by Clive Dahlton:
17 games into the season was apparently to much to handle for the oak-town skipper. He announced earlier today during a presser that he would temporarily step down as manager. "It's the right thing to do, my hearts not in in anymore. Ive moved onto greater pastures." There will be no interim manager. The season will just halt effective today, and picked back up in a later timeframe, no records will be lost. "this is still my team," Graham said. "Im just not going to roll with them for the time being, nothing personal, love this team." Grahams new team has yet to be announced, though opinions are pouring in over the mystery squad. "Well find out soon, I decided just a few days ago, I need to be alone with my thoughts."
GREEN COLLAR BASEBALL- '02 OAKLAND A'S
Thursday, May 2, 2002
Wednesday, May 1, 2002
APRIL RECAP
American League April recap for 02' season replay
ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL
AL East WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT
2002 Boston BOA 19 4 .826 ---- 133 16 7 .696 93 69 .574
2002 New York (AL) NYA 16 11 .593 5.0 17 10 .630 103 58 .640
2002 Toronto TOA 11 13 .458 8.5 8 16 .333 78 84 .481
2002 Baltimore BAA 8 18 .308 12.5 12 14 .462 67 95 .414
2002 Tampa Bay TBA 3 21 .125 16.5 9 15 .375 55 106 .342
ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL
AL Central WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT
2002 Chicago (AL) CHA 16 9 .640 ---- 137 15 10 .600 81 81 .500
2002 Minnesota MNA 17 10 .630 ---- 16 11 .593 94 67 .584
2002 Detroit DEA 14 11 .560 2.0 8 17 .320 55 106 .342
2002 Cleveland CLA 12 14 .462 4.5 13 13 .500 74 88 .457
2002 Kansas City KCA 10 14 .417 5.5 8 16 .333 62 100 .383
ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL
AL West WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT
2002 Seattle SEA 15 10 .600 ---- 136 18 7 .720 93 69 .574
2002 Anaheim ANA 13 12 .520 2.0 11 14 .440 99 63 .611
2002 Oakland OAA 12 14 .462 3.5 15 11 .577 103 59 .636
2002 Texas TEA 10 15 .400 5.0 10 15 .400 72 90 .444
AL Wild Card Standings WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2002 Chicago (AL) CHA 16 9 .640 ---- 137
2002 Minnesota MNA 17 10 .630 ----
2002 New York (AL) NYA 16 11 .593 1.0
2002 Detroit DEA 14 11 .560 2.0
2002 Anaheim ANA 13 12 .520 3.0
2002 Oakland OAA 12 14 .462 4.5
2002 Cleveland CLA 12 14 .462 4.5
2002 Toronto TOA 11 13 .458 4.5
OVERALL RECORD
Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK
ANA 13 12 .520 9- 6 4- 6 2- 6 11- 6 0- 1 2- 3 5-5 Lost 3
ARN 15 11 .577 5- 5 10- 6 6- 2 9- 9 1- 2 2- 3 6-4 Won 2
ATN 11 16 .407 6-10 5- 6 2- 1 9-15 2- 1 2- 6 6-4 Won 1
BAA 8 18 .308 3- 8 5-10 1- 5 7-13 0- 2 2- 7 5-5 Won 1
BOA 19 4 .826 9- 3 10- 1 4- 0 15- 4 1- 1 5- 2 9-1 Lost 1
CHA 16 9 .640 9- 1 7- 8 0- 3 16- 6 3- 0 6- 1 8-2 Won 4
CHN 11 13 .458 5- 9 6- 4 3- 4 8- 9 1- 0 3- 2 5-5 Won 1
CIN 9 16 .360 3-12 6- 4 3- 4 6-12 0- 0 4- 3 3-7 Won 1
CLA 12 14 .462 6- 5 6- 9 2- 5 10- 9 0- 3 2- 4 5-5 Won 3
CON 7 19 .269 3-11 4- 8 1- 7 6-12 2- 3 1- 4 4-6 Lost 2
DEA 14 11 .560 9- 4 5- 7 4- 1 10-10 1- 1 4- 3 5-5 Won 2
FLN 14 12 .538 10- 5 4- 7 2- 3 12- 9 1- 2 7- 4 3-7 Lost 2
HON 13 12 .520 3- 7 10- 5 1- 1 12-11 3- 1 2- 3 5-5 Won 2
KCA 10 14 .417 6- 8 4- 6 5- 0 5-14 1- 1 3- 1 3-7 Lost 3
LAN 16 10 .615 7- 4 9- 6 3- 2 13- 8 2- 0 3- 2 7-3 Lost 1
MLN 8 18 .308 4- 7 4-11 1- 5 7-13 2- 3 2- 5 4-6 Lost 3
MNA 17 10 .630 8- 3 9- 7 7- 1 10- 9 4- 1 5- 4 8-2 Won 3
MON 12 14 .462 9- 7 3- 7 1- 2 11-12 2- 1 3- 6 5-5 Lost 1
NYA 16 11 .593 9- 1 7-10 5- 1 11-10 0- 2 4- 5 5-5 Won 2
NYN 16 10 .615 8- 7 8- 3 3- 4 13- 6 1- 3 5- 3 5-5 Lost 1
OAA 12 14 .462 8- 8 4- 6 4- 7 8- 7 2- 1 6- 2 3-7 Lost 4
PHN 13 14 .481 5- 8 8- 6 1- 2 12-12 3- 2 3- 2 5-5 Lost 2
PIN 12 12 .500 7- 8 5- 4 1- 5 11- 7 0- 2 3- 3 4-6 Won 3
SDN 9 17 .346 5- 5 4-12 3- 8 6- 9 0- 1 1- 2 3-7 Lost 3
SEA 15 10 .600 9- 6 6- 4 6- 4 9- 6 2- 0 3- 3 6-4 Lost 1
SFN 22 4 .846 10- 1 12- 3 1- 1 21- 3 2- 0 3- 1 9-1 Won 5
SLN 18 8 .692 7- 3 11- 5 5- 3 13- 5 2- 3 7- 2 5-5 Won 1
TBA 3 21 .125 2-10 1-11 0- 4 3-17 0- 1 2- 4 1-9 Lost 9
TEA 10 15 .400 8- 7 2- 8 2- 6 8- 9 1- 1 1- 5 4-6 Lost 3
TOA 11 13 .458 5- 6 6- 7 5- 3 6-10 0- 0 2- 3 5-5 Won 3
TOTAL 382 382 .500
LEAGUE GRAND TOTALS (primary report) FOR 2002 Major Leagues
TEAM AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS E
2002 Boston .293 795 139 233 50 4 31 135 12 11 9
2002 Arizona .291 927 125 270 58 4 22 116 18 12 19
2002 San Francisco .290 906 155 263 58 10 41 149 10 2 16
2002 Chicago (AL) .290 883 156 256 51 9 48 155 13 4 11
2002 Kansas City .289 850 128 246 51 6 19 120 25 8 17
2002 Los Angeles .287 921 136 264 54 8 22 133 14 3 11
2002 Seattle .286 853 126 244 39 4 32 122 16 8 10
2002 Detroit .281 879 135 247 56 9 27 131 7 3 30
2002 Anaheim .276 847 134 234 55 2 26 130 13 7 11
2002 Houston .276 877 117 242 32 7 22 109 6 3 13
2002 Montreal .276 957 134 264 40 10 28 125 30 13 23
2002 Toronto .275 844 140 232 56 5 37 135 4 1 16
2002 St. Louis .271 909 141 246 57 8 33 135 15 2 13
2002 Minnesota .270 977 136 264 59 10 30 126 22 14 13
2002 Texas .266 866 121 230 48 7 36 117 0 1 15
2002 Pittsburgh .262 835 117 219 52 9 19 109 20 5 15
2002 Colorado .261 937 130 245 42 4 29 121 15 4 23
2002 Milwaukee .261 898 108 234 38 5 22 102 33 14 13
2002 New York (AL) .260 914 134 238 55 3 38 131 9 4 14
2002 San Diego .258 880 106 227 43 2 22 102 2 8 26
2002 New York (NL) .256 904 120 231 41 4 27 113 16 5 23
2002 Philadelphia .249 968 131 241 50 9 28 127 18 5 10
2002 Cleveland .247 911 129 225 40 7 41 123 20 8 15
2002 Oakland .243 860 108 209 38 4 37 103 2 6 13
2002 Baltimore .242 869 105 210 49 6 26 101 13 10 11
2002 Atlanta .241 950 88 229 47 7 21 86 11 2 13
2002 Florida .236 897 119 212 53 5 21 111 53 9 25
2002 Tampa Bay .230 813 78 187 29 6 18 73 8 5 18
2002 Cincinnati .218 817 83 178 42 4 21 76 21 7 12
2002 Chicago (NL) .215 775 89 167 37 0 24 86 9 3 17
-------------------- ---- ----- ---- ----- ---- --- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
LEAGUE TOTALS .263 26519 3668 6987 1420 178 848 3502 455 187 475
