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Oakland Athletics(86-71) @ Texas Rangers(78-79)

Dana Eveland vs. Vicente Padilla

The Athletics got to Padilla early, as Emil Brown singled home a run in the first and Chase Utley hit a 3 run homerun later that inning, his 29th of the year. Eric Chavez hit his 14th homerun in the 4th, a 2 run blast. The Rangers finally got to Eveland in the 6th, scoring 2 runs on a Milton Bradley single. In the 7th, after Eveland was removed the Rangers scored 3 runs off of Athletic relievers to bring the game within 1 run. Keith Foulke and Tom Gordon proceeded to shut down the Rangers for the rest of the game and the A's won this one 6-5.

Athletics- 6
Rangers- 5

W Eveland(10-11)
L Padilla(14-9)
S Gordon(14)

Lopez 1-4 2B
Utley 2-4 HR, 3 RBI
Suzuki 2-4 2B
Chavez 1-3 HR, 2 RBI
Eveland 6 IP 2 ER 3 K's

Padilla 4 IP 6 ER
Young 3-5 2B
Bradley 2-4 2 RBI
Broussard 2-4 2B, RBI

Oakland Athletics(87-71) @ Texas Rangers(78-80)

Joe Blanton vs. Josh Rupe

After giving up an RBI single to Ben Broussard in the 2nd, Joe Blanton would settle down and cruise until the 9th inning. In the meanwhile, he got 6 runs of support from Felipe Lopez, Daric Barton, Chase Utley and a few passed balls. In the 9th, with the score 6-2, Blanton got one quick out. He proceeded to give up a hit, and showed sings of fatigue. The manager decided to give him 2 more batters and if he couldn't retire either of them he'd be pulled. The next two batters also got singles and the bases were loaded with 1 out and Josh Hamilton stepping to the plate. Tom Gordon came in, and on a 2-2 pitch, Hamilton blasted a breaking pitch into the upper deck to tie the game with a grand slam. Gordon lost it from there, giving up a base hit, and then giving up a walkoff double to Hank Blalock as the Rangers made an amazing come from behind victory.

Rangers- 7
Athletics- 6

W McCarthy(2-0)
L Gordon(4-5)

Lopez 2-5 RBI
Barton 2-5 2B, 2 RBI
Utley 1-5 2B, RBI
Suzuki 2-4 2B
Denorfia 2-4 2B
Blanton 8 1/3 5 ER 4 K's

Rupe 4 2/3 3 ER
Hamilton 3-5 HR, 4 RBI
Bradley 2-5 RBI
Blalock 2-5 walkoff 2B

AL West Sandings Update
Athletics 87-72 Magic # 1
Mariners 84-75 3 GB
Rangers 79-80 8 GB
Angels 75-84 12 GB

Big Series for Mariners
The Seattle Mariners have a tough 3 game series ahead of them. They have to sweep the Oakland Athletics to even get a tie at 1st place in the west. All hope is not lost if they lose a game though, as they are just 1 game back of the Blue Jays for the AL Wild Card. The Blue Jays start a 3 game series with the Baltimore Orioles.

Oakland Athletics(87-72) @ Seattle Mariners(84-75)

Anibal Sanchez vs. Carlos Silva

All the scoring in this one came in the top of the first inning. Felipe Lopez led off the game with a double, and Emil Brown drove him home the very next pitch. After back to back outs by Barton and Utley, Kurt Suzuki, Jack Cust, and Eric Chavez hit back to back to back RBI singles to make it 4-0. Anibal Sanchez was dominant again today, throwing his second complete game in a row, his last also happened to be against the Mariners. He was much more dominant today, allowing no runs and striking out 8 batters. After Sanchez retired the final batter, he threw his arms up in joy and his teammates mobbed him as the Athletics clinched the AL West with the win. The Mariners will have to win the next two games and have the Blue Jays lose their last two to earn a tie of the wildcard. They will have an advantage as a majority of the Athletic starters are expected to get rest the next two games.

Athletics- 4
Mariners- 0

W Sanchez(12-4)
L Silva(4-14)

Lopez 2-5 2B
Brown 3-4 RBI
Suzuki 2-4 RBI
Cust 2-4 RBI
Chavez 2-4 RBI
Sanchez CG 0 R 8 K's

Silva 5 IP 4 ER
Ibanez 1-4 2 K's

Oakland Athletics(88-72) @ Seattle Mariners(84-76)

Dallas Braden vs. Felix Hernandez

The Mariners got to quick runs in the 2nd inning off of Dallas Braden, and that's all they would need. They would add two more later in the game, but Felix Hernandez shut down the A's throwing a complete game 4 hit shutout. The Mariners hopes of a playoff birth were dashed despite their win, as the Blue Jays won and clinched the wild card.

