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| Johnny Olerud can't quite reach Eric Chavez's single in the 7th. |
SEATTLE -- The A's were determined not to let a good start by Barry Zito go to waste. Trailing 1-0 since the 1st inning, the A's plated 4 big runs in the 7th against tough lefty Arthur Rhodes and snatched a victory from the Mariners, winning 5-1.
In the 7th, Scott Hatteberg battered a double off the center field wall to score Olmedo Saenz, tying the game at 1. But Oakland was far from done. After a walk and force play put runners on the corners, Eric Chavez hit a chance play (X) to sure-handed Johnny Olerud. Olerud ranged to his right but could not get to the ball, allowing the would-be game-winning run to score. Shigetoshi Hasegawa was summoned from the pen and was rudely introduced by David Justice who hit a 2-run double.
"The fact they pulled off such a quick rally against Arthur Rhodes is impressive," Barry Zito said after the game. "I don't care about my own personal stats, I wasn't thinking about my record, I just wanted us to stay above .500 going into Texas."
"Barry can say what he wants, I want him to win 27 games this year," Maty McNeil said. "He wasn't coming out until we won. I know his usage is up, but fuck it, we aren't concerned with that this early."
The A's own a 4-3 record going into a series against Texas that will begin the day after tomorrow. The Rangers are just 1-5 on the year.
| Around the League: • Vladimir Guerrero had a monster game in Cincinnati tonight. He finished 4-for-5 with 3 home runs in Montreal's 11-8 defeat. Montreal's pitching ranks dead-last in the Majors (7.27 ERA). 4 of their 5 starters have ERA's north of 6.00. • Randy Johnson leads the National League in walks (8). Johnson has not picked up a win in his 2 starts despite pitching well (1.80 ERA). • Barry Bonds has 10 RBI's and 7 walks since the season's start. David Ortiz has 4 home runs in 20 at-bats. • The San Diego Padres remain win-less at 0-6. They've only hit 3 home runs as a team. Outfielder Mark Kotsay (whose wife is hot) is 2-for-24 to start the year. |
BOXSCORE: 2002 Oakland Athletics At 2002 Seattle Mariners 4/7/2002
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Mariners AB R H RBI AVG
S.Hatteberg DH 4 1 1 1 .190 I.Suzuki RF 3 1 1 0 .458
J.Giambi LF 4 0 1 0 .273 J.Cirillo 3B 3 0 0 0 .143
M.Tejada SS 5 1 2 0 .214 B.Boone 2B 4 0 2 0 .261
E.Chavez 3B 5 1 1 1 .269 E.Martinez DH 3 0 1 1 .200
D.Justice RF 4 0 2 2 .346 J.Olerud 1B 4 0 1 0 .318
C.Pena 1B 5 0 1 0 .273 R.Sierra LF 4 0 0 0 .125
T.Long CF 4 1 1 0 .208 M.Cameron CF 4 0 0 0 .238
F.Menechino 2B 1 0 1 0 .273 D.Wilson C 3 0 0 0 .000
A-O.Saenz PH,2B 0 1 0 1 .286 C.Guillen SS 2 0 0 0 .143
R.Hernandez C 2 0 0 0 .278
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Totals 34 5 10 5 Totals 30 1 5 1
A-Pinch Hit For Menechino In 7th Inning
Athletics....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 - 5 10 0
Mariners........ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 0
Athletics (4-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Zito WIN(2-0) 7 4 1 1 1 5 0 101 0.60 A1 C8
B.Koch 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 36 9.00 C9
Totals 9 5 1 1 3 6 0
Mariners (3-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Moyer 6 1/3 6 1 1 2 1 0 92 3.60 A1 C9
A.Rhodes L(0-1) BS(1st) 0 1/3 2 3 3 1 0 0 21 6.23 D1 D4
S.Hasegawa 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00 D5 D5
J.Nelson 2 1/3 1 1 1 2 1 0 45 3.86 D6
Totals 9 10 5 5 5 2 0
ATTENDANCE- 45,124 DATE- Sunday, April 7th 2002 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Rich Rieker, Paul Emmel, Gerry Davis, Chris Guccione
T- 2:47
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics:10 Mariners: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 1 Mariners: 1
DOUBLES- S.Hatteberg(1st), D.Justice(2nd), C.Pena(2nd), T.Long(2nd),
F.Menechino(1st), B.Boone(2nd), E.Martinez(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Hernandez, J.Cirillo
SACRIFICE FLIES- O.Saenz
WALKS- S.Hatteberg, J.Giambi, D.Justice, F.Menechino, R.Hernandez, I.Suzuki,
E.Martinez, C.Guillen
HIT BY PITCH- O.Saenz
STRIKE OUTS- M.Tejada, E.Chavez, I.Suzuki, J.Olerud, R.Sierra, M.Cameron,
D.Wilson, C.Guillen
GIDP- R.Hernandez, J.Cirillo
WILD PITCHES- J.Nelson
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