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Series vs. Cleveland Indians
April 25th-27th, 2014

Game 1

Sonny Gray vs. Danny Salazar

Indians: 2 (7-16)
Athletics: 3 (11-12)

W - Ryan Cook 1-2
L - Marc Rzepczynski 1-2
HR - Coco Crisp (1), Josh Donaldson 2(6,7), Carlos Santana (7)

Game 2

Scott Kazmir vs. Zach McAllister

Indians: 0 (7-17)
Athletics: 4 (12-12)

W - Scott Kazmir 2-2
L - Zach McAllister 0-3
HR - Brandon Moss (6)

Game 3

Dan Straily vs. Carlos Carrasco

Indians: 0 (7-18)
Athletics: 5 (13-12)

W - Dan Straily 1-0
L - Carlos Carrasco 1-2
HR - Yoenis Cespedes (9)

In other, league-wide news, the weekly MVP's for 4/20-4/27 have been announced and are as follows.

AL
RF Josh Hamilton .536 5HR 13RBI (LAA)
RP Anthony Bass 2W 0.00 ERA 5K (HOU)

NL
RF Curtis Granderson .435 3HR 8RBI (NYM)
RF Yasiel Puig .538 1HR 4RBI (LAD)

Game 1 @ Boston
April 28th, 2014



Oakland: 1 (13-13)
Boston: 3 (12-14)

W - Koji Uehara 1-0 4.35 ERA
L - Ryan Cook 1-3 4.76 ERA
HR - Will Middlebrooks (5)

Boston -- Jarrod Parker pitched an absolute gem for the Athletics tonight, but it fell just a bit too short, ending the A's 5-game winning streak. Parker pitched 8 full frames, allowing 1 run on 4 hits, striking out 12. For the Sox, Buchholz pitched 7 and 2/3 allowing 0 runs on 2 hits, striking out 7, but Koji Uehara blew the save so Buchholz got a no decision. For the A's, Coco Crisp had the most hits, going 2-4. The RBI came from Yoenis Cespedes on a groundout. For the Redsox, A.J. Pierzynski and Will Middlebrooks supplied the majority of the offense combining for 4 hits, and all 3 RBI's. The A's hope A.J. Griffin can keep the A's winning record alive with a win tomorrow.

Notables
Jarrod Parker 8IP ND 4H 12K 1R 1ER
Coco Crisp 2-4 R
Yoenis Cespedes 1-4 RBI
Clay Buchholz 7.2IP ND 2H 7K 0R 0ER
A.J. Pierzynski 2-4 RBI R
Will Middlebrooks 2-4 HR (5) 2RBI R

League Blowouts
Tigers blast Royals 12-1
Rays dominate Angels 13-2
Mets beat the chicken nuggets out of Giants 13-3

Zero, if you did, how did you get the Astros in the AL West?

2 Expansion teams. You and Rangers both need to read the first page.

Oops

Any way to add the astros to the AL without making 2 more teams though?

No, unfortunately, you have to make it so its 16/16

Game 2 @ Boston
April 29th, 2014

Oakland: 3 (14-13)
Boston: 2 (12-15)

W - A.J. Griffin 2-0 2.81 ERA
L - Jon Lester 2-3 4.15 ERA
S - Sean Doolittle (5)
HR - Dustin Pedroia (2), Mike Napoli (5)

Boston -- The A's were barely able to squeak out the win in Boston tonight. They took a 3-0 lead in the third, but almost lost it in the sixth and seventh after A.J. Griffin had a tremendous outing. Doolittle was able to come through for the save, his 5th, holding on to the one run lead. The A's runs came off of singles by Cespedes and Moss, and an error by Mike Napoli on a grounder hit by Derek Noris. The Sox runs came off of solo homers by Napoli and Pedroia. Griffin pitched a solid 5 and 2/3 innings, allowing 1 run and 5 hits en route to his second win. Lester pitched 5 and 1/3 for the Red Sox, allowing 1 earned run, (3 total), on 6 hits.

