4/19/05: Blanton vs. Astacio

[A's Baby Girl]

Oakland at Texas

April 19, 2005: 11:05 PT

vs
Blanton: 0-0, 2.45Astacio: 0-1, 2.57

Lineups

Oakland Athletics

Texas Rangers

[Providence A's]

Today's Lineups

OAKLAND

TEXAS

1. M. Kotsay, CF

G. Matthews Jr., CF

2. J. Kendall, C

H. Blalock, 3B

3. E. Chavez, 3B

M. Young, SS

4. E. Durazo, DH

M. Teixeira, 1B

5. S. Hatteberg, 1B

D. Dellucci, LF

6. M. Ellis, 2B

R. Hidalgo, RF

7. N. Swisher, RF

A. Gonzalez, DH

8. C. Thomas, LF

M. DeRosa, 2B

9. M. Scutaro, SS

S. Alomar Jr., C

[Providence A's]

Top 1ST B:0 S:0 O:1
Mark Kotsay flies out to center fielder Gary Matthews.

Top 1ST B:1 S:1 O:2
Jason Kendall flies out to center fielder Gary Matthews.

Top 1ST B:3 S:1 O:2
Eric Chavez doubles (2) on a ground ball to right fielder Richard Hidalgo.

Top 1ST B:4 S:1 O:2
Erubiel Durazo walks.

Top 1ST B:0 S:2 O:3
Scott Hatteberg grounds out, pitcher Pedro Astacio to first baseman Mark Teixeira.


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

Bottom 1ST B:1 S:2 O:1
Gary Matthews grounds out, first baseman Scott Hatteberg to pitcher Joe Blanton.

Bottom 1ST B:2 S:0 O:2
Hank Blalock grounds out, second baseman Mark Ellis to first baseman Scott Hatteberg.

Bottom 1ST B:4 S:0 O:2
Michael Young walks.

Mark Teixeira lines out to center fielder Mark Kotsay.

[Providence A's]

Top 2ND B:0 S:2 O:1
Mark Ellis flies out to right fielder Richard Hidalgo.

Top 2ND B:1 S:2 O:2
Nick Swisher grounds out to first baseman Mark Teixeira.

Top 2ND B:3 S:2 O:3
Charles Thomas lines out to center fielder Gary Matthews.


--------------------------- MIDDLE 2ND

Bottom 2ND B:1 S:1 O:1
David Dellucci flies out to center fielder Mark Kotsay.

Bottom 2ND B:0 S:1 O:2
Richard Hidalgo pops out to second baseman Mark Ellis.

Bottom 2ND B:0 S:0 O:3
Adrian Gonzalez flies out to left fielder Charles Thomas.

Top 3RD B:0 S:2 O:0
Marco Scutaro singles on a line drive to center fielder Gary Matthews.

Top 3RD B:2 S:2 O:1
Mark Kotsay lines out to right fielder Richard Hidalgo.

Top 3RD B:2 S:2 O:1
Jason Kendall singles on a line drive to center fielder Gary Matthews. Marco Scutaro to 3rd.

Top 3RD B:1 S:1 O:3
Eric Chavez grounds into double play, shortstop Michael Young to second baseman Mark DeRosa to first baseman Mark Teixeira. Jason Kendall out at 2nd.


--------------------------- MIDDLE 3RD

Bottom 3RD B:0 S:2 O:1
Mark DeRosa grounds out, second baseman Mark Ellis to first baseman Scott Hatteberg.

Bottom 3RD B:1 S:2 O:2
Sandy AlomarJr. lines out to right fielder Nick Swisher.

Bottom 3RD B:0 S:1 O:3
Gary Matthews lines out softly to second baseman Mark Ellis.

Top 4TH B:0 S:0 O:1
Erubiel Durazo singles on a pop up to shortstop Michael Young. Erubiel Durazo out at 2nd, shortstop Michael Young to second baseman Mark DeRosa.

Top 4TH B:3 S:2 O:2
Scott Hatteberg pops out to shortstop Michael Young.

Top 4TH B:3 S:2 O:3
Mark Ellis lines out to right fielder Richard Hidalgo.

[Providence A's]

Bottom 4TH B:0 S:0 O:1
Hank Blalock flies out to left fielder Charles Thomas.

Bottom 4TH B:0 S:1 O:1
Michael Young singles on a line drive to center fielder Mark Kotsay.

Bottom 4TH B:0 S:1 O:3
Mark Teixeira grounds into double play, shortstop Marco Scutaro to first baseman Scott Hatteberg. Michael Young out at 2nd.

[Providence A's]

Top 5TH B:1 S:2 O:1
Nick Swisher grounds out, second baseman Mark DeRosa to pitcher Pedro Astacio.

