4/15/05: Colon vs. Zito

[A's Baby Girl]

Los Angeles at Oakland

April 15, 2005, 7:05 PT

vs
Colon: 1-1, 4.97Zito: 0-2, 11.57

Lineups

Los Angeles Angels

Oakland Athletics

1. Erstad

1. Kots

2. Figgons

2. Kendall

3. Guerrero

3. Chavy

4. Anderson

4. Hatty

5. Rivera

5. Ruby

6. Cabrera

6. Byrnes

7. Finley

7. Ellis

8. Molina

8. Thomas

9. Quinlan

9. Scutaro

[Providence A's]

I've got my Zito jersey on, so maybe this will change his luck

[Providence A's]

Top 1ST B:1 S:3 O:1
Darin Erstad strikes out swinging.

Top 1ST B:0 S:3 O:2
Chone Figgins strikes out swinging.

Top 1ST B:0 S:0 O:3
Vladimir Guerrero flies out to left fielder Eric Byrnes.


--------------------------- MIDDLE 1ST

Bottom 1ST B:0 S:0 O:1
Mark Kotsay grounds out, shortstop Orlando Cabrera to first baseman Darin Erstad.



Zito k's the first two

[Providence A's]

Bottom 1ST B:2 S:2 O:2
Jason Kendall flies out to center fielder Steve Finley.

Bottom 1ST B:1 S:3 O:3
Eric Chavez called out on strikes.


end of the 1st

[Providence A's]

Los Angeles Angels
D Erstad 1B
C Figgins 2B
V Guerrero RF
G Anderson LF
J Rivera DH
O Cabrera SS
S Finley CF
B Molina C
R Quinlan 3B

Oakland Athletics
M Kotsay CF
J Kendall C
E Chavez 3B
S Hatteberg 1B
E Durazo DH
E Byrnes LF
M Ellis 2B
C Thomas RF
M Scutaro SS

[Providence A's]

Top 2ND B:2 S:2 O:1
Garret Anderson flies out to left fielder Eric Byrnes.

Top 2ND B:2 S:1 O:2
Juan Rivera grounds out, third baseman Eric Chavez to first baseman Scott Hatteberg.

Top 2ND B:1 S:1 O:3
Orlando Cabrera lines out to shortstop Marco Scutaro.

bottom of 2nd coming up

[Providence A's]

Bottom 2ND B:2 S:0 O:1
Scott Hatteberg lines out to right fielder Vladimir Guerrero.

Bottom 2ND B:2 S:2 O:2
Erubiel Durazo flies out to center fielder Steve Finley.

Byrnes grounded out

[Providence A's]

Top 3RD B:0 S:1 O:1
Steve Finley flies out to right fielder Charles Thomas.

Top 3RD B:1 S:1 O:2
Bengie Molina grounds out, third baseman Eric Chavez to first baseman Scott Hatteberg.

Top 3RD B:2 S:2 O:2
Robb Quinlan hit by pitch.

Top 3RD B:4 S:0 O:2
Darin Erstad walks. Robb Quinlan to 2nd.

Figgins k's to end the inning

[Providence A's]

Bottom 3RD B:2 S:2 O:1
Mark Ellis flies out to right fielder Vladimir Guerrero.

Bottom 3RD B:2 S:1 O:2
Charles Thomas grounds out, shortstop Orlando Cabrera to first baseman Darin Erstad.

Scutaro k's to end the inning

[Providence A's]

Top 4TH B:2 S:0 O:1
Vladimir Guerrero flies out to right fielder Charles Thomas.

Top 4TH B:1 S:0 O:1
Garret Anderson singles on a ground ball to center fielder Mark Kotsay.

Top 4TH B:0 S:1 O:2
Juan Rivera pops out to second baseman Mark Ellis.

Top 4TH B:1 S:0 O:3
Orlando Cabrera grounds into a force out, shortstop Marco Scutaro to second baseman Mark Ellis. Garret Anderson out at 2nd.

[Providence A's]

Kotsay doubles to lead off the bottom of the 4th. Kendall coming up

[A's Baby Girl]

Zito's pitching well so far

[Providence A's]

yea...I thought I was gonna be talking to myself all night

if you wanna take over, let me know...I don't care either way

[Providence A's]

Bottom 4TH B:2 S:2 O:1
Jason Kendall grounds out, pitcher Bartolo Colon to first baseman Darin Erstad.

Bottom 4TH B:2 S:2 O:2
Eric Chavez pops out to third baseman Robb Quinlan in foul territory.

Hatteberg is up, don't leave Kotsay out there you bums!

[A's Baby Girl]

You can go ahead and do it. I'll do the commentating tonight. I'm just gonna edit the beginning post to include the lineups