[MLB] A’s v Tigers: Haren for Cy Young
Aug 1st, 2007 by Ashley
This is my 5th A’s game! Now my home-team-winning-when-i’m-at-the-stadium ratio is back to 5 for 6 (counted in the Giants v NYY one.)
The game started with Cust failing to catch a routine fly ball and the runner got onto third while he should have been out. I was buried by disbelief for a good 5 minutes or so. Before the game began, we saw Ellis, Murphy warming up on the pitch and I knew it’s our new infield double play partners. Then we saw Kotsay, no doubt he ours center outfielder; our young rising star Buck and Swish, so it seemed that Swish will be playing first base as Buck will secure right outfield. Piazza was out there… but wait! why was Cust there? Not that I don’t like him, but was there a slot left for him? Where is Stew? And soon after the game began, the tragedy happened in front of my eyes and I couldn’t help but moaning “why the hell is he there?”
It looked bad in the first few innings. The A’s were able to get on base but were unable to produce runs. Verlander did seem unstable, it’s just up to the A’s whether they want to take advantage of that or not. After Suzuki tied the game, Cust redeemed himself with a RBI double which put the A’s in the lead. And a steady performance of Street, Castilla and Embree combined with Buck’s Game-Ending-Diving-CatchTM handed another win to our ace Haren. Now he’s leading the ERA and wins (with 3 other pitchers) in AL.
=)
I’m happy.