TEAM ERA W L IP H R ER HR BB SO OAVG
2002 Boston 2.77 19 4 208.0 173 69 64 16 65 164 .224
2002 San Francisco 2.78 22 4 233.0 183 79 72 12 83 157 .217
2002 Chicago (NL) 3.02 11 13 214.1 191 84 72 17 83 206 .237
2002 New York (NL) 3.04 16 10 245.1 222 94 83 22 89 193 .244
2002 Arizona 3.05 15 11 233.0 208 89 79 18 79 224 .239
2002 Minnesota 3.22 17 10 254.2 234 94 91 23 74 188 .244
2002 St. Louis 3.27 18 8 239.1 226 98 87 23 97 173 .253
2002 Atlanta 3.39 11 16 254.2 205 103 96 18 93 173 .222
2002 New York (AL) 3.63 16 11 238.0 221 107 96 26 62 185 .246
2002 Seattle 3.94 15 10 223.2 210 103 98 39 66 173 .246
2002 Houston 4.12 13 12 225.0 226 112 103 30 96 191 .262
2002 Florida 4.19 14 12 243.0 241 126 113 33 111 198 .261
2002 Cincinnati 4.24 9 16 221.0 227 114 104 29 95 155 .269
2002 Los Angeles 4.33 16 10 235.0 221 118 113 31 105 182 .249
2002 Pittsburgh 4.40 12 12 221.0 221 117 108 23 99 159 .263
2002 Cleveland 4.41 12 14 238.2 248 125 117 23 89 169 .271
2002 Philadelphia 4.54 13 14 255.2 242 134 129 25 107 200 .249
2002 Montreal 4.56 12 14 248.2 253 138 126 26 104 186 .262
2002 Anaheim 4.62 13 12 222.0 204 121 114 42 97 144 .243
2002 Texas 4.93 10 15 219.0 234 130 120 36 82 138 .277
2002 Baltimore 4.97 8 18 226.1 243 139 125 36 87 138 .280
2002 Oakland 5.06 12 14 234.2 258 135 132 27 100 171 .281
2002 Detroit 5.24 14 11 221.2 259 150 129 26 77 136 .288
2002 San Diego 5.28 9 17 225.0 274 139 132 26 82 168 .300
2002 Chicago (AL) 5.62 16 9 222.2 230 146 139 37 100 141 .267
2002 Kansas City 5.72 10 14 214.0 258 146 136 34 90 137 .297
2002 Milwaukee 5.81 8 18 230.2 289 162 149 26 118 157 .311
2002 Tampa Bay 5.84 3 21 208.0 248 155 135 41 78 147 .296
2002 Toronto 5.94 11 13 209.0 235 149 138 40 106 160 .285
2002 Colorado 6.35 7 19 235.1 303 192 166 43 101 163 .312
-------------------- ----- --- --- ------- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- ----
LEAGUE TOTALS 4.39 382 382 6900.1 6987 3668 3366 848 2715 5076 .263
Team Statistics For 2002 Oakland Athletics Totals After 26 Games
WON LOST PCT TEAM OPP
OVERALL RECORD 12 14 .462 LEFT ON BASE 169 196
HOME RECORD 8 8 .500 DP'S TURNED 29 27
ROAD RECORD 4 6 .400 TP'S TURNED 0 0
VS. LEFTY STARTERS 4 7 .364 MOST HITS 16 17
VS. RIGHTY STARTERS 8 7 .533 LEAST HITS 3 2
EXTRA INNING GAMES 2 1 .667 MOST RUNS 11 13
ONE RUN GAMES 6 2 .750
LAST 10 GAMES 3 7 .300 TOTAL RUNS 108 135
AVERAGE RUNS 4.15 5.19
CURRENT 4 GAME LOSING STREAK TOTAL
LONGEST WINNING STREAK: 3 GAMES HR'S AT OAA 26 17 43
LONGEST LOSING STREAK: 4 GAMES HR'S AT OPP 11 10 21
TOTAL 37 27
RECORD VS. AL East DIVISION WON LOST PCT
Baltimore Orioles 0 0 ----
Boston Red Sox 0 0 ----
New York (AL) Yankees 2 2 .500
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 0 0 ----
Toronto Blue Jays 0 0 ----
TOTAL VS. THIS DIVISION 2 2 .500
RECORD VS. AL Central DIVISION WON LOST PCT
Chicago (AL) White Sox 0 3 .000
Cleveland Indians 0 0 ----
Detroit Tigers 0 0 ----
Kansas City Royals 0 0 ----
Minnesota Twins 0 0 ----
TOTAL VS. THIS DIVISION 0 3 .000
RECORD VS. AL West DIVISION WON LOST PCT
Anaheim Angels 3 4 .429
Seattle Mariners 3 2 .600
Texas Rangers 4 3 .571
TOTAL VS. THIS DIVISION 10 9 .526
ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL
AL East WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT
2002 Boston BOA 19 4 .826 ---- 133 16 7 .696 93 69 .574
2002 New York (AL) NYA 16 11 .593 5.0 17 10 .630 103 58 .640
2002 Toronto TOA 11 13 .458 8.5 8 16 .333 78 84 .481
2002 Baltimore BAA 8 18 .308 12.5 12 14 .462 67 95 .414
2002 Tampa Bay TBA 3 21 .125 16.5 9 15 .375 55 106 .342
ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL
AL Central WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT
2002 Chicago (AL) CHA 16 9 .640 ---- 137 15 10 .600 81 81 .500
2002 Minnesota MNA 17 10 .630 ---- 16 11 .593 94 67 .584
2002 Detroit DEA 14 11 .560 2.0 8 17 .320 55 106 .342
2002 Cleveland CLA 12 14 .462 4.5 13 13 .500 74 88 .457
2002 Kansas City KCA 10 14 .417 5.5 8 16 .333 62 100 .383
ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL
AL West WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT
2002 Seattle SEA 15 10 .600 ---- 136 18 7 .720 93 69 .574
2002 Anaheim ANA 13 12 .520 2.0 11 14 .440 99 63 .611
2002 Oakland OAA 12 14 .462 3.5 15 11 .577 103 59 .636
2002 Texas TEA 10 15 .400 5.0 10 15 .400 72 90 .444
AL Wild Card Standings WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC#
2002 Chicago (AL) CHA 16 9 .640 ---- 137
2002 Minnesota MNA 17 10 .630 ----
2002 New York (AL) NYA 16 11 .593 1.0
2002 Detroit DEA 14 11 .560 2.0
2002 Anaheim ANA 13 12 .520 3.0
2002 Oakland OAA 12 14 .462 4.5
2002 Cleveland CLA 12 14 .462 4.5
2002 Toronto TOA 11 13 .458 4.5
OVERALL RECORD
Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK
ANA 13 12 .520 9- 6 4- 6 2- 6 11- 6 0- 1 2- 3 5-5 Lost 3
ARN 15 11 .577 5- 5 10- 6 6- 2 9- 9 1- 2 2- 3 6-4 Won 2
ATN 11 16 .407 6-10 5- 6 2- 1 9-15 2- 1 2- 6 6-4 Won 1
BAA 8 18 .308 3- 8 5-10 1- 5 7-13 0- 2 2- 7 5-5 Won 1
BOA 19 4 .826 9- 3 10- 1 4- 0 15- 4 1- 1 5- 2 9-1 Lost 1
CHA 16 9 .640 9- 1 7- 8 0- 3 16- 6 3- 0 6- 1 8-2 Won 4
CHN 11 13 .458 5- 9 6- 4 3- 4 8- 9 1- 0 3- 2 5-5 Won 1
CIN 9 16 .360 3-12 6- 4 3- 4 6-12 0- 0 4- 3 3-7 Won 1
CLA 12 14 .462 6- 5 6- 9 2- 5 10- 9 0- 3 2- 4 5-5 Won 3
CON 7 19 .269 3-11 4- 8 1- 7 6-12 2- 3 1- 4 4-6 Lost 2
DEA 14 11 .560 9- 4 5- 7 4- 1 10-10 1- 1 4- 3 5-5 Won 2
FLN 14 12 .538 10- 5 4- 7 2- 3 12- 9 1- 2 7- 4 3-7 Lost 2
HON 13 12 .520 3- 7 10- 5 1- 1 12-11 3- 1 2- 3 5-5 Won 2
KCA 10 14 .417 6- 8 4- 6 5- 0 5-14 1- 1 3- 1 3-7 Lost 3
LAN 16 10 .615 7- 4 9- 6 3- 2 13- 8 2- 0 3- 2 7-3 Lost 1
MLN 8 18 .308 4- 7 4-11 1- 5 7-13 2- 3 2- 5 4-6 Lost 3
MNA 17 10 .630 8- 3 9- 7 7- 1 10- 9 4- 1 5- 4 8-2 Won 3
MON 12 14 .462 9- 7 3- 7 1- 2 11-12 2- 1 3- 6 5-5 Lost 1
NYA 16 11 .593 9- 1 7-10 5- 1 11-10 0- 2 4- 5 5-5 Won 2
NYN 16 10 .615 8- 7 8- 3 3- 4 13- 6 1- 3 5- 3 5-5 Lost 1
OAA 12 14 .462 8- 8 4- 6 4- 7 8- 7 2- 1 6- 2 3-7 Lost 4
PHN 13 14 .481 5- 8 8- 6 1- 2 12-12 3- 2 3- 2 5-5 Lost 2
PIN 12 12 .500 7- 8 5- 4 1- 5 11- 7 0- 2 3- 3 4-6 Won 3
