Orioles vs A's 8-26-04

Late post, but yesterday's game was a great one. I thought we were in trouble with Zito on the mound, the guy just makes me nervous every time he pitches. Especially after Durazo's HR in the 1st inning to make the score 3-0 A's and then Zito gives up 4 all in 1 inning - sheesh !

Chavez and Durazo both went 2-4 with a HR and a double. Zito pitched a rocky 5 1/3 innings, but ended up with a win.

Oakland has won all 7 games vs. Baltimore this season. Just to show you how dominating we were against Baltimore during these 7 games :

Durazo - 0.444 BA / 0.500 OBP / 0.963 SLG / 1.463 OPS - 4 HR and 11 RBI !!!
Hatteberg - 0.423 BA / 0.516 OBP / 0.654 SLG / 1.170 OPS - 1 HR and 8 RBI
Chavez - 0.360 BA / 0.448 OBP / 0.680 SLG / 1.128 OPS - 2 HR, but only 2 RBI

The entire Oakland A's combined for 12 hr over the 7 games. But it wasn't just our offense that propelled the wins. With the exception of Zito, our pitching staff was untouchable. Over the 7 games with the Orioles :

- Our bullpen was a combined 0.00 ERA and allowed only 11 hits over 19 innings pitched.
- Hudson's ERA was 0.55
- Redman's ERA was 1.13
- Mulder's ERA was 3.86

As I said, only Zito was a mess, a 6.75 ERA vs Baltimore and yet he still managed to eek out wins.

Let's hope the A's can continue their dominance with Tampa Bay this weekend. I'll be at the game on Saturday. The A's really need to continue winning to gain on the Angels and Texas.