Notables
A.J. Griffin W 5.2IP 5H 4K BB 1R 1ER
Yoenis Cespedes 1-4 RBI R
Brandon Moss 2-4 RBI
Dustin Pedroia 1-4 HR (2) RBI R
Mike Napoli 2-4 HR (5) RBI R
Xander Bogaerts 2-4

League Blowouts
None

Game 3 @ Boston
April 30th, 2014



Oakland: 6 (15-13)
Boston: 4 (12-16)

W - Jesse Chavez 2-0
L - Andrew Miller 1-2
S - Sean Doolittle (6)
HR - David Ortiz 2(4,5), Derek Norris (6)

Boston -- It looks like the A's are starting to play quite a bit better now as they are starting to win some games against these Sox. Jesse Chavez turned in a solid start, allowing 3 runs in 5 and 2/3 innings, enough to get the win for the A's. Doolittle had a solid inning as well, recording his 6th save. Coco Crisp led the A's in run production, going 1-5 with 2 RBI. Derek Norris bashed a solo shot, and other RBI's came from Moss, Callaspo, and Reddick. For the Red Sox, David Ortiz hit 2 solo home runs, and Mike Napoli and Xander Bogaerts hit RBI singles of their own. The A's hope to win the series tomorrow in game 4.

Notables
Coco Crisp 1-5 2RBI
Derek Norris 2-4 HR (6) RBI 2R
Brandon Moss 2-3 RBI
David Ortiz 2-4 2HR (4,5) 2RBI 2R
Mike Napoli 2-4 RBI R
Xander Bogaerts 1-4 RBI

League Blowouts
Angels smack Rays 11-0
Pirates absolutely positively rek Nationals 21-0

MLB Monthly News

Month of April

The MVP's of the month for April have been announced and are as follows

AL
1B Albert Pujols .439 11HR 28RBI (LAA)
SP Yu Darvish 3W 1.67 ERA 41K (TEX)
3B Alfredo Viancini (R) .359 4HR 20RBI (MPL)

NL
CF B.J. Upton .368 7HR 16RBI (ATL)
SP Tim Hudson 4W 1.93 ERA 43K (SF)
C Evan Gattis (R) .315 5HR 19RBI (ATL)
CL Steve Cishek 7SV 2.00 ERA 5K (MIA)

Notable Achievements

None

Trades

On April 24th, the Dodgers traded C Miguel Olivo (3ECFCDD) to the Royals in exchange for SP Kyle Zimmer (100 EB 2SLD 2CB 1CHG).

MLB Standingsl

AL East
Baltimore Orioles 18-10
Tampa Bay Rays 17-11
Toronto Blue Jays 16-12
New York Yankees 13-15
Boston Red Sox 12-16

AL Central
Minneapolis River Kings 18-10
Detroit Tigers 18-10
Minnesota Twins 16-12
Kansas City Royals 11-17
Chicago White Sox 9-19
Cleveland Indians 8-20

AL West
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 19-9
Oakland Athletics 15-13
Houston Astros 14-14
Texas Rangers 12-16
Seattle Mariners 8-20

NL East
Atlanta Braves 20-8
Scranton Raptors 16-12
Philadelphia Phillies 16-12
Miami Marlins 13-15
Washington Nationals 10-18
New York Mets 9-19

NL Central
Cincinnati Reds 16-12
Chicago Cubs 15-13
Pittsburgh Pirates 14-14
Milwaukee Brewers 12-16
St. Louis Cardinals 10-18

NL West
San Francisco Giants 17-11
Arizona Diamondbacks 17-11
Los Angeles Dodgers 17-11
Colorado Rockies 12-16
San Diego Padres 10-18

Individual Title Races

AL

Batting Average
-Albert Pujols .439 (LAA)
-Miguel Cabrera .368 (DET)
-Ben Zobrist .362 (TB)

