Capuano Dominates A's in 4-1 Loss

by danmerqury on Jun 23, 2011 3:12 PM PDT

Seven strikeouts, no walks, five hits, and no runs. It's hard to pitch better than that.

It was a fantastic performance by Mets starter Chris Capuano, and that's all that the Mets needed for a series win against Oakland. A's starter Graham Godfrey wasn't very sharp, but he pitched decently, considering he's Oakland's 9th starter. He allowed four runs (two earned) in 5.2 innings, while striking out four and walking two. In what's becoming a regular feature, Jemile Weeks reached base twice and stole two bases. Dynamic player, that guy is.

Really, the only non-Jemile excitement from the Oakland dugout was Chris Carter, who was recalled from AAA Sacramento this morning. Considering that he had to fly from Phoenix into New York and be ready for a game that started at 10 AM Pacific, it's understandable that he didn't start today, but he came into the game as part of a double switch in the sixth inning. Unfortunately, in true Carter fashion, he made an error in the field before he could even record a plate appearance, but that's how it goes. I'd guess that Carter will get the bulk of the playing time at 1B while Daric Barton is down in Sacramento.

The A's are in Philadelphia tomorrow, facing one of the greatest names in sports: Vance Worley.

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9th?

I thought Godfrey was the 11th starter.

Cahill, Anderson, Gonzalez, Braden, McCarthy, Ross, Harden, Outman, Moscoso, Cramer, and then finally Godfrey.

by sums95 on Jun 23, 2011 3:17 PM PDT reply actions

I think Cramer has been passed by Godfrey

He has not had a start this year

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by Kelly on Jun 23, 2011 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions

And it's hard to put Harden above anyone if he never pitches

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by ArunisArun on Jun 23, 2011 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions

Cramer's back on the minor league DL too

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by Flashfire on Jun 23, 2011 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, but Harden and Cramer haven't made a start yet.

by danmerqury on Jun 23, 2011 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions

C'mon, Chris

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Carter says Weeks ran into him, hit his glove, jostled the ball.

Me:
Gotta say that looked like it happened after the ball was in his glove and it didn’t look like he ever had control of it.

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by Flashfire on Jun 23, 2011 3:27 PM PDT reply actions

huh. not a good way to ingratiate yourself to a new clubhouse.

by DDroney on Jun 23, 2011 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions

in no way did weeks run into him. Minus 50 points from Trogdor

by bbower on Jun 23, 2011 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions

There might have been a little contact but it was while the ball was already on the way out

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by Flashfire on Jun 23, 2011 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions

It looked to me like he may have heard footsteps and lost his concentration.

by LoneStranger on Jun 23, 2011 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions

He may have heard footprints

by Brian in 317 on Jun 24, 2011 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Agree

Weeks may have entered his line of sight but I don’t think he ever made contact with him. Looked like he ended up a couple of feet behind him when he saw Carter would make the catch. I certainly never saw him hit his glove!

by coffee roaster on Jun 23, 2011 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions

BURNINATE HIM!

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by fridaynightfan on Jun 23, 2011 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions

Chris, the first step is acknowledging you have a problem

by Aufheben on Jun 23, 2011 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions

The second is to catch the fucking ball!

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by OptimistPrime on Jun 23, 2011 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

It's gonna get Ugly in Philly

I can just feel it.

by Colorado Fan on Jun 23, 2011 4:14 PM PDT reply actions

Oakland fan much?

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by OptimistPrime on Jun 23, 2011 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions

eh, strange things happen

by my_cat_max on Jun 23, 2011 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions

Vance Refrigeration?

Hopefully he is cold tomorrow, we need to get back to winning

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by OptimistPrime on Jun 23, 2011 4:19 PM PDT reply actions

I hope so

his show is quite decent – like w CT, I don’t always agree w/ him but at least he discusses sports intelligently and doesn’t act like a 13 year old on the air

by my_cat_max on Jun 23, 2011 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions

groan. this makes the extra inning loss more irritating.

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by ak_A on Jun 23, 2011 5:25 PM PDT reply actions

HIRE RIGGLEMAN NOW!!!!

hehehe

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by emperor nobody on Jun 23, 2011 5:30 PM PDT reply actions

NEW POST UP

re: Bullpen Management

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by Nico on Jun 23, 2011 5:59 PM PDT reply actions

Meh

The winning streak was nice, but this still isn’t a good team.

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by travdog6 on Jun 23, 2011 7:41 PM PDT reply actions

I feel like if we're playing Ellis anywhere, it should be second base

I mean, he’s the best second baseman in baseball, right? I know Weeks is our 2B of the future, but we’re punting win shares by having Weeks play there instead of Ellis. Can’t we play Weeks in CF and Coco in Left, or have Weeks play 1st perhaps?

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by Rebuilding Season on Jun 24, 2011 12:09 AM PDT reply actions

Hard to watch

Last night’s game was a tough one to watch (for me anyway). It seems that the team didn’t have the same spark they had during their 6 game streak. It’s times like those that the team needs a leader to have them step back and play some fundamental baseball. You can almost forgive some blunders last night (with the big league call up) of Carter a team is bound to have some growing pains. I am not too worried though as it seems there is a bright light coming through in the A’s future. It’s my humble opinion that we have not seen the last of this squad. With a little mopre “meshing” and getting some key guys off the DL we;ll make a run in the AL West. Onto Philly tonight…let’s go Oakland!

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by a's freak 1979 on Jun 24, 2011 7:31 AM PDT reply actions