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So, this game was amazing, but I lost the box score, so I'll just do my best to recap it.

Game 2 vs. Los Angeles Angels
April 5th, 2014

Los Angeles: 2 (2-2)
Oakland: 3 (4-0)

W - Luke Gregerson 1-0 0.00 ERA
L - Joe Smith 0-1 10.80 ERA
HR - Albert Pujols (1), Nate Freiman (1), Josh Reddick (1)

Oakland -- The Athletics just played an amazing game. The late game heroics were on point today for the A's after A.J. Griffin pitched a solid outing, giving up 1 run through 5 and 2/3 innings, on a J.B. Shuck RBI single. Coco Crisp got an RBI single for the A's to tie it in the 7th, at the end of Tyler Skaggs' night. Skaggs was still win eligible after Pujols' solo homer, making it 2-1. In the ninth, Joe Smith came on for the save opportunity. He quickly knocked the A's hopes out by getting Donaldson and Cespedes out. Next up, was the hot Nate Freiman. Smith got him down to an 0-2 count, but Freiman was not done yet, smashing a solo home run to left field. Smith blew the save, but could still send this one to extras. That was until, the next batter, Josh Reddick, smashed a walk-off solo homer to left.

Notables
Don't have box score

League Blowouts
Rays cream Yankees 11-1
Rangers destroy Orioles 11-1

Those my boys!

Game 3 vs. Los Angeles
April 6th, 2014

Los Angeles: 6 (2-3)
Oakland: 10 (5-0)

W - Jim Johnson 1-0 3.00 ERA
L - Garrett Richards 0-1 15.00 ERA
HR - Mike Trout 3(1,2,3), Albert Pujols (2), Josh Reddick (2)

Oakland -- The Athletics ended their home stand with a bang tonight as they had a slugfest winning 10-6 over the Angels. Jesse Chavez did not pitch a good game, throwing 4 innings allowing 4 runs, leaving early with elbow pain. Jim Johnson picked him up though, throwing 3 solid innings out of relief allowing 1 run, getting the win. The A's offense was on fire though, which picked up Chavez's poor outing. Josh Reddick hit another solo home run, his 2nd of the year. The other RBI's belonged to the following players: Lowrie(3), Cespedes(2), Crisp, Donaldson, Norris, and Callaspo, all adding on an RBI of their own. Lowrie doubled twice, scoring 3 runs as the A's player of the game. For the Angels, Mike Trout hit the first pitch of the game out of the park for a solo home run, and tacked on an additional two homers en route to going 4-5 with 3 homers and 3 RBI. Albert Pujols also went 4-5 tacking on a solo home run of his own. The Athletics will now be traveling to Houston for a 4-game set at Minute Maid Park.

Notables
Jed Lowrie 2-5 22B 3RBI R
Yoenis Cespedes 2-5 2RBI R
Josh Reddick 1-3 HR (2) RBI R BB
Mike Trout 4-5 3HR (1,2,3) 3RBI 3R
Albert Pujols 4-5 HR (2) RBI 2R
Kole Calhoun 2-5 RBI

League Blowouts
None

In other, league-wide news, the Players of the Week for 4/2-4/6 were announced.

AL
SP Jarrod Parker 1-0 0.00 13K (OAK)
SP Sonny Gray 1-0 0.00 11K (OAK)

NL
SS Jean Segura .563 3HR 5RBI (MIL)
LF Angel Pagan .400 2HR 8RBI (SF)

Chavez, MRI goes well

Oakland -- Jesse Chavez had his MRI for his elbow pain on Sunday, and the doctors announced that it was just a slight elbow strain, and it will only require a couple weeks to heal. Chavez was placed on the 15-day DL by Oakland. Tommy Milone was recalled by Oakland from AAA Sacramento and will be joining the team in Houton. Chavez will not require a rehab assignment after this short DL stint.

Game 1 @ Houston
April 7th, 2014

Oakland: 4 (5-1)
Houston: 8 (4-2)

W - Anthony Bass 1-0 4.50 ERA
L - Tommy Milone 0-1 13.50 ERA
HR - George Springer 2(2,3)

Houston -- The Athletics ended their 5-game winning streak, and fueled the Astros now 4-game winning streak tonight. Tommy Milone made the start for Sonng Gray because he did not feel ready, and he did not do a good job. He threw 3 and 1/3 innings giving up 10 hits and 5 runs in his first start of 2014. Mike Foltynewicz for the Astros had another rough start going 4 and 2/3 innings having a shaky fifth inning, not allowing him to go for the win after giving up 3 runs and almost the lead. Anthony Bass pitched a solid 3 innings out of relief getting the win. George Springer had a massive night for the 'Stros, going 2-5 with 2 homers and 4 RBI. Altuve, Villar, Singleton, and DeShields Jr. also tacked on RBI's. For Oakland, Crisp was 2-5 with an RBI, Lowrie was 2-4 with an RBI, Norris was 2-4 with an RBI, and Jaso was 2-4 with an RBI. The Athletics will try to gain their momentum back with Sonny on the bump tomorrow.