Top 5TH B:1 S:0 O:2
Charles Thomas grounds out to first baseman Mark Teixeira.

Top 5TH B:1 S:1 O:3
Marco Scutaro grounds out, shortstop Michael Young to first baseman Mark Teixeira.


--------------------------- MIDDLE 5TH

Bottom 5TH B:1 S:0 O:0
David Dellucci singles on a ground ball to second baseman Mark Ellis.

Bottom 5TH B:1 S:1 O:1
Richard Hidalgo flies out to left fielder Charles Thomas.

Bottom 5TH B:0 S:1 O:2
Adrian Gonzalez pops out to catcher Jason Kendall in foul territory.

Bottom 5TH B:0 S:1 O:2
With Mark DeRosa batting, David Dellucci steals (2) 2nd base.

Bottom 5TH B:2 S:2 O:3
Mark DeRosa flies out to right fielder Nick Swisher.

Top 6TH B:1 S:2 O:1
Mark Kotsay grounds out, second baseman Mark DeRosa to first baseman Mark Teixeira.

Top 6TH B:0 S:2 O:2
Jason Kendall grounds out to first baseman Mark Teixeira.

Top 6TH B:2 S:3 O:3
Eric Chavez called out on strikes.

c'mon, don't waste another good start you lazy bums!

[Providence A's]

Bottom 6TH B:2 S:3 O:1
Sandy AlomarJr. strikes out on foul tip.

Bottom 6TH B:0 S:0 O:1
Gary Matthews singles on a ground ball to right fielder Nick Swisher.

Bottom 6TH B:4 S:0 O:1
Hank Blalock walks. Gary Matthews to 2nd.

Bottom 6TH B:2 S:1 O:2
Michael Young grounds into a force out, third baseman Eric Chavez to second baseman Mark Ellis. Gary Matthews to 3rd. Hank Blalock out at 2nd. Michael Young to 1st.

Bottom 6TH B:2 S:1 O:3
Mark Teixeira lines out to center fielder Mark Kotsay.

[Providence A's]

these guys are killing me!

Top 7TH B:3 S:3 O:1
Erubiel Durazo strikes out swinging.

Top 7TH B:2 S:2 O:2
Scott Hatteberg grounds out to first baseman Mark Teixeira.

Top 7TH B:0 S:1 O:2
Mark Ellis singles on a ground ball to left fielder David Dellucci.

Top 7TH B:1 S:3 O:3
Nick Swisher strikes out swinging.

bottom of the 7th coming, 0 - 0 still

[Providence A's]

Bottom 7TH B:1 S:1 O:0
David Dellucci singles on a line drive to center fielder Mark Kotsay.

Bottom 7TH B:2 S:1 O:0
Richard Hidalgo singles on a line drive to left fielder Charles Thomas. David Dellucci to 2nd.

Bottom 7TH B:1 S:0 O:1
Adrian Gonzalez grounds out, second baseman Mark Ellis to first baseman Scott Hatteberg. David Dellucci to 3rd. Richard Hidalgo to 2nd.

Bottom 7TH B:1 S:1 O:1
Mark DeRosa hit by pitch.

Bottom 7TH B:1 S:0 O:1
Sandy AlomarJr. reaches on fielding error by third baseman Eric Chavez. David Dellucci scores. Richard Hidalgo to 3rd. Mark DeRosa to 2nd.

Bottom 7TH B:2 S:0 O:2
Gary Matthews grounds into a force out, second baseman Mark Ellis to shortstop Marco Scutaro. Richard Hidalgo scores. Mark DeRosa to 3rd. Sandy AlomarJr. out at 2nd. Gary Matthews to 1st.

2 - 0 Rangers, 2 outs, first and third

blanton out, rincon in

[Providence A's]

Bottom 7TH B:1 S:1 O:3
Hank Blalock flies out to right fielder Nick Swisher.

Rincon gets out of it...not even through 14 games this season and Chavvy already has 3 errors?!?!

[Providence A's]

Top 8TH B:2 S:3 O:1
Charles Thomas called out on strikes.

got dang we're making this chump look like cy young...that seems to be a theme so far this season

[Providence A's]

Top 8TH B:2 S:3 O:1
Charles Thomas called out on strikes.

Top 8TH B:2 S:2 O:1
Marco Scutaro doubles (3) on a line drive to right fielder Richard Hidalgo.

Top 8TH B:0 S:0 O:2
Mark Kotsay lines out to second baseman Mark DeRosa.

Kendall flies out...

looks like we're going down today

[A's Baby Girl]

Finally got to watch my 2nd A's game this season...Blanton pitched so well, too bad Chavy bobbled that ball

Cordero's warming up in the pen