SDN 9 17 .346 5- 5 4-12 3- 8 6- 9 0- 1 1- 2 3-7 Lost 3
SEA 15 10 .600 9- 6 6- 4 6- 4 9- 6 2- 0 3- 3 6-4 Lost 1
SFN 22 4 .846 10- 1 12- 3 1- 1 21- 3 2- 0 3- 1 9-1 Won 5
SLN 18 8 .692 7- 3 11- 5 5- 3 13- 5 2- 3 7- 2 5-5 Won 1
TBA 3 21 .125 2-10 1-11 0- 4 3-17 0- 1 2- 4 1-9 Lost 9
TEA 10 15 .400 8- 7 2- 8 2- 6 8- 9 1- 1 1- 5 4-6 Lost 3
TOA 11 13 .458 5- 6 6- 7 5- 3 6-10 0- 0 2- 3 5-5 Won 3
TOTAL 382 382 .500
LEAGUE GRAND TOTALS (primary report) FOR 2002 Major Leagues
TEAM AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS E
2002 Boston .293 795 139 233 50 4 31 135 12 11 9
2002 Arizona .291 927 125 270 58 4 22 116 18 12 19
2002 San Francisco .290 906 155 263 58 10 41 149 10 2 16
2002 Chicago (AL) .290 883 156 256 51 9 48 155 13 4 11
2002 Kansas City .289 850 128 246 51 6 19 120 25 8 17
2002 Los Angeles .287 921 136 264 54 8 22 133 14 3 11
2002 Seattle .286 853 126 244 39 4 32 122 16 8 10
2002 Detroit .281 879 135 247 56 9 27 131 7 3 30
2002 Anaheim .276 847 134 234 55 2 26 130 13 7 11
2002 Houston .276 877 117 242 32 7 22 109 6 3 13
2002 Montreal .276 957 134 264 40 10 28 125 30 13 23
2002 Toronto .275 844 140 232 56 5 37 135 4 1 16
2002 St. Louis .271 909 141 246 57 8 33 135 15 2 13
2002 Minnesota .270 977 136 264 59 10 30 126 22 14 13
2002 Texas .266 866 121 230 48 7 36 117 0 1 15
2002 Pittsburgh .262 835 117 219 52 9 19 109 20 5 15
2002 Colorado .261 937 130 245 42 4 29 121 15 4 23
2002 Milwaukee .261 898 108 234 38 5 22 102 33 14 13
2002 New York (AL) .260 914 134 238 55 3 38 131 9 4 14
2002 San Diego .258 880 106 227 43 2 22 102 2 8 26
2002 New York (NL) .256 904 120 231 41 4 27 113 16 5 23
2002 Philadelphia .249 968 131 241 50 9 28 127 18 5 10
2002 Cleveland .247 911 129 225 40 7 41 123 20 8 15
2002 Oakland .243 860 108 209 38 4 37 103 2 6 13
2002 Baltimore .242 869 105 210 49 6 26 101 13 10 11
2002 Atlanta .241 950 88 229 47 7 21 86 11 2 13
2002 Florida .236 897 119 212 53 5 21 111 53 9 25
2002 Tampa Bay .230 813 78 187 29 6 18 73 8 5 18
2002 Cincinnati .218 817 83 178 42 4 21 76 21 7 12
2002 Chicago (NL) .215 775 89 167 37 0 24 86 9 3 17
-------------------- ---- ----- ---- ----- ---- --- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
LEAGUE TOTALS .263 26519 3668 6987 1420 178 848 3502 455 187 475
TEAM ERA W L IP H R ER HR BB SO OAVG
2002 Boston 2.77 19 4 208.0 173 69 64 16 65 164 .224
2002 San Francisco 2.78 22 4 233.0 183 79 72 12 83 157 .217
2002 Chicago (NL) 3.02 11 13 214.1 191 84 72 17 83 206 .237
2002 New York (NL) 3.04 16 10 245.1 222 94 83 22 89 193 .244
2002 Arizona 3.05 15 11 233.0 208 89 79 18 79 224 .239
2002 Minnesota 3.22 17 10 254.2 234 94 91 23 74 188 .244
2002 St. Louis 3.27 18 8 239.1 226 98 87 23 97 173 .253
2002 Atlanta 3.39 11 16 254.2 205 103 96 18 93 173 .222
2002 New York (AL) 3.63 16 11 238.0 221 107 96 26 62 185 .246
2002 Seattle 3.94 15 10 223.2 210 103 98 39 66 173 .246
2002 Houston 4.12 13 12 225.0 226 112 103 30 96 191 .262
2002 Florida 4.19 14 12 243.0 241 126 113 33 111 198 .261
2002 Cincinnati 4.24 9 16 221.0 227 114 104 29 95 155 .269
2002 Los Angeles 4.33 16 10 235.0 221 118 113 31 105 182 .249
2002 Pittsburgh 4.40 12 12 221.0 221 117 108 23 99 159 .263
2002 Cleveland 4.41 12 14 238.2 248 125 117 23 89 169 .271
2002 Philadelphia 4.54 13 14 255.2 242 134 129 25 107 200 .249
2002 Montreal 4.56 12 14 248.2 253 138 126 26 104 186 .262
2002 Anaheim 4.62 13 12 222.0 204 121 114 42 97 144 .243
2002 Texas 4.93 10 15 219.0 234 130 120 36 82 138 .277
2002 Baltimore 4.97 8 18 226.1 243 139 125 36 87 138 .280
2002 Oakland 5.06 12 14 234.2 258 135 132 27 100 171 .281
2002 Detroit 5.24 14 11 221.2 259 150 129 26 77 136 .288
2002 San Diego 5.28 9 17 225.0 274 139 132 26 82 168 .300
2002 Chicago (AL) 5.62 16 9 222.2 230 146 139 37 100 141 .267
2002 Kansas City 5.72 10 14 214.0 258 146 136 34 90 137 .297
2002 Milwaukee 5.81 8 18 230.2 289 162 149 26 118 157 .311
2002 Tampa Bay 5.84 3 21 208.0 248 155 135 41 78 147 .296
2002 Toronto 5.94 11 13 209.0 235 149 138 40 106 160 .285
2002 Colorado 6.35 7 19 235.1 303 192 166 43 101 163 .312
-------------------- ----- --- --- ------- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- ----
LEAGUE TOTALS 4.39 382 382 6900.1 6987 3668 3366 848 2715 5076 .263
Team Statistics For 2002 Oakland Athletics Totals After 26 Games
WON LOST PCT TEAM OPP
OVERALL RECORD 12 14 .462 LEFT ON BASE 169 196
HOME RECORD 8 8 .500 DP'S TURNED 29 27
ROAD RECORD 4 6 .400 TP'S TURNED 0 0
VS. LEFTY STARTERS 4 7 .364 MOST HITS 16 17
VS. RIGHTY STARTERS 8 7 .533 LEAST HITS 3 2
EXTRA INNING GAMES 2 1 .667 MOST RUNS 11 13
ONE RUN GAMES 6 2 .750
LAST 10 GAMES 3 7 .300 TOTAL RUNS 108 135
AVERAGE RUNS 4.15 5.19
CURRENT 4 GAME LOSING STREAK TOTAL
LONGEST WINNING STREAK: 3 GAMES HR'S AT OAA 26 17 43
LONGEST LOSING STREAK: 4 GAMES HR'S AT OPP 11 10 21
TOTAL 37 27
RECORD VS. AL East DIVISION WON LOST PCT
Baltimore Orioles 0 0 ----
Boston Red Sox 0 0 ----
New York (AL) Yankees 2 2 .500
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 0 0 ----
Toronto Blue Jays 0 0 ----
TOTAL VS. THIS DIVISION 2 2 .500
RECORD VS. AL Central DIVISION WON LOST PCT
Chicago (AL) White Sox 0 3 .000
Cleveland Indians 0 0 ----
Detroit Tigers 0 0 ----
Kansas City Royals 0 0 ----
Minnesota Twins 0 0 ----
TOTAL VS. THIS DIVISION 0 3 .000
RECORD VS. AL West DIVISION WON LOST PCT
Anaheim Angels 3 4 .429
Seattle Mariners 3 2 .600
Texas Rangers 4 3 .571
TOTAL VS. THIS DIVISION 10 9 .526
Sunday, April 28, 2002
A'S RALLY TO LATE - HILJUS A FAILURE
by Clive Dahlton
Oak, CA -- Erik Hiljus watched his season rec drop to (0-4) and watched his ERA balloon up to 9.53, in the worst performance of the season thus far for the troubled righty. Hiljus pitching 4 2/3 innings, giving up all nine runs in the process, also walking five batters, and giving up eight hits. "Total failure," Graham called the performance. "If the guy just give us a little bit of help we might be easily leading the division right now, everyone is doing their part, except maybe Fyhrie, this guy needs to get with the program or hes going to be OUT."
