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Shawn Spencer to start opener against Harden and the A's
Yes, the season opener has come, and young ace Shawn Spencer is starting.
Armed with a nasty circle change and a nastier intimidation factor, this 93 mph throwing youngster is ready to take on one of the most maddeningly talented players in the bigs, Rich Harden.

Said Chris Turk:


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The first inning of the San Jose Hornets' franchise started out perfectly: 8 pitches from Shawn Spencer and two K's.
It even continued with two base hits form Kyu Sakamoto and Ramiro Valencia!
However, Chris Turk popped out to second, and Brian Miyagawa lined out to third, causing his agent in the stands to nearly slam his cellphone on the ground in frustration. Finally, a Mike Carp whiff on the seventh pitch of the at-bat kept the score knotted at 0 as they headed into the second inning.

More after the game!

Well, we can say this: Brian Miyagawa had his revenge.
In a 4-2 win, 3 of the 4 came from a 412 foot Brian Miyagawa blast in the third inning, scoring the first runs of the game.
Shawn Spencer went eight strong, only getting into trouble in the 7th inning and allowing 2, and allowed 8 hits. There were no errors on either side.
Kirk Saarloos pitched a perfect ninth, and got the save.
Stats tomorrow, sorry, I'm real tired.

How is that pronounced?

Anyway, he wants to practice his power.

Video may have killed the radio star (hate that song...) and curiosity may have killed the cat (animal abuse!), but today, baserunning killed the Hornets. Oh yeah, and homers.

15 hits vs. 13 hits, the Hornets won.
0 Ks vs. 3 Ks, the Hornets won.
0 homers vs. 3 homers, the A's won.
God knows how many thrown out runners vs. 0, the A's won.
8 runs to 4 runs, the A's won.

Ryan Rio pitched 5 innings of 9 hit, 6 run ball, and allowed homers to Frank Thomas and Jack Cust. Mark Malaska then came in and pitched out the game, and allowed 2 of his own runs.

Meanwhile, Justin Duscherer pitched 6.1 innings, allowing 3 runs and 11 hits, and Alan Embree allowed 3 hits and a run in a set-up role. Huston Street pitched a perfect, 13 pitch 9th to close it out.

The Hornets now drop to 1-1 on the season, and the A's are now 1-1 as well.

Oh yeah, and the other expansion team, the Round Rock Wings? They lost 14-2 to the Indians, and are 0-2.