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5/31/2009
FIRING
The first GM firing of the season has taken place. Jon Daniels is out in Texas. This isn't really surprising, considering the team had the worst record in the majors at 14-35.
ATHLETICS-MARLINS TRADE
Oakland has traded 35-year-old third baseman Nomar Garciaparra and $600,000 to the Florida Marlins for 25-year-old starting pitcher Anibal Sanchez and 19-year-old minor league starting pitcher Graham Johnson.
This season Garciaparra is batting .263 with 45 hits and 2 home runs. He has scored 13 times and has 16 RBI. He will split time between starting at third and shortstop.
This season Sanchez is 2-5 in 11 starts (51 innings), has 47 strikeouts and a 5.65 ERA. He will be Oakland's fourth starter.
Graham Johnson was assigned to the AZL Athletics of the Rookie League and will be their ace. He is Oakland's 18th ranked prospect (12th ranked pitching prospect).
Game #51 – Chicago (A) White Sox [27-23] (J. Danks 5-2, 4.10 ERA) at Kansas City Royals [22-27] (L. Hudson 3-4, 4.13 ERA)
Chicago (A) lineup: CF Wise – SS Ramirez – RF Dye – 1B Konerko – 3B Fields – DH Thome – LF Anderson – 2B Doolittle – C Pierzynski
Kansas City lineup: CF Crisp – 2B Callaspo – DH Butler – 3B Gordon – RF Guillen – LF DeJesus – 1B Teahen – SS Aviles – C Olivo
Chicago (A) 3
Kansas City 2 (11)
W: B. Jenks (1-2) L: R. Mahay (1-1) S: M. Thornton (1)
HR – CHA: B. Myrow (1)
This was another pretty good pitching duel. It was good to see Danks bounce back after his last start. Both teams put a run up in the first inning, Konerko doubling home Wise and Callaspo scoring on yet another error by Fields. We took a 2-1 lead in the fifth on a Wise RBI groundout, and we took that lead into the ninth. Jenks came in and I was feeling pretty good. Until he walked DeJesus and Teahen to start the inning. Jacobs pinch hit and flew out to center, allowing DeJesus to tag up and move to third. Lubanski pinch hit and grounded out to shortstop, but it allowed DeJesus to score the tying run. After a scoreless tenth, Myrow, who came in as a defensive replacement at first in the ninth, hit a 2-out solo shot 421 feet to right center to give us the lead. Thornton came in and struck out the side to give us the win.
AMERICAN LEAGUE SCORES
New York (A) 3
Cleveland 2 (11)
W: J. Veras (3-3) L: K. Wood (3-3)
HR – CLE: B. Francisco (8)
Boston 4
Toronto 5
W: C. Janssen (1-2) L: J. Papelbon (0-4)
Detroit 8
Baltimore 7
W: B. Lyon (3-0) L: G. Sherrill (4-1) S: B. Seay (17)
HR – BAL: B. Roberts (2), F. Pie (3), M. Wieters (10)
Minnesota 3
Tampa Bay 9
W: S. Kazmir (8-3) L: B. Duensing (1-3)
HR – MIN: J. Crede (4) TBA: W. Aybar (3), A. Iwamura (1)
Oakland 9
Texas 4 (10)
W: B. Ziegler (4-3) L: C. Wilson (1-2)
HR – OAK: J. Cust (9), M. Ellis (7), K. Suzuki (1) TEX: M. Byrd (4)
Seattle 2
Los Angeles (A) 7
W: T. Armas (3-5) L: C. Jakubauskas (1-3) S: J. Arredondo (2)
HR – LAA: M. Napoli (8)
NATIONAL LEAGUE SCORES
Florida 4
New York (N) 2
W: T. Tankersley (2-0) L: M. Pelfrey (5-2) S: M. Lindstrom (13)
Houston 9
Pittsburgh 2
W: R. Oswalt (6-4) L: Z. Duke (6-5)
HR – HOU: C. Lee (13) PIT: B. Moss (4)
Washington 5
Philadelphia 3
W: S. Martis (5-5) L: J. Moyer (1-7) S: J. Hanrahan (13)
HR – WAS: R. Zimmerman (9) PHI: J. Rollins (7), M. Stairs (2)
Cincinnati 1
Milwaukee 12
W: B. Looper (6-3) L: J. Cueto (4-4)
San Diego 3
Colorado 5
W: G. Smith (1-4) L: S. Hill (1-5) S: H. Street (6)
HR – SDN: C. Headley (3)
St. Louis 9
San Francisco 5
W: K. Lohse (3-5) L: R. Johnson (3-7) S: J. Motte (13)
HR – SLN: A. Pujols (8)
Atlanta 2
Arizona 7
W: M. Scherzer (4-3) L: T. Hanson (0-1)
HR – ATL: C. Jones (11) ARI: C. Tracy (5), C. Young (9), M. Reynolds (11)
Los Angeles (N) 2
Chicago (N) 7
W: T. Lilly (5-2) L: J. McDonald (4-4)
HR – LAN: R. Martin (4) CHN: R. Johnson (1), M. Hoffpauir (5)
PERFORMANCES OF THE DAY
#1 – LF Carlos Lee (HOU) 4 for 5, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
#2 – 1B Albert Pujols (SLN) 3 for 4, HR, 3 RBI, 3 R, BB
#3 – SP Scott Kazmir (TBA) 7.1 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, W
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