The Chicago White Sox completed a three game sweep versus the hometown team, winning by a score of 9-7. The A's made a nice rally but fell just short. The Athletic's were down 9-2 after the fifth inning, where the A's began to chip away at the deficit, but simply just ran out of time. "Chance plays are fucking gay," DH Scott Hatteberg said post-game, "I could have raised my average up to like, .214, fuckin' gay."
Eric Chavez finally had a good game, going 2-5 with a run scored and three ribbies, he also had a solo shot. Tejada followed up Chavez's solo dinger with one of his own (10th of the year.) Tejada also collected two hits on the day, his season average still lingering over .400.
The bullpen weaved in and out of danger all night, however kept the Sox off the board, pitching 4 1/3 innings of scoreless ball. Koch was very effective, pitching two innings of scoreless ball and getting the big double play ball when needed. "Probably the savior of our bullpen," Graham said post-game. "He isn't getting alot of save chances so far so I feel that we can use him in non-save situations where you can't trust the other guys, which is the case right now. He kept us in the game, gave us a shot."
Timmy Hudson will toe the rubber for the A's next game, live from historic Yankee Stadium.
BOXSCORE: 2002 Chicago (AL) White Sox At 2002 Oakland Athletics 4/28/2002
White Sox AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
R.Durham 2B 5 0 0 0 .349 S.Hatteberg DH 5 0 0 0 .213
J.Valentin 3B 5 1 1 0 .300 C.Pena 1B 4 2 1 1 .203
F.Thomas DH 2 2 1 1 .271 E.Chavez 3B 5 1 2 3 .228
M.Ordonez RF 4 2 1 2 .290 M.Tejada SS 4 1 2 1 .406
P.Konerko 1B 4 1 2 1 .276 J.Giambi LF 3 1 1 0 .328
C.Lee LF 5 1 3 2 .289 J.Dye RF 3 1 1 0 .111
K.Lofton CF 3 1 1 0 .200 T.Long CF 3 0 0 0 .250
R.Clayton SS 4 1 1 3 .234 A-O.Saenz PH 1 0 0 1 .225
M.Johnson C 3 0 1 0 .254 C-M.Colangelo CF 0 0 0 0 .200
R.Hernandez C 2 0 0 0 .149
B-D.Justice PH 1 0 0 0 .233
D-G.Myers C 0 0 0 0 .000
F.Menechino 2B 3 1 1 0 .154
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 35 9 11 9 Totals 34 7 8 6
A-Pinch Hit For Long In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Hernandez In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Saenz In 9th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Justice In 9th Inning
White Sox....... 3 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 - 9 11 0
Athletics....... 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 - 7 8 1
White Sox (16-9) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
T.Ritchie WIN(3-2) 5 1/3 6 3 3 1 2 3 96 4.58 A1 C5
A.Osuna 1 1/3 1 2 2 2 3 0 35 6.75 C6 D3
M.Porzio 0 1/3 1 2 2 1 0 0 14 4.91 D4 D6
B.Howry HOLD(3rd) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2.92 D7 D9
K.Foulke SAVE(5th) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 4.97 E1
Totals 9 8 7 7 4 6 3
Athletics (12-13) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
E.Hiljus LOSS(0-4) 4 2/3 8 9 9 5 4 3 97 9.53 A1 C8
M.Holtz 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 25 10.38 C9 D5
J.Tam 0 2/3 0 0 0 2 1 0 19 6.52 D6 D9
M.Magnante 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 15.43 E1 E2
B.Koch 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 29 4.09 E3
Totals 9 11 9 9 10 6 3
ATTENDANCE- 40,955 DATE- Sunday, April 28th 2002 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Tim Timmons, Tim Tschida, Greg Gibson, Chuck Meriwether
T- 3:33
LEFT ON BASE- White Sox:10 Athletics: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- White Sox: 1 Athletics: 1
ERRORS- R.Hernandez
DOUBLES- C.Lee-2(8th), E.Chavez(4th), J.Dye(1st)
TRIPLES- K.Lofton(1st), M.Johnson(2nd)
HOME RUNS- M.Ordonez(6th), P.Konerko(4th), R.Clayton(5th), C.Pena(6th),
E.Chavez(6th), M.Tejada(10th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Valentin(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- C.Lee
SACRIFICE FLIES- F.Thomas
WALKS- R.Durham, F.Thomas-2, M.Ordonez, P.Konerko, K.Lofton-2, R.Clayton,
M.Johnson-2, C.Pena, J.Giambi, R.Hernandez, F.Menechino
HIT BY PITCH- J.Dye
STRIKE OUTS- J.Valentin-2, M.Ordonez, P.Konerko, R.Clayton-2, S.Hatteberg-2,
C.Pena, J.Giambi, J.Dye, R.Hernandez
GIDP- R.Durham, S.Hatteberg
WILD PITCHES- B.Howry
WEB GEMS- Top 9th: Miguel Tejada robbed Ray Durham of a base hit.
Oak, CA -- Erik Hiljus watched his season rec drop to (0-4) and watched his ERA balloon up to 9.53, in the worst performance of the season thus far for the troubled righty. Hiljus pitching 4 2/3 innings, giving up all nine runs in the process, also walking five batters, and giving up eight hits. "Total failure," Graham called the performance. "If the guy just give us a little bit of help we might be easily leading the division right now, everyone is doing their part, except maybe Fyhrie, this guy needs to get with the program or hes going to be OUT."
The Chicago White Sox completed a three game sweep versus the hometown team, winning by a score of 9-7. The A's made a nice rally but fell just short. The Athletic's were down 9-2 after the fifth inning, where the A's began to chip away at the deficit, but simply just ran out of time. "Chance plays are fucking gay," DH Scott Hatteberg said post-game, "I could have raised my average up to like, .214, fuckin' gay."
Eric Chavez finally had a good game, going 2-5 with a run scored and three ribbies, he also had a solo shot. Tejada followed up Chavez's solo dinger with one of his own (10th of the year.) Tejada also collected two hits on the day, his season average still lingering over .400.
The bullpen weaved in and out of danger all night, however kept the Sox off the board, pitching 4 1/3 innings of scoreless ball. Koch was very effective, pitching two innings of scoreless ball and getting the big double play ball when needed. "Probably the savior of our bullpen," Graham said post-game. "He isn't getting alot of save chances so far so I feel that we can use him in non-save situations where you can't trust the other guys, which is the case right now. He kept us in the game, gave us a shot."
