Game #146: A's 4, White Sox 2

September 15, 2006 | A's vs. Chicago White Sox

We won, but so did the Angels.

The Athletics magic number is now 11.

I watched the game with Tanner Boyle from his supreme season ticket seats behind the A's dugout. Great view of some fantastic plays.

• Esteban Loiaza's five strikeouts as he pitched seven innings and gave up only three hits and two runs
• Jay Payton's backward flying catch with one-legged landing into the back wall
• Mark Kotsay's one-out triple in the 3rd to score Scutaro
• And Scutaro's own triple in the 8th (I love triples)
• Swisher's sac fly that scored Chavy and Ellis's sac fly that scored Payton -- really fun to watch from our seats
• Speaking of Scutaro, why didn't I mention him first? He was four-for-four today. He and Loaiza were interviewed in the post-game radio show and you could hear the blaring dance music in the background. A happy locker room for the A's tonight.
• Duchscherer's two strikeouts following Kennedy's one which comprised the perfect top of the 8th
• Huston Street's battle with Jim Thome in the 9th (We were all standing at the Coliseum and I felt that anticipating the end of the game when there were only two outs would only induce a walk. Sure enough, Thome walks.) Street gets the last K needed, of course, to get the save.

And best of all, when I walked back to the Coliseum BART parking lot, the rental car I drove to the game was right where I left it.


(Game experience: Sec 121 Row 6 Seat 12 with Tanner on my right)

A's record: 84-62 | streak: W-2 | magic number: 11 | well-A-meter: 4.00