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OAKLAND -- Terrence Long, who looks a little bit like a giraffe with glasses, delivered big in Oakland's 8-4 victory over Toronto today. Long, who's been nothing but a total liability jack-off all season, finished 3-for-3 with a home run and 3 ribs. Barry Zito (14-7) got the win for Oakland despite allowing 5 walks and two jacks.
Oakland found themselves down 4-0 early on because Zito was being stupid. But Oakland's offense responded with four runs in the 7th to take a commanding lead. Hatteberg and Chavez also hit jacks for Oakland.
"I want a 10 game winning streak," said Manager McNeil. "We got a big series against Minnesota coming up soon which will be tough, but I'd like to see us continue the trend against the White Sox and Indians. I'm not looking forward to the trip to Cleveland. It's such a shitty town and the fish have AIDS."
Around the League:  • The Devil Rays have been mathematically eliminated from winning the A.L. East. They are now a jaw-dropping 49.5 games back with 44 games to go. They are on pace to finish 42-120, which would tie the 1962 Mets as the shittiest team in baseball history. Even if they won all their remaining games, they would still finish under .500 and continue to look like total clowns. The Devil Rays owned a 13 game losing streak earlier in the year. The team as-a-whole has hit .197 against left-handed pitching. Only the Detroit Lions are a shittier sports team.• Jim Thome has been absolutely murdering the ball. The Indians' first sacker has slugged 45 home runs and it's not even mid-August. He hit 14 home runs in the month of July and has had a ton of multiple home-run games (I don't feel like counting them all). He had a 4-game home runs streak from 7/18 to 7/20. • Miguel Tejada has become Major League Baseball's finest defensive shortstop. He has successfully handled 92.5% of his chance plays, edging Omar Vizquel of the Indians at 92.4. • Dave Roberts of the Dodgers' stole 5 bases on 7/27. He's stolen 51 this season, short of only Luis Castillo (56) for the ML lead. • If the season were to end today, these would be the playoff matchups: AL: Boston (80-37) vs. Minnesota (69-51) & Anaheim (73-46) vs. New York (68-49); NL: Arizona (79-40) vs. Philadelphia (70-48) & Atlanta (78-40) vs. St. Louis (63-53). |
BOXSCORE: 2002 Toronto Blue Jays At 2002 Oakland Athletics 8/13/2002
Blue Jays AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
S.Stewart LF 5 0 1 1 .248 R.Durham DH 5 1 1 0 .270
D.Berg SS 2 0 1 0 .249 S.Hatteberg 1B 5 2 3 1 .281
J.Cruz Jr. RF 4 0 0 1 .251 D.Justice LF 4 1 1 1 .237
T.Wilson C 4 0 0 0 .247 E.Chavez 3B 5 1 2 1 .252
E.Hinske 3B 3 0 1 0 .251 M.Tejada SS 4 2 2 1 .269
V.Wells CF 4 1 1 1 .274 J.Mabry RF 4 0 1 1 .234
J.Phelps DH 4 1 1 1 .358 M.Ellis 2B 3 0 0 0 .288
O.Hudson 2B 3 1 1 0 .351 T.Long CF 3 1 3 3 .243
A-K.Huckaby PH 1 0 0 0 .259 G.Myers C 3 0 0 0 .198
B.Lesher 1B 2 1 0 0 .063
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Totals 32 4 6 4 Totals 36 8 13 8
A-Pinch Hit For Hudson In 9th Inning
Blue Jays....... 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 6 0
Athletics....... 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 0 - 8 13 1
Blue Jays (52-66) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
C.Carpenter LOSS(3-6) 6 9 7 7 2 2 3 125 4.43 A1 D3
J.Miller 0 1/3 2 1 1 0 0 0 10 4.08 D4 D6
M.Hendrickso 1 2/3 2 0 0 0 0 0 30 2.63 D7
Totals 8 13 8 8 2 2 3
Athletics (68-52) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Zito WIN(14-7) 7 5 4 4 5 7 2 117 3.21 A1 D4
M.Bowie 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 23 0.00 D5
Totals 9 6 4 4 5 9 2
ATTENDANCE- 41,039 DATE- Tuesday, August 13th 2002 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Rob Drake, Bill Miller, Jerry Meals, Larry Young
T- 2:49
LEFT ON BASE- Blue Jays: 6 Athletics: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Blue Jays: 0 Athletics: 2
ERRORS- E.Chavez
DOUBLES- T.Long(14th)
HOME RUNS- V.Wells(18th), J.Phelps(9th), S.Hatteberg(20th), E.Chavez(25th),
T.Long(11th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- T.Long
WALKS- D.Berg-2, E.Hinske, B.Lesher-2, D.Justice, G.Myers
HIT BY PITCH- M.Ellis
STRIKE OUTS- S.Stewart, T.Wilson-2, E.Hinske, J.Phelps-3, O.Hudson, B.Lesher,
R.Durham, M.Ellis
GIDP- T.Wilson, V.Wells
WILD PITCHES- C.Carpenter
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