8/26 - 8/29 A's @ Orioles

[Providence A's]

Kendall swings at ball 4 and strikes out for the 1st out of the 7th.

[Providence A's]

And Chavez walks to reload the bases. Tim Byrdak, who relieved Jorge Julio after he loaded the bases with no outs, is now relieved himself. He leaves the bases loaded with 1 out, but 5 runs have scored so far, he walked 3 and hit a batter.

[Providence A's]

Jay Payton with a SF to make it 9 - 2. 1st and 3rd with 2 outs now.

The A's have more than batter around this inning.

[Providence A's]

So far the A's have 9 hits, 10 walks, and 2 HBPs.

[Providence A's]

Ellis homers to make it 10 - 2.

[Providence A's]

A's win 10 - 3 and go for the 4 game sweep tomorrow

[Fishercat]

Impressive so far from the A's. I still think the Angels should be the favorites, but competing so soon, wow, that's impressive. Major kudos.

[A's Baby Girl]

Talk of our demise was greatly exagerrated. Let's get the sweep guys and move on to Anaheim. Another big series awaits.

[Providence A's]

2 - 0 A's on a Payton homer.

[browntown653]

Is it just me, or has Jay Payton been a helluva pickup for Oakland? Every time I see him he seems to do something productive.

[Providence A's]

Here are his stats for the Sox and A's this year:

TEAM G AB   R H 2B 3B HR  RBI  TB BB SO OBP SLG AVG
Bos 55 133 24 35 7 0  5   21   57 10 14 .313 .429 .263 
Oak 37 151 26 45 4 1  12  35   84 6 19 .321 .556 .298

OPS for the Sox was .741 and for the A's it .877 (going into today).

[Providence A's]

2 - 0 A's in the bottom of the 4th.

[Providence A's]

2 - 2 in the bottom of the 5th as Mora doubled in 2 runs.

[Providence A's]

3 - 2 Oreos as Lopez knocked in Mora...bottom of the 5th with 2 outs. Saarloos is out and Rincon is in...

[Providence A's]

Dan Johnson hits a 3 run homer in the top of the 6th to make it 5 - 3 A's