Timmy Hudson will toe the rubber for the A's next game, live from historic Yankee Stadium.
BOXSCORE: 2002 Chicago (AL) White Sox At 2002 Oakland Athletics 4/28/2002
White Sox AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
R.Durham 2B 5 0 0 0 .349 S.Hatteberg DH 5 0 0 0 .213
J.Valentin 3B 5 1 1 0 .300 C.Pena 1B 4 2 1 1 .203
F.Thomas DH 2 2 1 1 .271 E.Chavez 3B 5 1 2 3 .228
M.Ordonez RF 4 2 1 2 .290 M.Tejada SS 4 1 2 1 .406
P.Konerko 1B 4 1 2 1 .276 J.Giambi LF 3 1 1 0 .328
C.Lee LF 5 1 3 2 .289 J.Dye RF 3 1 1 0 .111
K.Lofton CF 3 1 1 0 .200 T.Long CF 3 0 0 0 .250
R.Clayton SS 4 1 1 3 .234 A-O.Saenz PH 1 0 0 1 .225
M.Johnson C 3 0 1 0 .254 C-M.Colangelo CF 0 0 0 0 .200
R.Hernandez C 2 0 0 0 .149
B-D.Justice PH 1 0 0 0 .233
D-G.Myers C 0 0 0 0 .000
F.Menechino 2B 3 1 1 0 .154
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 35 9 11 9 Totals 34 7 8 6
A-Pinch Hit For Long In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Hernandez In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Saenz In 9th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Justice In 9th Inning
White Sox....... 3 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 - 9 11 0
Athletics....... 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 - 7 8 1
White Sox (16-9) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
T.Ritchie WIN(3-2) 5 1/3 6 3 3 1 2 3 96 4.58 A1 C5
A.Osuna 1 1/3 1 2 2 2 3 0 35 6.75 C6 D3
M.Porzio 0 1/3 1 2 2 1 0 0 14 4.91 D4 D6
B.Howry HOLD(3rd) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2.92 D7 D9
K.Foulke SAVE(5th) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 4.97 E1
Totals 9 8 7 7 4 6 3
Athletics (12-13) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
E.Hiljus LOSS(0-4) 4 2/3 8 9 9 5 4 3 97 9.53 A1 C8
M.Holtz 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 25 10.38 C9 D5
J.Tam 0 2/3 0 0 0 2 1 0 19 6.52 D6 D9
M.Magnante 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 15.43 E1 E2
B.Koch 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 29 4.09 E3
Totals 9 11 9 9 10 6 3
ATTENDANCE- 40,955 DATE- Sunday, April 28th 2002 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Tim Timmons, Tim Tschida, Greg Gibson, Chuck Meriwether
T- 3:33
LEFT ON BASE- White Sox:10 Athletics: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- White Sox: 1 Athletics: 1
ERRORS- R.Hernandez
DOUBLES- C.Lee-2(8th), E.Chavez(4th), J.Dye(1st)
TRIPLES- K.Lofton(1st), M.Johnson(2nd)
HOME RUNS- M.Ordonez(6th), P.Konerko(4th), R.Clayton(5th), C.Pena(6th),
E.Chavez(6th), M.Tejada(10th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Valentin(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- C.Lee
SACRIFICE FLIES- F.Thomas
WALKS- R.Durham, F.Thomas-2, M.Ordonez, P.Konerko, K.Lofton-2, R.Clayton,
M.Johnson-2, C.Pena, J.Giambi, R.Hernandez, F.Menechino
HIT BY PITCH- J.Dye
STRIKE OUTS- J.Valentin-2, M.Ordonez, P.Konerko, R.Clayton-2, S.Hatteberg-2,
C.Pena, J.Giambi, J.Dye, R.Hernandez
GIDP- R.Durham, S.Hatteberg
WILD PITCHES- B.Howry
WEB GEMS- Top 9th: Miguel Tejada robbed Ray Durham of a base hit.
Saturday, April 27, 2002
A'S LOSE ON SUICIDE SQUEEZE
by Clive Dahlton
Oak, CA -- The Athletic's got very good starting pitching from Cory Lidle (1-2, 4.11 ERA), who pitched eight innings of one run ball, scattering four hits. Kenny Lofton was a pain for the A's, getting on base, promplty swiping second, then taking third with ease in the eighth inning. Mark Johnson laid down a suicide squeeze and Lidle had no shot at home despite the infield in. The A's lost 1-0 in a frustrating game.
"Plenty of chances," said Manager Graham. "We had plenty of chances, runners on, no outs, couldn't get anything going. We do our best with what we have, but you can only strategize so much and try to get situational matchups before you have to realize that our lineup isn't all that strong right now." Mark Buerhle was equally effective, pitching seven innings of no run baseball. Damaso Marte caused fits for the A's power lefty bats, saving the game. The A's had a runner on third with two outs in the ninth and couldn't get him in. "It's just really frustrating when you think you have a set lineup to give you the best chance, you seemingly make all the right moves, and things just blow up in your face," Graham said after the game.
Graham said the team will be holding PFP (pitcher's fielding practice) as well as bunting drills before tomorrow's game. "I just feel if we could execute a little better on some routine plays, lay down a few bunts, we can get better. We have a few power hitters but very low average and on base percentages, we are going to need to figure out how to manufacture runs before help arrives."
Erik Hiljus (0-3, 7.50 ERA), looks to halt a series sweep for Chicago tomorrow. Best of luck.....Hiljus.
BOXSCORE: 2002 Chicago (AL) White Sox At 2002 Oakland Athletics 4/27/2002
White Sox AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
R.Durham 2B 4 0 0 0 .365 S.Hatteberg DH 4 0 2 0 .225
J.Valentin 3B 4 0 0 0 .305 O.Saenz 1B 4 0 2 0 .231
F.Thomas DH 4 0 1 0 .266 E.Chavez 3B 4 0 0 0 .219
M.Ordonez RF 2 0 0 0 .292 M.Tejada SS 2 0 0 0 .402
P.Konerko 1B 4 0 1 0 .266 J.Giambi LF 4 0 0 0 .327
C.Lee LF 3 0 1 0 .272 J.Dye RF 3 0 0 0 .067
K.Lofton CF 2 1 0 0 .143 A-D.Justice PH 1 0 0 0 .235
R.Clayton SS 3 0 0 0 .233 T.Long CF 3 0 1 0 .259
M.Johnson C 2 0 1 1 .250 R.Hernandez C 2 0 0 0 .153
B-C.Pena PH 0 0 0 0 .200
F.Menechino 2B 3 0 0 0 .100
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 28 1 4 1 Totals 30 0 5 0
A-Pinch Hit For Dye In 9th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Hernandez In 9th Inning
White Sox....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 4 1
Athletics....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 0
White Sox (15-9) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
M.Buehrle WIN(3-1) 7 4 0 0 2 6 0 109 4.39 A1 D1
G.Glover 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 8.47 D2 D2
K.Foulke HOLD(3rd) 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 3 0 18 5.40 D3 D7
D.Marte SAVE(1st) 0 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 13 7.27 D8
Totals 9 5 0 0 4 10 0
Athletics (12-12) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
C.Lidle LOSS(1-2) 8 4 1 1 2 5 0 111 4.11 A1 D1
C.Bradford 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 5.11 D2
Totals 9 4 1 1 2 7 0
ATTENDANCE- 26,708 DATE- Saturday, April 27th 2002 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Chuck Meriwether, Tim Timmons, Tim Tschida, Greg Gibson
T- 2:16
LEFT ON BASE- White Sox: 4 Athletics: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- White Sox: 1 Athletics: 1
ERRORS- R.Clayton
DOUBLES- P.Konerko(7th), C.Lee(6th), M.Johnson(2nd), S.Hatteberg(6th)
STOLEN BASES- K.Lofton-2(2nd), C.Pena(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- T.Long
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Johnson, F.Menechino
WALKS- M.Ordonez, K.Lofton, M.Tejada-2, T.Long, C.Pena
HIT BY PITCH- M.Ordonez, R.Hernandez
STRIKE OUTS- R.Durham-2, J.Valentin-3, P.Konerko, R.Clayton, O.Saenz-2,
E.Chavez, J.Giambi-3, J.Dye, D.Justice, R.Hernandez, F.Menechino
GIDP- M.Ordonez, E.Chavez
WILD PITCHES- D.Marte
Oak, CA -- The Athletic's got very good starting pitching from Cory Lidle (1-2, 4.11 ERA), who pitched eight innings of one run ball, scattering four hits. Kenny Lofton was a pain for the A's, getting on base, promplty swiping second, then taking third with ease in the eighth inning. Mark Johnson laid down a suicide squeeze and Lidle had no shot at home despite the infield in. The A's lost 1-0 in a frustrating game.
