Filed under: Open Thread: Game 80 - A's at Texas By Nico Jul 1, 2012, 4:06pm PDT Share this story Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter Share All sharing options Share All sharing options for: Open Thread: Game 80 - A's at Texas Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email We're almost at the halfway point in the season! Travis Blackley vs. Yu Darish, with the A's trying to avoid a 4-game series sweep. The starting lineups feature natural-born DH Coco Crisp: 1. Coco Crisp (S) DH 2. Jemile Weeks (S) 2B 3. Josh Reddick (L) RF 4. Yoenis Cespedes (R) CF 5. Seth Smith (L) LF 6. Derek Norris (R) C 7. Brandon Moss (L) 1B 8. Brandon Inge (R) 3B 9. Cliff Pennington (S) SS 1. Ian Kinsler (R) 2B 2. Elvis Andrus (R) SS 3. Josh Hamilton (L) LF 4. Adrian Beltre (R) DH 5. Michael Young (R) 3B 6. Nelson Cruz (R) RF 7. Mike Napoli (R) 1B 8. Yorvit Torrealba (R) C 9. Craig Gentry (R) CF More From Athletics Nation Game Thread #109: Giants beat A’s 6-4, sweep weekend series To Eep-slay, Perchance To Eem-Dray Game Thread #108: Giants win, 7-3 Elephant Rumblings: Daniel Susac 3-for-3 in pro debut Game Thread #107: Angels hit 7 home runs, A’s still win 8-7 Game Thread #106: A’s, Kap top Halos 3-1