A'S MELT IN FINALE

OAKLAND -- The A's melted like a scoop of mint chocolate chip ice cream on the sprouting tits of an 11 year old girl in the Vegas sun in their finale against New York today.  The Yankees launched a 17-hit attack, delivering Barry Zito his 3rd loss of the season in a fuckin' barn-burner.  Jason Giambi finished the day 4-for-5 with a home run and Jorge Posada was 3-for-4 with 2 big flies.

"I like ice cream, and we fuckin' ate it," Yanks Manager Joe Torre said.

Barry Zito was mere pedestrian in his start today.  He allowed 5 earned runs in 5 innings.  Jeff Tam was abominable in relief, allowing 4 earned runs in 1 inning. 

Mike Mussina got the win, going seven strong innings.  Athletics' Scott Hatteberg hit another home run.  He's been hot of late. Derek Jeter came into the game in a 3-for-39 funk and left with 3 hits.

"An ugly fucking game that bothered me slightly, but we took the series.  Can't wait to designate a few relievers," said Maty McNeil.

BOXSCORE: 2002 New York (AL) Yankees At 2002 Oakland Athletics      4/25/2002
  Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  A.Soriano 2B        5  2  2  1 .302     S.Hatteberg 1B      4  1  2  1 .308 
  D.Jeter SS          4  3  3  2 .220     M.Ellis 2B          5  1  1  0 .355 
  B.Williams CF       5  1  1  0 .333     M.Tejada SS         5  0  1  1 .256 
  J.Giambi DH         5  3  4  5 .318     E.Chavez 3B         3  1  1  0 .247 
  J.Posada C          4  2  3  3 .241     D.Justice LF,RF     4  0  1  0 .212 
  R.White LF          5  0  1  0 .287     J.Giambi CF,LF      3  0  0  1 .293 
  R.Coomer 3B         5  0  2  0 .348     C.Pena DH           4  0  0  0 .164 
  S.Spencer RF        3  0  1  0 .333     R.Hernandez C       4  1  1  0 .276 
  N.Johnson 1B        5  1  0  0 .288     M.Colangelo RF,CF   1  0  0  0 .083 
                                        A-E.Byrnes PH,CF      3  1  1  2 .190 
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---     
         Totals      41 12 17 11                 Totals      36  5  8  5

A-Pinch Hit For Colangelo In 5th Inning

Yankees......... 2 0 2  0 1 5  0 2 0  - 12 17  3
Athletics....... 1 0 1  0 0 0  0 1 2  -  5  8  1

Yankees (13-10)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
M.Mussina WIN(2-2)        7       4   2   2   2   6   1 119   3.90  A1 D2
R.Mendoza                 1 1/3   4   3   2   0   1   1  28   4.76  D3 E1
M.Stanton                 0 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   8   4.50  E2
Totals                    9       8   5   4   2   8   2

Athletics (10-12)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
B.Zito LOSS(2-3)          5       8   6   5   5   6   2 106   3.12  A1 C8
J.Tam                     1       5   4   4   0   0   1  32  10.80  C9 D7
M.Magnante                1       0   0   0   0   1   0  15   1.23  D8 E1
M.Holtz                   2       4   2   2   0   2   1  25   4.70  E2
Totals                    9      17  12  11   5   9   4

ATTENDANCE- 33,949 DATE- Thursday, April 25th 2002 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Jerry Meals, Larry Young, Rob Drake, Bill Miller
T- 3:50
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 7  Athletics: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 1  Athletics: 3
ERRORS- D.Jeter, N.Johnson, M.Mussina, R.Hernandez
DOUBLES- A.Soriano-2(9th), D.Jeter(3rd), J.Posada(4th)
TRIPLES- M.Ellis(2nd)
HOME RUNS- D.Jeter(2nd), J.Giambi(3rd), J.Posada-2(9th), S.Hatteberg(6th),
           E.Byrnes(1st)
STOLEN BASES- D.Jeter(6th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Giambi
WALKS- A.Soriano, D.Jeter, J.Posada, S.Spencer-2, S.Hatteberg, E.Chavez
STRIKE OUTS- A.Soriano, B.Williams-2, J.Posada, R.Coomer-2, S.Spencer,
             N.Johnson-2, M.Ellis, M.Tejada-2, D.Justice, J.Giambi, C.Pena,
             M.Colangelo, E.Byrnes
GIDP- B.Williams, R.White
WILD PITCHES- M.Mussina, B.Zito, M.Magnante