial infection
Joe Kennedy - strained left triceps
Justin Duchscherer - elbow tendinitis
Also:
Jason Kendall - four-game suspension
Dan Johnson - sore left knee, but playing anyway
Mark Kotsay - Macha must make sure his back stays healthy
Bobby Crosby - constantly one unfortunate play away from another strange injury
Wella Lasola - irrational worry punctuated by anxiety attacks
The A's haven't lost more than two games in a row since April
(Game experience: Constantly interrupted terrible radio reception. Missed last hour of the game.)
A's record: 17-18 | streak: L-3 | well-A-meter: 2
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