tagged w/ A.J. Burnett
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Something has gotta’ give, right? The A’s can’t remain as icy cold as they have since the end of the All Star break could they? When they’ve gotten stellar performances from their pitching, they’ve still managed to be outscored by the opposing team. When they’ve gotten some hitting, the opposition seems to have outpitched the A’s pitchers. On a day when the Oakland Athletics ace, Justin Duchscherer, was pitching, you’d expect the latter wouldn’t be the case in a loss, but on Thursday night it was...Something has gotta’ give, right? The A’s can’t remain as icy cold... more
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Gio Gonzalez got his first Major League career start, unfortunately for him and the A’s, it was also his first career loss as well. The 22 year old pitcher, just called up from the Sacramento River Cats, pitched 6 innings, letting up 4 earned runs on 4 hits and 2 walks, and 1 home run while striking out 4 batters in the loss. The only problem was the first inning, where he let up a three-run homer to Rod Barajas...Gio Gonzalez got his first Major League career start, unfortunately for him and the... more
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