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08-17-2005, 09:25 PM
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Nicely done!! :thumbsup:
Yesterday's game, Raffy went 2 for 4. :thumbsup:
Today, he was out of the lineup because he sprained his ankle yesterday. :(
Jumping back into the game too fast, methinks.
Eric DuBose comes back and pitches brilliantly today!!! :eek: :thumbsup:
So, anyhoo. Swept the A's. I love it!!! :cheer: :jump:
Orioles hold off A's for sweep, 5-3
DuBose, in unplanned start, allows one hit in 6 innings
The Associated Press
Originally published August 17, 2005, 6:24 PM EDT
OAKLAND, Calif. - Emergency starter Eric DuBose didn't allow a hit until the fifth inning, and the Baltimore Orioles sent Oakland to its fourth straight loss with a 5-3 victory over the Athletics on Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep.
DuBose took the mound at the last minute after Daniel Cabrera was scratched because of a sore lower back, then pitched brilliantly. Mark Ellis broke up the no-hit bid with a bloop single to center with two outs in the fifth.
The 29-year-old DuBose (1-0), making his second appearance of the season after being recalled from Double-A Bowie on Aug. 9, retired 14 of the first 16 batters. He allowed only Ellis' hit in six shutout innings, struck out two and walked four.
DuBose was 8-10 with a 3.25 ERA at Bowie and has made all of 37 major league appearances in parts of four seasons, yet this outing certainly helps his cause.
Luis Matos homered and had three hits for Baltimore. He connected for a solo shot to left-center on a 3-2 pitch from Justin Duchscherer leading off the seventh, helping the Orioles to their first three-game road sweep since April 22-24 at Toronto. They won the first two games here in crazy fashion, and the finale didn't lack intrigue, either.
In the sixth, Orioles right fielder David Newhan sprinted into foul territory in front of his team's bullpen trying to make a play on a high popup by Eric Chavez. But bullpen coach Elrod Hendricks jumped out of his seat and Newhan collided with the coach and had no chance at the catch -though it might have kept him from running into the low bullpen roof.
The A's shuffled their lineup to face a left-hander instead of a righty, but had little success against DuBose. Oakland's four-game skid is the club's worst since its second eight-game losing streak of the season May 21-29.
Jay Payton hit a two-run homer in the seventh for the A's against Jason Grimsley and Mark Kotsay added an RBI groundout.
Todd Williams worked the ninth for his first career save.
Dan Haren (10-9) was tagged for four straight hits to start the second and fell behind 2-0, losing his second straight start following a career-best nine-game winning streak. After Matos singled in the inning, Haren retired eight straight batters before running into more trouble in the fifth.
Rafael Palmeiro was scratched from the Orioles' lineup because of a sprained right ankle, a day after he had two hits in his second appearance since coming back from a 10-day steroid suspension.
Palmeiro injured the ankle on his sixth-inning infield single Tuesday night and left the stadium before Wednesday's game to have an X-ray.
"That's what I get for not playing two weeks, I guess," he said. "I was ready to come back out today. I don't think it's anything serious."
Baltimore's Eric Byrnes finished 0-for-13 in his first series against his former team, which traded the popular outfielder last month.
Notes: The A's have scored two total runs in the first five innings over their last nine games. ... Home-plate umpire Chris Guccione was booed loudly when announced before the game. As the first-base umpire Monday night, he made a controversial ruling when he signaled first baseman Dan Johnson was off the bag on Melvin Mora's grounder and it cost the A's the go-ahead run. ... Duchscherer allowed his first homer since July 16 against Texas.
Copyright © 2005, The Associated Press
Nicely done!! :thumbsup:
Yesterday's game, Raffy went 2 for 4. :thumbsup:
Today, he was out of the lineup because he sprained his ankle yesterday. :(
Jumping back into the game too fast, methinks.
Eric DuBose comes back and pitches brilliantly today!!! :eek: :thumbsup:
So, anyhoo. Swept the A's. I love it!!! :cheer: :jump:
Orioles hold off A's for sweep, 5-3
DuBose, in unplanned start, allows one hit in 6 innings
The Associated Press
Originally published August 17, 2005, 6:24 PM EDT
OAKLAND, Calif. - Emergency starter Eric DuBose didn't allow a hit until the fifth inning, and the Baltimore Orioles sent Oakland to its fourth straight loss with a 5-3 victory over the Athletics on Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep.
DuBose took the mound at the last minute after Daniel Cabrera was scratched because of a sore lower back, then pitched brilliantly. Mark Ellis broke up the no-hit bid with a bloop single to center with two outs in the fifth.
The 29-year-old DuBose (1-0), making his second appearance of the season after being recalled from Double-A Bowie on Aug. 9, retired 14 of the first 16 batters. He allowed only Ellis' hit in six shutout innings, struck out two and walked four.
DuBose was 8-10 with a 3.25 ERA at Bowie and has made all of 37 major league appearances in parts of four seasons, yet this outing certainly helps his cause.
Luis Matos homered and had three hits for Baltimore. He connected for a solo shot to left-center on a 3-2 pitch from Justin Duchscherer leading off the seventh, helping the Orioles to their first three-game road sweep since April 22-24 at Toronto. They won the first two games here in crazy fashion, and the finale didn't lack intrigue, either.
In the sixth, Orioles right fielder David Newhan sprinted into foul territory in front of his team's bullpen trying to make a play on a high popup by Eric Chavez. But bullpen coach Elrod Hendricks jumped out of his seat and Newhan collided with the coach and had no chance at the catch -though it might have kept him from running into the low bullpen roof.
The A's shuffled their lineup to face a left-hander instead of a righty, but had little success against DuBose. Oakland's four-game skid is the club's worst since its second eight-game losing streak of the season May 21-29.
Jay Payton hit a two-run homer in the seventh for the A's against Jason Grimsley and Mark Kotsay added an RBI groundout.
Todd Williams worked the ninth for his first career save.
Dan Haren (10-9) was tagged for four straight hits to start the second and fell behind 2-0, losing his second straight start following a career-best nine-game winning streak. After Matos singled in the inning, Haren retired eight straight batters before running into more trouble in the fifth.
Rafael Palmeiro was scratched from the Orioles' lineup because of a sprained right ankle, a day after he had two hits in his second appearance since coming back from a 10-day steroid suspension.
Palmeiro injured the ankle on his sixth-inning infield single Tuesday night and left the stadium before Wednesday's game to have an X-ray.
"That's what I get for not playing two weeks, I guess," he said. "I was ready to come back out today. I don't think it's anything serious."
Baltimore's Eric Byrnes finished 0-for-13 in his first series against his former team, which traded the popular outfielder last month.
Notes: The A's have scored two total runs in the first five innings over their last nine games. ... Home-plate umpire Chris Guccione was booed loudly when announced before the game. As the first-base umpire Monday night, he made a controversial ruling when he signaled first baseman Dan Johnson was off the bag on Melvin Mora's grounder and it cost the A's the go-ahead run. ... Duchscherer allowed his first homer since July 16 against Texas.
Copyright © 2005, The Associated Press