"Plenty of chances," said Manager Graham. "We had plenty of chances, runners on, no outs, couldn't get anything going. We do our best with what we have, but you can only strategize so much and try to get situational matchups before you have to realize that our lineup isn't all that strong right now." Mark Buerhle was equally effective, pitching seven innings of no run baseball. Damaso Marte caused fits for the A's power lefty bats, saving the game. The A's had a runner on third with two outs in the ninth and couldn't get him in. "It's just really frustrating when you think you have a set lineup to give you the best chance, you seemingly make all the right moves, and things just blow up in your face," Graham said after the game.
Graham said the team will be holding PFP (pitcher's fielding practice) as well as bunting drills before tomorrow's game. "I just feel if we could execute a little better on some routine plays, lay down a few bunts, we can get better. We have a few power hitters but very low average and on base percentages, we are going to need to figure out how to manufacture runs before help arrives."
Erik Hiljus (0-3, 7.50 ERA), looks to halt a series sweep for Chicago tomorrow. Best of luck.....Hiljus.
BOXSCORE: 2002 Chicago (AL) White Sox At 2002 Oakland Athletics 4/27/2002
White Sox AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
R.Durham 2B 4 0 0 0 .365 S.Hatteberg DH 4 0 2 0 .225
J.Valentin 3B 4 0 0 0 .305 O.Saenz 1B 4 0 2 0 .231
F.Thomas DH 4 0 1 0 .266 E.Chavez 3B 4 0 0 0 .219
M.Ordonez RF 2 0 0 0 .292 M.Tejada SS 2 0 0 0 .402
P.Konerko 1B 4 0 1 0 .266 J.Giambi LF 4 0 0 0 .327
C.Lee LF 3 0 1 0 .272 J.Dye RF 3 0 0 0 .067
K.Lofton CF 2 1 0 0 .143 A-D.Justice PH 1 0 0 0 .235
R.Clayton SS 3 0 0 0 .233 T.Long CF 3 0 1 0 .259
M.Johnson C 2 0 1 1 .250 R.Hernandez C 2 0 0 0 .153
B-C.Pena PH 0 0 0 0 .200
F.Menechino 2B 3 0 0 0 .100
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 28 1 4 1 Totals 30 0 5 0
A-Pinch Hit For Dye In 9th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Hernandez In 9th Inning
White Sox....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 4 1
Athletics....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 0
White Sox (15-9) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
M.Buehrle WIN(3-1) 7 4 0 0 2 6 0 109 4.39 A1 D1
G.Glover 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 8.47 D2 D2
K.Foulke HOLD(3rd) 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 3 0 18 5.40 D3 D7
D.Marte SAVE(1st) 0 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 13 7.27 D8
Totals 9 5 0 0 4 10 0
Athletics (12-12) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
C.Lidle LOSS(1-2) 8 4 1 1 2 5 0 111 4.11 A1 D1
C.Bradford 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 5.11 D2
Totals 9 4 1 1 2 7 0
ATTENDANCE- 26,708 DATE- Saturday, April 27th 2002 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Chuck Meriwether, Tim Timmons, Tim Tschida, Greg Gibson
T- 2:16
LEFT ON BASE- White Sox: 4 Athletics: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- White Sox: 1 Athletics: 1
ERRORS- R.Clayton
DOUBLES- P.Konerko(7th), C.Lee(6th), M.Johnson(2nd), S.Hatteberg(6th)
STOLEN BASES- K.Lofton-2(2nd), C.Pena(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- T.Long
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Johnson, F.Menechino
WALKS- M.Ordonez, K.Lofton, M.Tejada-2, T.Long, C.Pena
HIT BY PITCH- M.Ordonez, R.Hernandez
STRIKE OUTS- R.Durham-2, J.Valentin-3, P.Konerko, R.Clayton, O.Saenz-2,
E.Chavez, J.Giambi-3, J.Dye, D.Justice, R.Hernandez, F.Menechino
GIDP- M.Ordonez, E.Chavez
WILD PITCHES- D.Marte
Friday, April 26, 2002
SOX OUT SLUG A'S IN UGLY GAME
by Clive Dahlton
Oak, CA -- "Sloppy baseball," is exactly what Manager Graham called this game. The A's hit White Sox starter Jon Rauch hard, eight hits, eight earned, and slugged four homers off of him. They had a five run lead in the fifth inning, til' the bullpen imploded right before our eyes, again.
Fyhrie wasn't anymore more spectacular than his opposition, going 5 2/3 inning and giving up five earned on five hits. Fyhrie threw over 100 pitches, his ERA now stands at 9.90. The bullpen was taxed during the game in a desperate effort to neutralize the White Sox balanced lineup. Magglio Ordonez, and the surprising Royce Clayton led the offense charge for Chicago. Ordonez clubbed a three-run shot in the first inning, and Clayton provided three ribbies on his own on a 3-5 performance.
Tejada continued his torrid start, going 3-5 with a home run, two runs scored and two driven in on his big fly in the first. Pena, Giambi and Long all contributed homer's today as well, but in a losing effort, as the A's were downed 13-8 in the series opener.
Graham called it "The worst game we've played all year, period. I can't believe PROFESSIONAL baseball players can't throw strikes and hold a big lead. We walked seven batters, gave up 13 runs, used our whole bullpen practically, i'm speechless. This team is a big pile of warm shit on a summer's day, stinking up the joint." Chad Bradford was charged with the loss, going a 1/3 of an inning, giving up three earned, and also contributing an error to his stellar outing.
The A's got a breath of fresh air in the lineup today, with the return of Jermaine Dye from the DL, the right handed power bat they were desperately seeking. Dye finished the day 1-4. Fyhrie was asked about another atrocious start during a locker room interview: "I fucking suck." That's all he had to report. "It's kind of a shame," Terrence Long said, we finally get a good crowd and we play like next year's Tiger's team. What the fuck."
The Athletic's will turn their hopes to Cory Lidle. Lidle had mechanical problems during a pilot's license training session yesterday morning, and had to make an emergency landing, thank god he's such a good pilot!
BOXSCORE: 2002 Chicago (AL) White Sox At 2002 Oakland Athletics 4/26/2002
White Sox AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
R.Durham 2B 5 0 1 0 .380 S.Hatteberg DH 3 1 0 0 .212
J.Valentin 3B 3 2 1 1 .319 C.Pena 1B 5 2 2 2 .200
F.Thomas DH 4 2 1 0 .267 E.Chavez 3B 3 1 0 0 .228
M.Ordonez RF 4 2 1 3 .298 M.Tejada SS 5 2 3 2 .411
P.Konerko 1B 4 3 3 1 .267 J.Giambi LF 5 1 2 3 .353
C.Lee LF 5 1 1 2 .270 J.Dye RF 4 0 1 0 .083
K.Lofton CF 4 2 1 1 .200 T.Long CF 4 1 2 1 .256
R.Clayton SS 5 1 3 3 .241 R.Hernandez C 3 0 1 0 .157
M.Johnson C 2 0 0 2 .242 A-O.Saenz PH 1 0 0 0 .200
B-G.Myers C 0 0 0 0 .000
F.Menechino 2B 4 0 0 0 .143
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 36 13 12 13 Totals 37 8 11 8
A-Pinch Hit For Hernandez In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Saenz In 9th Inning
White Sox....... 3 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 3 - 13 12 0
Athletics....... 2 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 - 8 11 1
White Sox (14-9) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Rauch 4 2/3 8 8 8 2 3 4 89 6.11 A1 C5
B.Howry WIN(2-0) 1 2/3 1 0 0 1 2 0 20 3.18 C6 D3
D.Marte HOLD(3rd) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 16 7.88 D4 D7
A.Osuna SAVE(2nd) 1 2/3 1 0 0 1 1 0 26 5.91 D8
Totals 9 11 8 8 4 8 4
Athletics (12-11) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
M.Fyhrie 5 2/3 7 5 5 3 3 1 104 9.90 A1 C8
J.Mecir HOLD(1st) 0 1/3 1 2 2 2 1 1 16 3.21 C9 D3
C.Bradford L(0-1) BS(1st) 0 1/3 2 3 3 1 0 0 21 5.56 D4 D9
M.Venafro 1 2/3 1 1 1 0 0 1 14 4.26 E1 E5
M.Holtz 0 1/3 0 1 1 1 0 0 7 13.50 E6 E7
J.Tam 0 2/3 1 1 1 0 0 0 15 7.00 E8
Totals 9 12 13 13 7 4 3
ATTENDANCE- 35,914 DATE- Friday, April 26th 2002 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Bill Welke, Fieldin Culbreth, Andrew Fletcher, Mike Winters
T- 2:54
LEFT ON BASE- White Sox: 6 Athletics: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- White Sox: 1 Athletics: 2
ERRORS- C.Bradford
DOUBLES- R.Durham(9th), F.Thomas(4th), P.Konerko(6th), R.Clayton(6th),
J.Giambi(5th)
TRIPLES- R.Clayton(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Valentin(8th), M.Ordonez(5th), P.Konerko(3rd), C.Pena(5th),
M.Tejada(9th), J.Giambi(4th), T.Long(4th)
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Johnson
SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Johnson
WALKS- R.Durham, J.Valentin-2, F.Thomas, P.Konerko, K.Lofton, M.Johnson,
S.Hatteberg-2, E.Chavez-2
HIT BY PITCH- M.Ordonez
STRIKE OUTS- R.Durham, F.Thomas, K.Lofton, M.Johnson, C.Pena-2, M.Tejada,
J.Giambi-2, T.Long-2, F.Menechino
GIDP- R.Durham, J.Valentin, R.Hernandez
WILD PITCHES- B.Howry
WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Terrence Long robbed Ray Durham of an extra base hit.