Notables
Jed Lowrie 2-4 RBI
Derek Norris 2-4 RBI
John Jaso 2-4 RBI
Anthony Bass W 3IP 5H 4K 1R 1ER
George Springer 2-5 2HR (2,3) 4RBI 2R
Jonathan Singleton 2-4 2B RBI R

League Blowouts
None

Anthony Bass with the W. He's one of my favorite guys in the Ranger bullpen. Great Log so far, Zero!

Game 2 @ Houston
April 8th, 2014

Oakland: 0 (5-2)
Houston: 2 (5-2)

W - Scott Feldman 1-1 0.61 ERA
L - Sonny Gray 1-1 1.23 ERA
S - Chad Qualls (2)

Houston -- The A's could not get their offense going in tonight's pitcher' duel between Sonny Gray and Scott Feldman. Feldman dealt a solid 7 and 2/3 innings of shutout ball for the Astros allowing 4 hits. Gray pitched 6 innings for the A's allowing 2 runs on 7 hits. The A's 5 hits came from the bats of Crisp, Lowrie, Donaldson, Norris, and Jaso. For the Astros, the main offense came from George Springer, going 2-4 with 2 doubles and a run. The RBI's came from Robbie Grossman and Jonathan Singleton. The A's look to get back on track in games 3 and 4.

Notables
Josh Donaldson 1-3
Derek Norris 1-3
Sonny Gray L 6IP 7H 1K 2R 2ER
George Springer 2-4 22B R
Robbie Grossman 2-3 RBI
Scott Feldman W 7.2IP 4H 2K 0R 0ER

League Blowouts
None

Game 3 @ Houston
April 9th, 2014

Oakland: 5 (5-3)
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Houston: 9 (6-2)

W - Anthony Bass 2-0 4.22 ERA
L - Scott Kazmir 1-1 6.35 ERA
HR - George Springer (4), Jed Lowrie (1), Brandon Moss (1)

Houston -- The Athletics just can't seem to slow down the bats of the Houston Astros. They just continue to hit no matter who the A's put on the bump. The Astros scored 9 runs on 15 hits today, Springer staying immensely hot, going 2-5 with a home run and 3 RBI's. Jose Altuve also had a good day, going 3-5 with an RBI and 2 runs. Matt Albers made a spot start today for the Astros and pitched 2+ innings allowing 2 runs. Anthony Bass came in in the thid and pitched a solid 4 and 2/3 innings out of relief en route to the win. Kazmir pitched 3 and 2/3 innings for the A's allowing 8 runs (7 earned) on 10 hits. Josh Donaldson had a good day for the A's, going 3-5 with an RBI double, and Jed Lowrie and Brandon Moss both hit their first homers of the 2014 campaign. The A's hope to end the Astros 6 game winning streak tomorrow with Jarrod Parker on the bump.

Notables
Scott Kazmir L 3.2IP 10H 2K BB 8R 7ER
Josh Donaldson 3-5 2B RBI
Jed Lowrie 1-5 HR (1) 2RBI R
Jose Altuve 3-5 RBI 2R
George Springer 2-5 HR (4) 3RBI R
Delino DeShields Jr. 2-4 2B 2RBI R

League Blowouts
None

In response to no league blowouts recently

Lol, yeah, no blowouts in the last 4 days.

Its a 2014 season log AHEM COUGH COUGH

Yes, but on MLB PP'08

Game 4 @ Houston
April 10th, 2014

Oakland: 3 (5-4)
Houston: 4 (7-2)

W - Alex White 2-0 2.03 ERA
L - Jarrod Parker 1-1 1.76 ERA
S - Chad Qualls (3)
HR - George Springer (5), Josh Donaldson 2(1,2)

Houston -- So, the Astros finished off the sweep of the Athletics, winning 4-3 on a very close game. Alex White and Jarrod Parker dueled it out both pitching good games. In the second, Brandon Moss delivered an RBI single. In the bottom of the fourth, the Astros sparked a singles rally, and Dominguez ended up with an RBI single and Corporan with a 2-R single. In the sixth, Josh Donaldson delivered a solo homer, his first, making it 3-2. In the bottoms of the 8th, George Springer clobbered a solo home run, his 4th of the series, to make it 4-2. In the ninth, Chad Qualls came in for the save, and got the save even though he gave up another solo home run to Donaldson.