Mariners- 4
Athletics- 0

W Hernandez(16-6)
L Braden(0-1)

Lopez 2-4
Braden 5 IP 2 ER 4 K's

Hernandez CG 4 H, 0 R
Ichiro 2-4 2B, RBI
Beltre 3-4 2B, HR
Vidro 2-3 2B, 2 RBI

Oakland Athletics(88-73) @ Seattle Mariners(85-76)

Dana Eveland vs. Jarrod Washburn

Dana Eveland struggled today, as did the rest of the Athletics' pitchers. He gave up 3 runs in only 3 1/3 innings, as the Mariners scored 6 runs off of Athletic pitching. The A's put up a fight in the eigth scoring twice, but couldn't muster anything else and lost 6-2.

Mariners- 6
Athletics- 2

W Washburn(11-18)
L Eveland(10-12)

M. Sweeney 1-4 2B
Chavez 2-4 2B, 2 RBI
Eveland 3 1/3 IP 3 ER 1 K

Washburn CG 2 ER 1 K
Ichiro 4-5 RBI, 3 R
Beltre 1-5 2B, RBI
Betancourt 3-4 RBI

2008 Final Stats

Felipe Lopez .330 9 HR 48 RBI
Emil Brown .316 14 HR 102 RBI
Daric Barton .312 20 HR 104 RBI
Chase Utley .325 29 HR 130 RBI
Kurt Suzuki .289 20 HR 102 RBI
Jack Cust .246 27 HR 88 RBI
Eric Chavez .280 14 HR 83 RBI
Chris Denorfia .252 10 HR 82 RBI
Rajai Davis .278 7 HR 70 RBI 34 SB

Ryan Sweeney .309 5 HR 9 RBI
Rob Bowen .292 1 HR 14 RBI
Mike Sweeney .253 6 HR 12 RBI
Jeff Fiorentino .250 0 HR 0 RBI
Donnie Murphy .233 7 HR 11 RBI
Travis Buck .225 0 HR 1 RBI

Joe Blanton 16-5 3.38 ERA 172 K's 6 CG(199.2 IP)
Brett Myers 17-5 2.96 ERA 190 K's 3 CG(188.1 IP)
Justin Duchscherer 11-11 4.98 ERA 149 K's(171.2 IP)
Rich Harden 12-11 4.38 ERA 186 K's 1 CG(164.1 IP)
Anibal Sanchez 12-4 2.78 ERA 129 K's 5 CG 20 GS(136 IP)

Dana Eveland 10-12 4.72 ERA 125 K's 25 GS(164 IP)
Kiko Calero 3-2 2.97 ERA 56 K's(94 IP)
Keith Foulke 2-3 3.24 ERA 64 K's 11 SV(91.2 IP)
Tom Gordon 4-5 6.38 ERA 70 K's 14 SV(72 IP)
Andrew Brown 4-3 3.44 ERA 52 K's 2 SV(70.2 IP)
Franquelis Osoria 102 2.86 ERA 41 K's(56.2 IP)
Greg Smith 5-7 5.33 ERA 42 K's(47.2 IP)
Santiago Casilla 1-2 4.15 ERA 44 K's 2 SV(47.2 IP)
Dallas Braden 0-1 4.09 ERA 11 K's(11 IP)
Joey Devine 1-0 11.6 ERA 1 K(7 IP)
Barton 4.50 ERA 1 K(4 IP)
Alan Embree 7.36 ERA(3.2 IP)
Lenny DiNardo 10.1 ERA 2 K's(2.2 IP)

2008 Final Standings

AL East
Yankees
Blue Jays(Wild Card)
Red Sox
Orioles
Rays

AL Central
Tigers
Indians
Twins
Royals
White Sox

AL West
Athletics
Mariners
Rangers
Angels

NL East
Braves
Mets(Wild Card)
Phillies
Nationals
Marlins

NL Central
Reds
Astros
Brewers
Cardinals
Cubs
Pirates

NL West
Padres
Diamondbacks
Rockies
Dodgers
Giants

Game 1 ALDS Oakland Athletics @ New York Yankees

Brett Myers vs. Joba Chambelain

It didn't take long for the scoring to begin, as the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 1st on an RBI double from Alex Rodriguez and a 2 run single from Morgan Ensberg. Rajai Davis singled home the Athletics first run in the top of the second to make the game 3-1. Alex Rodriguez took Brett Myers deep in the 5th to make it 4-1. Jack Cust answered back with a solo HR to dead center in the 6th. Johnny Damon singled in a run in the bottom half of the 6th to take a 5-2 lead. In the 7th, Emil Brown continued his clutch hitting with an RBI single. Jack Cust stepped up to the plate in the 8th, already 3-3, and he made it 4-4 with another solo homerun, this time to right field to cut the lead to 1 run. The Yankees then brought in Mariano Rivera for the 4 out save. He completely shut down the A's offense as the Yankees took a 1-0 lead in the series.

