Game #78: A's 1, Padres 8

June 28, 2006 | A's @ San Diego

Let's wallow in the ugliness of it all...

• The nightmarish 4th inning featuring Joe Blanton's wild pitch with the bases loaded and his error at home plate while two baserunners score. The hapless look on Blanton's face was painful to watch.

• The home runs (one each) from Mike Piazza and Mike Cameron both ended up in the second deck.

• Nick Swisher, who's done his share of carrying the A's, is 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.

• Duchscherer's relief appearance in the 7th was a dud. He gave up four hits and the Padres scored two runs. Every time a batter made contact with Duchscherer's pitch, it was a line drive to left field where no one could get to it.

• Chad Gaudin's balk was much more blatant than Zito's last night (though Zito had a baserunner at third who scored a run).

Enough wallowing. The game's over and tomorrow is another day. To end on a good note, this game marked Doug Clark's first major league hit. Well, it was also the first hit by an A's pinch hitter this season, ha!


Maybe it's 'cause the A's lost, but I'm really annoyed by Khalil Greene's bad hairstyle.

(Game experience: Radio, then TV )

A's record: 41-36 | streak: L-2 | well-A-meter: 2