Notables
Jarrod Parker L 6.1IP 10H 2K 3R 3ER
Josh Donaldson 2-4 2HR (1,2) 2RBI 2R
Derek Norris 3-3
Alex White W 7IP 7H 2K 2R 2ER
George Springer 2-4 HR (5) RBI 2R
Carlos Corporan 1-4 2RBI

League Blowouts
Dodgers blast Rockies 10-0

Game 1 @ Texas
April 11th, 2014

Oakland: 9 (5-5)
Texas: 10 (4-6)
F/10

W - Joe Saunders 1-0 7.71 ERA
L - Luke Gregerson 1-1 2.45 ERA
HR - Jurickson Profar (3), Adrian Beltre 2(1,2), Geovany Soto (3), Derek Norris 2(1,2), Yoenis Cespedes (1)

Arlington -- The Athletics bullpen absolutely blew it tonight. A.J. Griffin pitched a solid 5 innings, allowing 2 runs, setting him up for the win, with a 5-2 lead when he exited, but the A's bullpen had something else to say about it. The first victim, Drew Pomeranz pitched the sixth and gave up a solo homer to Beltre to make it 5-3. Abad came in in the seventh and things went south. Singles rallies happened, Profar bashed a 3-R bomb and all of a sudden it was tied at 8 (thanks to a three run seventh by Oakland). In the top half of the ninth, Derek Norris delivered an RBI double to take the lead 9-8. Sean Doolittle came in for the save opp. He looked good, getting two outs and getting Adrian Beltre to two strikes, but served up a meatball that Beltre knocked out of the yard for a solo homer to tie it up. Gregerson came in to finish the ninth and went out for the tenth as well. With one out in the both of the tenth, Geovany Soto came to the dish, and smashed a walk-off, solo homer over the left field wall.

Notables
Derek Norris 4-5 2B 2HR (1,2) 5RBI 2R
Yoenis Cespedes 2-5 HR (1) 2RBI R
Brandon Moss 2-5 22B
Jurickson Profar 1-4 HR (3) 3RBI R
Adrian Beltre 3-5 2B 2HR (1,2) 3RBI 2R
Geovany Soto 3-5 HR (3) RBI 3R

League Blowouts
White Sox kill Royals 13-3

A's send for bullpen help

Oakland -- The Athletics have reportedly optioned Drew Pomeranz to AAA Sacramento, and called up Evan Scribner to replace him in the bullpen. Pomeranz has struggled giving up 3 earned runs in just 1 inning pitched. Andy Parrino was also optioned to AAA Sacramento and speedy outfielder Craig Gentry was called up to compensate for the lack of fast pinch runner candidates.

Game 2 @ Texas
April 12th, 2014

Oakland: 11 (5-6)
Texas: 13 (5-6)

W - Neal Cotts 2-0 10.10 ERA
L - Dan Otero 0-1 9.64 ERA
HR - Adrian Beltre (3), Alex Rios (1), Kevin Kouzmanoff (1), J.P. Arencibia (1), Josh Donaldson (3), Derek Norris 2(3,4), Yoenis Cespedes (2), Josh Reddick (3), Alberto Callaspo (1)

Oakland -- If you don't call this game a slugfest, I don't know what is. A total of 10 home runs were hit in this game, and neither starting pitcher did well. Tommy Milone pitched 4 and 1/3 of an inning allowing 4 runs on 10 hits and getting a no decision. Matt Harrison went 2+ innings for the Rangers allowing 3 runs and 6 hits. On the hitting side, both teams ended up with 23 hits each, a total of 46 hits in the game. Geovany Soto had a productive game for the Rangers, going 4-4 with an RBI. Elvis Andrus had a solid game, going 3-6 with 3 RBI for the Rangers. J.P. Arencibia was the player of the game thanks to a walk-off home run in the ninth. For the A's, Derek Norris kept his flaming streak going, after going 5-5 with a double, 2 homers, and 5 more RBI. The A's hope to avoid a 7 game losing streak in the final game of the series, tomorrow.

Notables
Josh Donaldson 2-4 HR (3) 2RBI R
Derek Norris 5-5 2B 2HR (3,4) 5RBI 3R
Alberto Callaspo 4-5 HR (1) RBI R
Elvis Andrus 3-6 3RBI
J.P. Arencibia 1-1 HR (1) 2RBI R
Adrian Beltre 3-5 HR (3) RBI R

League Blowouts
Nada

Nice! Adrian Beltre with his 3rd homer of season, wish he could produce like he used to. He's in a state of decline now. I would live to see Elvis go 3-6 in a real game. He's just not producing this year.