Tuesday, June 18, 2002

A'S DROP LAUGHER IN PITTSBURGH

PITTSBURGH -- Maty McNeil desperately wanted to start out the roadtrip with a win.  Instead he saw the A's drop a laugher to the subpar Pirates, 9-2.  Pittsburgh put together a monster 3rd inning, plating 6 runs on a flurry of hits and A's errors.  The A's committed 3 errors in the game and only managed 5 hits. 

Oakland starter Aaron Harang was chased in the 4th.  The bullpen allowed 3 runs (2 earned in relief).  Aramis Ramirez cracked 2 doubles.  He was one of five Pirates to have 2-hit games.  Pittsburgh's Josh Fogg threw a complete game.  He threw 129 pitches and allowed just five hits.

Luckily for Oakland, Anaheim lost their game in St. Louis.  Anaheim's loss keeps the standings intact: Oakland remains 8 games back.  Tim Hudson and Barry Zito will finish this series for Oakland.

Around the League:

• Curt Schilling's record now stands at an amazing 14-0.  Schilling has started 15 games; he has one no-decision.  Every start has been a quality start.  He has received 5.73 runs of support on average in his starts.

Every team in the NL Central is under .500.  The Cardinals lead the division at 32-36.
 
Tim Wakefield is having a virtuoso season.  In 73 innings pitched (mostly in relief) he has allowed a mere 36 hits.  He has not allowed a home run to a righties (126 at-bats).

• The Yankees are 13-2 so far this June.  They've won 6 straight and lead the AL Wild Card.  They own the league's best home record at 27-9.

BOXSCORE: 2002 Oakland Athletics At 2002 Pittsburgh Pirates         6/18/2002

  Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  S.Hatteberg 1B      4  0  2  0 .283     J.Kendall C         4  0  2  2 .248 
  D.Justice LF        4  0  0  0 .225     J.Wilson SS         2  1  0  1 .232 
  M.Ellis 2B          3  0  0  0 .330     B.Giles LF          5  0  0  0 .296 
  E.Chavez 3B         4  0  1  0 .268     A.Ramirez 3B        5  1  2  1 .195 
  J.Dye RF            4  1  1  0 .226     R.Mackowiak CF      5  1  1  1 .254 
  M.Tejada SS         3  0  0  0 .245     K.Young 1B          4  2  2  0 .242 
  T.Long CF           2  0  0  1 .219     C.Wilson RF         2  2  2  1 .266 
  G.Myers C           3  0  0  0 .221     P.Reese 2B          4  1  2  2 .238 
  A.Harang P          0  0  0  0 ----     J.Fogg P            4  1  0  0 .000 
  J.Mecir P           0  0  0  0 ----                                         
A-J.Mabry PH          1  1  1  1 .367                                         
  M.Magnante P        0  0  0  0 ----                                         
  C.Bradford P        0  0  0  0 ----                                         
B-O.Saenz PH          0  0  0  0 .345                                         
  B.Koch P            0  0  0  0 ----                                         
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---     
         Totals      28  2  5  2                 Totals      35  9 11  8

A-Pinch Hit For Mecir In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Bradford In 8th Inning

Athletics....... 0 0 0  0 0 1  1 0 0  -  2  5  3
Pirates......... 0 0 6  0 2 1  0 0    -  9 11  0

Athletics (36-33)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
A.Harang LOSS(1-2)        3 1/3   8   6   4   1   3   0  68   4.50  A1 C4
J.Mecir                   1 2/3   1   2   1   1   1   0  32   3.24  C5 D3
M.Magnante                0 2/3   2   1   1   0   1   0  14   5.40  D4 D7
C.Bradford                1 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   7   4.17  D8 E2
B.Koch                    1       0   0   0   0   2   0  11   5.45  E3
Totals                    8      11   9   6   2   7   0

Pirates (29-40)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Fogg WIN(3-5)           9       5   2   2   2   4   1 128   5.96  A1
Totals                    9       5   2   2   2   4   1

ATTENDANCE- 22,781 DATE- Tuesday, June 18th 2002 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Paul Schrieber, Tim McClelland, Terry Craft, Phil Cuzzi
T- 3:10
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 3  Pirates: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 1  Pirates: 3
ERRORS- M.Ellis, M.Tejada, A.Harang
DOUBLES- J.Dye(9th), A.Ramirez-2(10th), K.Young(16th), C.Wilson(21st)
HOME RUNS- J.Mabry(10th)
STOLEN BASES- C.Wilson(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- A.Harang, J.Wilson
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Wilson
WALKS- T.Long, O.Saenz, J.Kendall, C.Wilson
HIT BY PITCH- M.Ellis, J.Wilson, C.Wilson
STRIKE OUTS- D.Justice, E.Chavez, J.Dye, G.Myers, J.Wilson, B.Giles, A.Ramirez,
             R.Mackowiak-2, K.Young, J.Fogg
GIDP- D.Justice-2, J.Dye, J.Kendall

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