Friday 9/15 - Sunday 9/17 White Sox @ A's

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Friday 9/15 7:05 PM PT Jon Garland vs. Esteban Loaiza
Saturday 9/16 1:05 PM PT Javier Vazquez vs. Barry Zito
Sunday 9/17 1:05 PM PT Jose Contreras vs. Joe Blanton

Series Notes
-Kotsay should be back in the lineup
-Crosby is probably done for the year
-Harden will throw another simulated game this weekend

[Providence A's]

Kotsay is back in the lineup and batting 2nd tonight.

[A'sDiehard]

Let's go Oak-land!!!!!

[Providence A's]

boo...Loaiza gave up a solo homer...1 - 0 White Sox in the 3rd.

[Providence A's]

1 - 1 as Kotsay tripled in a run.

[Providence A's]

3 - 1 A's in the 5th...2 sac flies.

[Providence A's]

A's won 4 - 2 and lowered their magic number to 11.

[A'sDiehard]

A's win 7-4 with the Angels/Rangers playing tonight.

Magic number is 10- come on Texas get it done for once.

[Providence A's]

Angels lost...A's are by 6 games (7 in the loss column) and the magic number is 9.

[Providence A's]

A's going for the sweep of the World Chumps today

[Providence A's]

no score going into the bottom of the 1st. White Sox had the bases loaded with 1 out. Crede hit a fly ball to center and Kotsay threw out Gload at the plate for a double play.

[Providence A's]

2 - 0 White Sox in the 2nd.

Angels are losing 8 - 1.

[Providence A's]

Angels lost. A's lead 3 - 2 now on a Frank Thomas 3-run homer. for the season he has 38 homers, 105 RBIs, .964 OPS, and .282 average. In 15 games in September he is hitting .356 with 10 homers, 26 RBIs, and a 1.289 OPS. 486 homers for his career now.

[Providence A's]

4 - 2 A's on a Bradley single. 6th inning now.

[Providence A's]

5 - 2 A's on an Ellis SF...7th inning now.