Game #46: A's 3, White Sox 9

May 23, 2006 | A's @ Chicago

Kirk Saarloos gives up two home runs in the 1st inning, one of them to Jermaine Dye, the reigning World Series MVP. We remember him as that expensive guy on the Athletics DL circa 2002-2003.

Saarloos pitches 4.1 innings, gives up eight hits, five walks, and six runs. To get the A's through another losing game, Macha has to bring out a parade of relievers including 25-year-old Santiago Casilla. We remember him as Jairo Garcia. (We also remember him as being two years, eight months, and 12 days younger, but that turned out not to be the case.)

I'm not going to be harsh on Saarloos. He is after all our emergency starter from the bullpen. And Randy Keisler and Steve Karsay weren't on the roster two weeks ago.

Let me just repeat the names of some of our injured to myself before I forget they're still A's: Rich Harden, Milton Bradley, Justin Duchscherer, Esteban Loaiza...

Tomorrow Dan Haren pitches. Maybe he'll do what he did in New York last week and stop the sweep.

Links (background on the Jairo Garcia/Santiago Casilla story):
Renamed pitcher rejoins Rivercats [Sacramento Bee (requires registration)]
Player-to-be-named joke [San Francisco Chronicle]

(Game experience: Some radio, some TV.)

A's record: 22-23 | streak: L-4 | well-A-meter: 2