Yankees- 5
Athletics- 4

W Chamberlain
L Myers
S Rivera

Lopez 2-5 2B
Brown 3-4 RBI
Cust 4-4 2 HR
Davis 2-4 RBI
Myers 5 IP 4 ER 5 K's

Chamberlain 6 1/3 IP 2 ER 1 K
Damon 2-4 2B, RBI
Rodriguez 2-4 2B, HR, 2 RBI
Ensberg 2-4 2 RBI

Game 1 Scores

Yankees 5
Athletics 4
Yankees 1-0

Tigers 6
Blue Jays 4
Tigers 1-0

Reds 3
Mets 2
Reds 1-0

Padres 4
Braves 2
Padres 1-0

Game 2 ALDS Oakland Athletics(0-1) @ New York Yankees(1-0)

Anibal Sanchez vs. Phil Hughes

This game was a pitchers duel for just about the whole game. Anibal Sanchez and Phil Hughes traded zeros for the first innings. Then in the 6th, Alex Rodriguez broke up the scoreless game with a solo homerun to center field. Jack Cust answered back in the 7th with a solo homerun of his own to center. The Athletics then took the 2-1 lead on a sacrafice fly by Felipe Lopez. In the 8th, the Athletics broke it open with an RBI single by Eric Chavez and a 2 run single from Rajai Davis.

Athletics- 5
Yankees- 1

W Sanchez
L Hughes

Lopez 1-4 RBI
Utley 2-4 2B
Cust 1-4 HR
Chavez 2-4 RBI
Davis 2-4 2 RBI
Sanchez 7 IP 1 ER 4 K's

Hughes 7 1/3 IP 2 ER
Rodriguez 2-4 HR
Posada 3-4 2B
Cano 2-4 2B
Abreu 1-4 2B

Game 2 Scores

Athletics 5
Yankees 1
Tied 1-1

Blue Jays 3
Tigers 2
Tied 1-1

Reds 9
Mets 6
Reds 2-0

Padres 10
Braves 8
Padres 2-0

Game 3 ALDS Oakland Athletics(1-1) @ New York Yankees(1-1)

Joe Blanton vs. Carl Pavano

The bats were shut down again this game, as both pitchers threw gems. Blanton gave up a run in the 2nd, but settled down and didn't let up another run the whole game. Pavano didn't give up a run until the 5th, where Felipe Lopez singled home a run to tie the game. With the game tied a 1 a piece, the Athletics stepped up in the 9th. Chase Utley and Kurt Suzuki led it off with back to back singles. Then Jack Cust grouned into a double play. With 2 outs, and a runner on 3rd, Eric Chavez singled to left field to give the Athletics the lead. Joe Blanton shut down the Yankees in the bottom half to finish off the complete game victory.

Athletics- 2
Yankees- 1

W Blanton
L Pavano

Lopez 1-4 RBI
Utley 2-4 R
Cust 1-4 2B
Chavez 1-4 RBI
Denorfia 2-4 R
Blanton CG 1 ER 4 K's

Pavano 8 IP 2 ER
Rodriguez 1-4 2B
Ensberg 1-4 2B

Game 3 Scores

Athletics 2
Yankees 1
Athletics 2-1

Blue Jays 9
Tigers 4
Blue Jays 2-1

Mets 3
Reds 1
Reds 2-1

Padres 6
Braves 5
Padres win 3-0

Game 4 ALDS New York Yankees(1-2) @ Oakland Athletics(2-1)

Rich Harden vs. Chien-Ming Wang

Rich Harden struggled mightily today. In the 1st he gave up a 3 run homerun to Alex Rodriguez. Then in the 3rd he gave up another 2 run homerun, this time to Morgan Ensberg. In the 3rd, the Athletics would get on the board 3 times, including RBI's from Rajai Davis, Emil Brown and Chase Utley. In the 5th, Rich Harden had to leave the game due to arm issues, Dana Eveland replaced him and did well thowing 4 innings allowing just 1 run. Kurt Suzuki added another run in the 5th driving in 2 runs on a double to deep center, but it wasn't enough as the Yankees won this one to tie the series a 2-2.

Yankees- 7
Athletics- 5

W Wang
L Harden
S Rivera

Brown 1-4 RBI
Utley 1-4 RBI
Suzuki 1-4 2B, 2 RBI
Davis 1-4 2B, RBI
Harden 4 1/3 IP 6 ER 6 K's

Wang 5 IP 3 ER 2 K's
Jeter 3-5 2B
Rodriguez 3-5 HR, 3 RBI
Ensberg 2-5 HR, 3 RBI
Giambi 1-4 RBI

Game 4 Scores

Yankees 7
Athletics 5
Tied 2-2

Blue Jays 8
Tigers 2
Blue Jays win 3-1

Mets 6
Reds 2
Tied 2-2