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Oakland Athletics @ Texas Rangers


Date April 20th 2007
Starting Pitchers J. Blanton vs B. McCarthy
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Rookie Travis Buck hit his first career homer and drove in a career-high five runs to help the Oakland Athletics stretch their winning streak to four games with a 16-4 victory over the Texas Rangers on Friday night.

Buck added a three-run double and Bobby Crosby doubled in two more during an eight-run second inning.

Oakland had scored 26 runs in its previous eight games before breaking out with a season-high total against Texas.

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Date April 21st 2007
Starting Pitchers J. Kennedy vs. Kameron Loe
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Kameron Loe took a simple approach in his first major league start in nearly a year. It certainly worked -- enough to baffle the Oakland Athletics.

Loe combined with four relievers on a shutout as the Texas Rangers won 7-0 on Saturday night and snapped a three-game losing skid.

"I went as long and as hard as I could," Loe said. "I was focusing on getting strike one so I could get hitters in a defensive count."

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Date April 22nd 2007
Starting Pitchers C. Gaudin vs. R. Tejeda
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Hank Blalock hit a two-run single and the Texas Rangers scored three runs in the eighth to rally past the Oakland Athletics 4-3 Sunday.

Eric Gagne got one out in the ninth for the Rangers before leaving with an apparent leg injury. He landed awkwardly after throwing a pitch to Mark Ellis. He eventually limped off the field and Akinori Otsuka came into the game.

Blalock's third hit of the game came on an 0-2 pitch from Oakland closer Huston Street with the bases loaded. It was Street's first blown save in five opportunities.

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Where: Ameriquest Field



Line up

S. Stewart lf
N. Swisher 1b
E. Chavez 3b
M. Piazza dh
M. Bradley cf
T. Buck rf
B. Crosby ss
J. Kendall c
M. Ellis 2b


Line up

K. Lofton cf
F. Catalanotto lf
M. Young ss
M. Teixeira 1b
S. Sosa dh
H. Blalock 3b
I. Kinsler 2b
N. Cruz rf
G. Laird c

Who really scares me here? Tejada - seems he always pitches well against us...

My favorite Doubles hitter,finally hits first big league home run,way to go T. Buck

OaklandReggae wrote:Who really scares me here? Tejada - seems he always pitches well against us...

Congrats on your Warriors making the playoffs.

Triple M wrote:A's should of saved some of this offense for later.

It doesn't matter, we only score 2 runs a game anyways.

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Congrats on your Warriors making the playoffs.

Thanks... I still can't get over it. Its such a different feeling...

damn we had a very good shot at scoring there with the bases loaded with 1 out.

Just like Oakland to blow the scoreboard up the night before to not even score a run the next night. GRRRR

Kameron Loe and Co. shut us out... what a frustrating team. I remember when we had tons of bats in the minors... the days of Giambi, Tejada and others are just a distant memory now.

ugh @ us losing that game.

just when I thought this team was coming around they lose the last 2 games.