Bot 8th: Carlos Lee robbed Frank Menechino of an extra base hit.
Oak, CA -- "Sloppy baseball," is exactly what Manager Graham called this game. The A's hit White Sox starter Jon Rauch hard, eight hits, eight earned, and slugged four homers off of him. They had a five run lead in the fifth inning, til' the bullpen imploded right before our eyes, again.
Fyhrie wasn't anymore more spectacular than his opposition, going 5 2/3 inning and giving up five earned on five hits. Fyhrie threw over 100 pitches, his ERA now stands at 9.90. The bullpen was taxed during the game in a desperate effort to neutralize the White Sox balanced lineup. Magglio Ordonez, and the surprising Royce Clayton led the offense charge for Chicago. Ordonez clubbed a three-run shot in the first inning, and Clayton provided three ribbies on his own on a 3-5 performance.
Tejada continued his torrid start, going 3-5 with a home run, two runs scored and two driven in on his big fly in the first. Pena, Giambi and Long all contributed homer's today as well, but in a losing effort, as the A's were downed 13-8 in the series opener.
Graham called it "The worst game we've played all year, period. I can't believe PROFESSIONAL baseball players can't throw strikes and hold a big lead. We walked seven batters, gave up 13 runs, used our whole bullpen practically, i'm speechless. This team is a big pile of warm shit on a summer's day, stinking up the joint." Chad Bradford was charged with the loss, going a 1/3 of an inning, giving up three earned, and also contributing an error to his stellar outing.
The A's got a breath of fresh air in the lineup today, with the return of Jermaine Dye from the DL, the right handed power bat they were desperately seeking. Dye finished the day 1-4. Fyhrie was asked about another atrocious start during a locker room interview: "I fucking suck." That's all he had to report. "It's kind of a shame," Terrence Long said, we finally get a good crowd and we play like next year's Tiger's team. What the fuck."
The Athletic's will turn their hopes to Cory Lidle. Lidle had mechanical problems during a pilot's license training session yesterday morning, and had to make an emergency landing, thank god he's such a good pilot!
BOXSCORE: 2002 Chicago (AL) White Sox At 2002 Oakland Athletics 4/26/2002
White Sox AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
R.Durham 2B 5 0 1 0 .380 S.Hatteberg DH 3 1 0 0 .212
J.Valentin 3B 3 2 1 1 .319 C.Pena 1B 5 2 2 2 .200
F.Thomas DH 4 2 1 0 .267 E.Chavez 3B 3 1 0 0 .228
M.Ordonez RF 4 2 1 3 .298 M.Tejada SS 5 2 3 2 .411
P.Konerko 1B 4 3 3 1 .267 J.Giambi LF 5 1 2 3 .353
C.Lee LF 5 1 1 2 .270 J.Dye RF 4 0 1 0 .083
K.Lofton CF 4 2 1 1 .200 T.Long CF 4 1 2 1 .256
R.Clayton SS 5 1 3 3 .241 R.Hernandez C 3 0 1 0 .157
M.Johnson C 2 0 0 2 .242 A-O.Saenz PH 1 0 0 0 .200
B-G.Myers C 0 0 0 0 .000
F.Menechino 2B 4 0 0 0 .143
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 36 13 12 13 Totals 37 8 11 8
A-Pinch Hit For Hernandez In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Saenz In 9th Inning
White Sox....... 3 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 3 - 13 12 0
Athletics....... 2 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 - 8 11 1
White Sox (14-9) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Rauch 4 2/3 8 8 8 2 3 4 89 6.11 A1 C5
B.Howry WIN(2-0) 1 2/3 1 0 0 1 2 0 20 3.18 C6 D3
D.Marte HOLD(3rd) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 16 7.88 D4 D7
A.Osuna SAVE(2nd) 1 2/3 1 0 0 1 1 0 26 5.91 D8
Totals 9 11 8 8 4 8 4
Athletics (12-11) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
M.Fyhrie 5 2/3 7 5 5 3 3 1 104 9.90 A1 C8
J.Mecir HOLD(1st) 0 1/3 1 2 2 2 1 1 16 3.21 C9 D3
C.Bradford L(0-1) BS(1st) 0 1/3 2 3 3 1 0 0 21 5.56 D4 D9
M.Venafro 1 2/3 1 1 1 0 0 1 14 4.26 E1 E5
M.Holtz 0 1/3 0 1 1 1 0 0 7 13.50 E6 E7
J.Tam 0 2/3 1 1 1 0 0 0 15 7.00 E8
Totals 9 12 13 13 7 4 3
ATTENDANCE- 35,914 DATE- Friday, April 26th 2002 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Bill Welke, Fieldin Culbreth, Andrew Fletcher, Mike Winters
T- 2:54
LEFT ON BASE- White Sox: 6 Athletics: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- White Sox: 1 Athletics: 2
ERRORS- C.Bradford
DOUBLES- R.Durham(9th), F.Thomas(4th), P.Konerko(6th), R.Clayton(6th),
J.Giambi(5th)
TRIPLES- R.Clayton(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Valentin(8th), M.Ordonez(5th), P.Konerko(3rd), C.Pena(5th),
M.Tejada(9th), J.Giambi(4th), T.Long(4th)
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Johnson
SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Johnson
WALKS- R.Durham, J.Valentin-2, F.Thomas, P.Konerko, K.Lofton, M.Johnson,
S.Hatteberg-2, E.Chavez-2
HIT BY PITCH- M.Ordonez
STRIKE OUTS- R.Durham, F.Thomas, K.Lofton, M.Johnson, C.Pena-2, M.Tejada,
J.Giambi-2, T.Long-2, F.Menechino
GIDP- R.Durham, J.Valentin, R.Hernandez
WILD PITCHES- B.Howry
WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Terrence Long robbed Ray Durham of an extra base hit.
Bot 8th: Carlos Lee robbed Frank Menechino of an extra base hit.
Thursday, April 25, 2002
ZITO PITCHES COMPLETE GAME TWO HITTER
by Clive Dahlton
Oak, CA -- Barry Zito was nearly un-hittable tonight, literally. If not for a botched chance play that led to a Derek Jeter homer in the first, Zito would have carried a no-hitter into the ninth with two outs, where Soriano collected the only other Yankee hit on the day. Zito also punched out 10 batters in the process. Manager Joe Torre didn't give any high praise to Zito however, during his post-game presser. "Pitcher's have freak days where they are better than they actually are talent-wise, and lineups have off days where you couldn't hit a beachball," Torre said, "and I think we had a combination of both today. The kid isn't any good, barely can hit 90 with his fastball, whatever. Big deal."
