Theres no need for this to be long (haha, I say that now...), I just wanted to post something positive for once. The A's had a decent road trip, 4-2 through Baltimore and Cleveland. Then we came home and got swept by the Yankees... AT HOME! BY THE YANKEES! COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE! And now the Rangers have Cliff Lee--thats like the last place the A's needed him to go; they'll have the division locked up by September 1st. Whatever...
I'm posting because the A's got their biggest win of the year tonight! Against the Angels! 15 to 1! Huge nights by a lot of players, none bigger than Rajai Davis with 2 doubles, a single, stolen base, 3 runs scored, 5 RBIS, and oh yeah a GRAND SLAM HOME RUN he absolutely crushed to left field. Scott Kazmir didnt even turn to look if his left fielder had a play on it since he knew it was long gone in about the first .15 seconds of it's flight. And that was his 2nd at bat that inning! Just nuts... I loved it!
Happy with Ben Sheets tonight too. 6 innings, 2 hits, no runs. Wish he coulda pitched another inning or so but I guess 104 pitches was enough for him tonight. It did allow some of our more unreliable relievers to get some work in during a no-risk opportunity really. Ben Sheets may be dealt before the deadline if he keeps this up but hopefully this big win nicely carries into tomorrow and we can go into the break with a series win over the Angels. I still just have the goal right now of being above .500. Something we havent done since 2006 ya know.
Thanks for reading.
