Sea, WA -- It may be to early to talk about the potential MVP, but Miguel Tejada is making a strong case, forcing people to talking about him. Tejada is now hitting .519 with four longballs and seven runs driven in. Tejada added to his amazing start going 3-4 with two jacks and four ribbies. "He is completely locked in," Graham said.
Barry Zito ensured Tejada's night would not be overlooked with a loss, pitching seven innings allowing just one run, punching out seven in his second start. Zito (2-0, .60 ERA) allowed his first run of the season tonight, allowing a sharp single off the bat of Ruben Sierra. Teammates joked with Zito after being taken out of the game in the 8th inning. "Welcome to the ERA club man," Tim Hudson joked.
The Athletics win puts them atop the tightly contested American League West, and visit the Texas Rangers next. In Graham's post-game presser he joked about benching Tejada, "Yeah, the guy is totally in a funk right now."
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Mariners AB R H RBI AVG
S.Hatteberg DH 4 1 2 2 .167 I.Suzuki RF 4 0 2 0 .296
B-C.Pena PH 1 0 0 0 .235 J.Cirillo 3B 3 0 1 0 .227
D.Justice RF 4 1 2 0 .296 A-M.McLemore PH,3B 1 0 1 0 .250
E.Chavez 3B 5 1 0 0 .308 B.Boone 2B 4 0 0 0 .217
M.Tejada SS 4 2 3 4 .519 E.Martinez DH 4 1 2 0 .550
T.Long CF 5 0 2 1 .308 J.Olerud 1B 3 0 0 0 .409
O.Saenz 1B 4 0 0 0 .125 R.Sierra LF 4 0 1 1 .375
R.Hernandez C 4 0 0 0 .100 M.Cameron CF 4 0 1 0 .350
R.Velarde 2B 3 0 0 0 .133 D.Wilson C 4 0 1 0 .250
M.Colangelo LF 4 2 1 0 .143 C.Guillen SS 4 0 0 0 .304
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Totals 38 7 10 7 Totals 35 1 9 1
A-Pinch Hit For Cirillo In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Hatteberg In 9th Inning
Athletics....... 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 7 10 0
Mariners........ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 9 1
Athletics (5-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Zito WIN(2-0) 7 7 1 1 0 7 0 95 0.60 A1 D1
C.Bradford SAVE(1st) 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 31 1.93 D2
Totals 9 9 1 1 1 8 0
Mariners (4-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Moyer LOSS(1-1) 6 8 4 3 0 4 2 103 3.38 A1 D1
J.Nelson 2 1/3 1 2 2 2 5 0 44 4.15 D2 E2
R.Franklin 0 1/3 1 1 1 0 0 1 6 10.80 E3 E4
J.Pineiro 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.00 E5
Totals 9 10 7 6 2 9 3
ATTENDANCE- 43,445 DATE- Sunday, April 7th 2002 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Rich Rieker, Paul Emmel, Gerry Davis, Chris Guccione
T- 2:49
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 7 Mariners: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 1 Mariners: 0
ERRORS- J.Olerud
DOUBLES- S.Hatteberg(1st), E.Martinez(3rd), R.Sierra(1st), M.Cameron(3rd)
HOME RUNS- S.Hatteberg(1st), M.Tejada-2(4th)
WALKS- D.Justice, M.Tejada, J.Olerud
HIT BY PITCH- R.Velarde
STRIKE OUTS- C.Pena, D.Justice, E.Chavez, O.Saenz-4, R.Velarde-2, E.Martinez,
J.Olerud, R.Sierra-2, M.Cameron, D.Wilson, C.Guillen-2
GIDP- B.Boone
WILD PITCHES- J.Nelson
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