by Clive Dahlton
Oak, CA -- The A's had high hopes with their ace Tim Hudson on the mound, and after a thrilling comeback win last night, momentum was certaintly in their favor. The A's got a rude awakening however, when former Athletic great Jason Giambi and clean up hitter Bernie Williams crushed the A's hope of a sweep.
Giambi went 4-5 with four ribbies and a big fly. Bernie williams went 3-5 with three ribbies and a homer as well. The A's were behind from the get go and could never recover from Hudson's shaky start. Hudson (2-2, 5.61 ERA) gave up nine earned, walked two and gave up 13 hits. Hudson was the victim of a bit of bad luck in the second inning, where two 'chance' plays both landed on "1" for a single. Had the odds prevailed, Hudson would have gotten out of the inning unscathed, however, the Yanks beat the odds and scratched across four runs, driving up Huddy's pitch count in the process.
Graham later debated whether letting Hudson continue past the fifth was the right decision: "I thought he was pitching well," Graham said after the game. "He got burned on a couple of bad breaks but for the most part he pitched well, the pitch count got to high but he had to give me a few more innings because of how much the bullpen was taxed last night. Even if we're giving up runs here and there, we cant max out our bullpen. I had to think beyond this game."
The A's were out-hit 17-7, despite a decent lineup put out by Graham. "I think I might change it up a bit, we had a few more good hitters in their than normal, however, our defense in the outfield particularly, suffered from it. We need to find a healthy balance and go with it, it's something we've been trying to figure out since spring camp broke. It'll take some time, but we just need to keep fighting," Graham said.
The Yankee's played like they had something to prove, and coming into tomorrow's rubbergame matchup, Barry Zito (2-1, 3.21 ERA) will try to get the win and salvage an Athletic's series victory!
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BOXSCORE: 2002 New York (AL) Yankees At 2002 Oakland Athletics 4/24/2002
Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
A.Soriano 2B 5 1 1 0 .340 M.Ellis 2B 4 0 1 0 .288
D.Jeter SS 3 3 1 1 .234 O.Saenz 1B 4 1 2 0 .206
J.Giambi DH 5 2 4 4 .317 E.Chavez 3B 4 0 1 0 .235
B.Williams CF 5 2 3 3 .286 M.Tejada SS 4 1 2 2 .407
J.Posada C 5 0 1 0 .269 J.Giambi LF 4 0 0 0 .318
R.Ventura 3B 5 1 3 1 .200 S.Hatteberg DH 3 0 0 0 .218
R.White LF 5 0 2 0 .238 D.Justice RF 4 0 1 0 .238
N.Johnson 1B 4 0 1 0 .229 R.Hernandez C 3 0 0 0 .156
E.Wilson RF 3 1 1 1 .400 A-C.Pena PH 1 0 0 0 .191
T.Long CF 3 0 0 0 .225
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Totals 40 10 17 10 Totals 34 2 7 2
A-Pinch Hit For Hernandez In 9th Inning
Yankees......... 0 4 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 - 10 17 1
Athletics....... 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 0
Yankees (14-8) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
D.Wells WIN(3-2) 9 7 2 2 1 5 1 146 4.60 A1
Totals 9 7 2 2 1 5 1
Athletics (11-10) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
T.Hudson LOSS(2-2) 6 13 9 9 2 6 2 129 5.61 A1 D4
J.Mecir 1 1/3 1 0 0 1 2 0 23 1.98 D5 E1
J.Tam 1 2/3 3 1 1 0 0 0 23 6.48 E2
Totals 9 17 10 10 3 8 2
ATTENDANCE- 39,627 DATE- Wednesday, April 24th 2002 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Chris Guccione, Rich Rieker, Paul Emmel, Gerry Davis
T- 3:07
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 6 Athletics: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 0 Athletics: 3
ERRORS- A.Soriano
DOUBLES- J.Giambi(6th), O.Saenz(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Giambi(4th), B.Williams(4th), M.Tejada(7th)
WALKS- D.Jeter-2, E.Wilson, S.Hatteberg
STRIKE OUTS- A.Soriano, B.Williams, J.Posada-4, R.Ventura-2, M.Tejada-2,
D.Justice, C.Pena, T.Long
GIDP- D.Jeter, R.White, N.Johnson
WEB GEMS- Bot 3rd: Derek Jeter robbed Jeremy Giambi of a base hit.
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