Home Runs
-Albert Pujols 11 (LAA)
-Prince Fielder 10 (TEX)
-Yoenis Cespedes 9 (OAK)

Runs Batted In
-Albert Pujols 28 (LAA)
-Chris Davis 27 (BAL)
-Josh Hamilton 27 (LAA)

Stolen Bases
-Alejandro De Aza 7/8 (CWS)
-Delino DeShields Jr. 6/6 (HOU)
-Howie Kendrick 6/7 (LAA)

Earned Run Average
-Yu Darvish 1.67 (TEX)
-Clay Buchholz 2.10 (BOS)
-Jerome Williams 2.27 (HOU)

Wins (As SP)
-Phil Hughes 4-1 (MIN)
-Wei-Yin Chen 4-1 (BAL)
-Jason Vargas 4-0 (KC)

Saves
-Joe Nathan 8/8 (DET)
-Joe Smith 7/8 (LAA)
-Tommy Hunter 6/7 (BAL)

Strike Outs
-Richard Dickinson 59 (MPL)
-Gianpablo Carmona 49 (MPL)
-David Price 46 (TB)

NL

Batting Average
-Andrelton Simmons .391 (ATL)
-Gaby Sanchez .378 (PIT)
-Adrian Gonzalez .368 (LAD)

Home Runs
-Ryan Zimmerman 8 (WAS)
-Kyle Blanks 7 (SD)
-Anthony Rizzo 7 (CHC)

Runs Batted In
-Marlon Byrd 27 (PHI)
-Adrian Gonzalez 24 (LAD)
-Dan Uggla 24 (ATL)

Stolen Bases
-Peter Bourjos 10/11 (STL)
-Everth Cabrera 8/8 (SD)
-Curtis Granderson 7/7 (NYM)

Earned Run Average
-Clayton Kershaw 1.15 (LAD)
-Matt Cain 1.75 (SF)
-Andres Quintana 1.91 (SCR)

Wins (As SP)
-Andres Quintana 4-0 (SCR)
-Tim Hudson 4-1 (SF)
-Bronson Arroyo 4-0 (ARI)

Saves
-Aroldis Chapman 8/8 (CIN)
-LaTroy Hawkins 7/7 (COL)
-J.J. Putz 7/7 (ARI)

Strike Outs
-Chad Billingsley 48 (LAD)
-Anthony Schmidt 43 (SCR)
-Tim Hudson 43 (SF)

Yesssss!

can you give us (me) updates on how our (my) created players are doing, please?

edit: this isn't supposed to sound selfish. I'm the only one that made any players so saying "us" and "our" really just means "me" and "my"

I take back everything I ever said about Yoenis.

Yeah Agent, I shall give you an update of how your players are doing when I do the team monthly update.

Oakland Athletics Monthly Update

MLB Stats

Hitters

Coco Crisp, CF .292/.303/.367 35/120 62B 03B 1HR 9RBI 13R 6/8 SB
Jed Lowrie, SS .212/.246/.292 24/113 32B 03B 2HR 11RBI 7R 1/4 SB
Yoenis Cespedes, LF .283/.289/.566 32/113 52B 03B 9HR 21RBI 18R 1/1 SB
Derek Norris, C .330/.343/.566 35/106 72B 03B 6HR 18RBI 12R 0/2 SB
Alberto Callaspo, 2B .262/.296/.340 27/103 52B 03B 1HR 5RBI 12R 0/0 SB
Josh Donaldson, 3B .297/.304/.554 30/101 52B 03B 7HR 16RBI 15R 0/0 SB
Josh Reddick, RF .190/.206/.370 19/100 62B 03B 4HR 7RBI 7R 1/2 SB
Brandon Moss, 1B .283/.311/.505 28/99 42B 03B 6HR 18RBI 12R 1/1 SB
John Jaso, C .288/.309/.394 19/66 12B 03B 2HR 6RBI 9R 0/0 SB
Nate Freiman, 1B .278/.297/.472 10/36 42B 03B 1HR 2RBI 7R 0/0 SB
Craig Gentry, OF .294/.294/.412 5/17 22B 03B 0HR 0RBI 1R 1/1 SB
Eric Sogard, IF .083/.083/.083 1/12 02B 03B 0HR 0RBI 3R 1/1 SB
Sam Fuld, OF .333/.333/.333 3/9 02B 03B 0HR 1RBI 2R 1/1 SB
Andy Parrino, SS .000/.000/.000 0/2 02B 03B 0HR 0RBI 0R 0/0 SB

