This game will hinge on Contreras, I know that is stating the obvious but a quality outing for him here, that would be huge.  Give the pen another day off hopefully.

That'd be nice, Shingo and Viz are most likely still unavailabe for today, so it'd be great to give the pen even more rest.

2 down. There is no reason for Contreras not to use the fastball 75% of the time. Keep it near the zone and let the A's hack.

 

Nice quick inning.

1-2-3 for Count. Couldn't have asked for a better first inning.

Anyone else think that was gone off the bat? Oh well.

 

Great inning Jose.

Thank me later. 

 

Let's go Jose, throw up a 0 after we put up 2.

Ask and you shall receive

1 homerun at USCF.

3 up, 3 down for the A's, Contreras threw exactly 8 pitches, 7 of them for strikes.

 

Keep doing that Jose! I know that pitch to Chavez went to the wall, but just THROW STRIKES. If they beat you while throwing strikes, then they beat you...these things happen. JUST DON'T GIVE THEM THE WALKS.

 

Do that inning 7 more times Jose.

It's tied in Minny. Brazleton (sp?) has gotten wild again.

 

Bases juiced, Jacque Jones at the plate. 4-4.

 

EDIT: Three runs score on a Jones triple. Game, set match...

 

We have to survive this stretch. I believe Minny basically plays TB and KC until the ASB, so as long as we can maintain a solid lead -- well, then, that's good.

Edited July 2, 200520 yr by CWSGuy406

Cool, John Stamos is here, I hope he brought Lori Loughlin. Yumma yumma.

1 homerun at USCF.

For those interested, Twins tied it up at 4 on a walk to Torii. Bases Loaded with 1 out in bottom of the 8th.

 

EDIT: See I was beaten to the punch.

Edited July 2, 200520 yr by JohnStamos

Maybe Dewon can find a role in the pen?

Or not...

Twins lead 7 to 4 on a triple by Jacque.

Come on Joe, make hiim work, stop swinging at those low & outside pitches!

They need to keep making Harden work. Harrelson was saying he talked to Walker last nite, and they discussed making Harden beat you on the fastball. Get him into fastball counts and drive it.

Or not...

Whoops.........

Two 1-2 groundouts - 2 down

 

Come on guys you made him labor in the 1st don't help him now.

1-2-3 and out.

There was that nastly split hawk talked about at the beginning of the game.

Well that was a disgusting inning. I don't care if you dont shell him over the yard but you gotta make him work out there.

Ahh, damn it. This is the type of thing that pisses me off. We make him work the first inning, then we let him off the hook in the second.

 

I hope they get back to working him in the third.

14 pitch inning, 48 thrown by Harden through 2. Not great, but not terrible that inning in terms of pitches thrown.

 

God I wish someone could teach Crede & Uribe not to swing at that low pitch. They always try to uppercut it and end up swinging above it.

Uribe's swing is like Happy Gilmore's golf swing. But I don't care cause he plays a hell of a shortstop.

Uribe's swing is like Happy Gilmore's golf swing.  But I don't care cause he plays a hell of a shortstop.

Yeah, but do you realize how many runs this team could score per game if Uribe could just find what he had the first 2 or 3 months las tyear?

Damn you Chavez.