Zito made a bold proclamation pre-game that handling this lineup would be easy, and he made good on that promise. There was very little doubt from the get go that Zito was going to dominate. Catcher Ramon Hernandez said he only missed his spot a few times all day long. "The Jeter homerun was luck," Hernandez said after the game. "It was a perfect pitch, in a perfect spot, and he just went out and got it, you can't really fault yourself for that."
Zito said he's kind of glad that Jeter got to him in the first: "It's not that im glad he got a hit," Zito said, "it's just that if it would have gotten broken up with two gone in the ninth, that would be devastating. I knew I didn't have a shot from the get go so, It kind of helped me relax, and I didn't have the no-hitter talk all game long."
The A's season record now stands at 12-10. The win puts them .5 games back from division leading Seattle.
BOXSCORE: 2002 New York (AL) Yankees At 2002 Oakland Athletics 4/25/2002
Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
A.Soriano 2B 4 0 1 0 .337 D.Justice RF 4 0 1 0 .238
D.Jeter SS 4 1 1 1 .235 S.Hatteberg 1B 4 0 1 0 .220
B.Williams CF 3 0 0 0 .275 E.Chavez 3B 4 0 1 0 .236
J.Giambi DH 3 0 0 0 .306 M.Tejada SS 4 1 1 1 .400
J.Posada C 3 0 0 0 .259 J.Giambi LF 2 0 2 0 .348
R.White LF 3 0 0 0 .229 C.Pena DH 3 0 0 0 .180
R.Coomer 3B 2 0 0 0 .278 M.Ellis 2B 2 0 0 0 .279
A-R.Ventura PH,3B 1 0 0 0 .197 T.Long CF 3 2 2 2 .243
S.Spencer RF 3 0 0 0 .000 R.Hernandez C 3 0 0 0 .149
N.Johnson 1B 3 0 0 0 .219
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 29 1 2 1 Totals 29 3 8 3
A-Pinch Hit For Coomer In 8th Inning
Yankees......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 2 0
Athletics....... 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 - 3 8 1
Yankees (14-9) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
M.Mussina LOSS(2-3) 7 8 3 3 2 5 3 102 4.94 A1 D1
M.Stanton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.29 D2
Totals 8 8 3 3 2 5 3
Athletics (12-10) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Zito WIN(3-1) 9 2 1 1 3 10 1 117 2.68 A1
Totals 9 2 1 1 3 10 1
ATTENDANCE- 33,929 DATE- Thursday, April 25th 2002 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Derryl Cousins, Alfonzo Marquez, Scott Packard, Jeff Nelson
T- 2:25
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 4 Athletics: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 3 Athletics: 1
ERRORS- E.Chavez
DOUBLES- A.Soriano(12th), S.Hatteberg(5th), E.Chavez(3rd)
HOME RUNS- D.Jeter(3rd), M.Tejada(8th), T.Long-2(3rd)
WALKS- B.Williams, J.Giambi, J.Posada, J.Giambi, M.Ellis
STRIKE OUTS- A.Soriano, D.Jeter-2, B.Williams, J.Posada, R.White, R.Coomer-2,
S.Spencer, N.Johnson, E.Chavez-2, C.Pena-2, T.Long
GIDP- R.White, C.Pena, M.Ellis
WEB GEMS- Top 5th: Eric Chavez robbed Rondell White of a base hit.
Oak, CA -- Barry Zito was nearly un-hittable tonight, literally. If not for a botched chance play that led to a Derek Jeter homer in the first, Zito would have carried a no-hitter into the ninth with two outs, where Soriano collected the only other Yankee hit on the day. Zito also punched out 10 batters in the process. Manager Joe Torre didn't give any high praise to Zito however, during his post-game presser. "Pitcher's have freak days where they are better than they actually are talent-wise, and lineups have off days where you couldn't hit a beachball," Torre said, "and I think we had a combination of both today. The kid isn't any good, barely can hit 90 with his fastball, whatever. Big deal."
Zito made a bold proclamation pre-game that handling this lineup would be easy, and he made good on that promise. There was very little doubt from the get go that Zito was going to dominate. Catcher Ramon Hernandez said he only missed his spot a few times all day long. "The Jeter homerun was luck," Hernandez said after the game. "It was a perfect pitch, in a perfect spot, and he just went out and got it, you can't really fault yourself for that."
Zito said he's kind of glad that Jeter got to him in the first: "It's not that im glad he got a hit," Zito said, "it's just that if it would have gotten broken up with two gone in the ninth, that would be devastating. I knew I didn't have a shot from the get go so, It kind of helped me relax, and I didn't have the no-hitter talk all game long."
The A's season record now stands at 12-10. The win puts them .5 games back from division leading Seattle.
BOXSCORE: 2002 New York (AL) Yankees At 2002 Oakland Athletics 4/25/2002
Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
A.Soriano 2B 4 0 1 0 .337 D.Justice RF 4 0 1 0 .238
D.Jeter SS 4 1 1 1 .235 S.Hatteberg 1B 4 0 1 0 .220
B.Williams CF 3 0 0 0 .275 E.Chavez 3B 4 0 1 0 .236
J.Giambi DH 3 0 0 0 .306 M.Tejada SS 4 1 1 1 .400
J.Posada C 3 0 0 0 .259 J.Giambi LF 2 0 2 0 .348
R.White LF 3 0 0 0 .229 C.Pena DH 3 0 0 0 .180
R.Coomer 3B 2 0 0 0 .278 M.Ellis 2B 2 0 0 0 .279
A-R.Ventura PH,3B 1 0 0 0 .197 T.Long CF 3 2 2 2 .243
S.Spencer RF 3 0 0 0 .000 R.Hernandez C 3 0 0 0 .149
N.Johnson 1B 3 0 0 0 .219
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 29 1 2 1 Totals 29 3 8 3
A-Pinch Hit For Coomer In 8th Inning
Yankees......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 2 0
Athletics....... 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 - 3 8 1
Yankees (14-9) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
M.Mussina LOSS(2-3) 7 8 3 3 2 5 3 102 4.94 A1 D1
M.Stanton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.29 D2
Totals 8 8 3 3 2 5 3
Athletics (12-10) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Zito WIN(3-1) 9 2 1 1 3 10 1 117 2.68 A1
Totals 9 2 1 1 3 10 1
ATTENDANCE- 33,929 DATE- Thursday, April 25th 2002 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Derryl Cousins, Alfonzo Marquez, Scott Packard, Jeff Nelson
T- 2:25
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 4 Athletics: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 3 Athletics: 1
ERRORS- E.Chavez
DOUBLES- A.Soriano(12th), S.Hatteberg(5th), E.Chavez(3rd)
HOME RUNS- D.Jeter(3rd), M.Tejada(8th), T.Long-2(3rd)
WALKS- B.Williams, J.Giambi, J.Posada, J.Giambi, M.Ellis
STRIKE OUTS- A.Soriano, D.Jeter-2, B.Williams, J.Posada, R.White, R.Coomer-2,
S.Spencer, N.Johnson, E.Chavez-2, C.Pena-2, T.Long
GIDP- R.White, C.Pena, M.Ellis
WEB GEMS- Top 5th: Eric Chavez robbed Rondell White of a base hit.
Wednesday, April 24, 2002
A'S SET SIGHTS ON SERIES WIN
by Clive Dahlton
Oak, CA -- The team will hold optional pre-game workouts tomorrow morning before the Athletic's are set to face the Yankee's in the rubbergame. Graham wants to make sure his players don't get lazy. "The weather's warming up alot and the heat gets to you," Graham said after game two of the series. "Alot of the player's seem more focused on eye-fucking the 19 year old cutie in the on deck circle then focusing on their at-bat. We must maintain focus and composure during this critical stretch."
Zito was asked about the task of facing the stacked Yank's lineup, and replied with a simple: "I had tougher assignments in kindergarten, ya know, the finger painting stuff." Zito displays supreme confidence in his game despite up and down starts. After getting lit up in a recent start, Zito was seen on the streets of Oakland jamming away at his guitar, spotted by TMZ's crack staff of reporters. "Barry has a knack of coming up in big situations, I have absolutely no doubt he can carry us to victory," batterymate Ramon Hernandez said.The hitting is starting to catch fire, with the A's getting production down the lineup, much the opposite of how the season began. If the pitching can come together, the oak-town boy's can make a nice stretch run to end the month and get back on track.
Tomorrow, the first 1,000 fans will recieve a Derek Jeter voodoo doll. Feel free to poke and prod the half-breed at your heart's desire.
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