Pitchers
Jarrod Parker 1-2 2.84 ERA 32K
Sonny Gray 2-1 2.45 ERA 27K
Scott Kazmir 2-2 3.52 ERA 37K
A.J. Griffin 2-0 2.81 ERA 13K
Ryan Cook 4.74 ERA 2HLD 18G 22K
Luke Gregerson 2.70 ERA 3HLD 11G 15K
Jesse Chavez 2-0 4.30 ERA 18K
Dan Straily 1-0 2.03 ERA 30K
Jim Johnson 0.79 ERA 1HLD 6G 13K
Tommy Milone 0-2 10.60 ERA 10K
Sean Doolittle 8.68 ERA 6/7 SV/SVO 8K
Evan Scribner 1.00 ERA 0HLD 4G 7K
Dan Otero 6.48 ERA 0HLD 7G 6K
Fernando Abad 9.53 ERA 3HLD 12G 2K
Drew Pomeranz 27.00 ERA 1HLD 1G 0K

Team Statistics

ERA: 3.85 (Division Rank 1st)
RA: 112 (Division Rank 1st)
Hits Allowed: 265 (Division Rank 3rd)
Home Runs Allowed: 41 (Division Rank 5th)
Strikeouts: 240 (Division Rank 1st)
Walks: 16 (MLB Rank 1st)

AVG: .268 (Division Rank 2nd)
Runs Scored: 118 (Division Rank 4th)
Hits: 268 (Division Rank 2nd)
Home Runs: 39 (Division Rank 2nd)
Sacrifices: 1 (Division Rank 5th)
Stolen Bases: 13 (Division Rank 5th)

It looks like the Athletics have thrived off of their pitching so far in this 2014 campaign, but they should need to rely a little more upon their bats in the coming months. Some things the A's need to focus on are playing small ball and trying to steal some more bases. Those have been their weak points on offense this year, as they seem to have stranded a lot of runners. If they can get some of these runs home, they won't have to rely upon their bullpen which has performed quite poor so far this year.

Raptors Players
RP Sean Norton 3.09 ERA
SS Mitchell Ford .207 1HR 5RBI
LF/RF Kevin Jones .190 4HR 12RBI

Game 4 @ Boston
May 1st, 2014



Oakland: 3 (16-13)
Boston: 2 (12-17)

W - Jim Johnson 2-0
L - Andrew Miller 1-3
S - Sean Doolittle (7)
HR - Will Middlebrooks (6), Josh Donaldson (8)

Boston -- Game 4 of the series was another very nice game to watch, it was a nail biter through and through. Middlebrooks got it going for the Sox with a two-run bomb in the 2nd, but that was all the offense they had planned for the night as Sonny Gray, Fernando Abad, Jim Johnson, and Sean Doolittle were dominant for the last seven innings. On the other hand, Peavy was rock solid to start the game but fell apart in the 5th losing the lead and leaving his legacy to Andrew Miller. Josh Donaldson contributed a solo homer to take the lead in the 8th that would end up being the winning run. Doolittle pitched a rare, perfect, ninth inning, en route to his seventh save of the year.

Notables
Derek Norris 2-3 RBI BB
Josh Donaldson 2-4 HR (8) 2RBI R
Yoenis Cespedes 2-4 2B
David Ortiz 2-4
A.J. Pierzynski 3-4 R
Will Middlebrooks 1-3 HR (6) 2RBI R

League Blowouts
Nationals get revenge on Pirates 15-2