Athletics Nation - Game Thread #37: A's at Seattle (1)An SB Nation blog for Oakland Athletics fanshttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47025/an-fave.png2013-05-10T22:14:32-07:00http://www.athleticsnation.com/rss/stream/40845752013-05-10T22:14:32-07:002013-05-10T22:14:32-07:00Game #37: Daily Faily Is Straily As A's Fall 6-3
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<p>Sometimes just one defensive misplay and one bad pitch are enough to do you in for the evening. That's pretty much how it went for the not-so-swinging A's tonight.</p>
<p>In the bottom of the 1st, with one on and one out, <span>Kendrys Morales</span> chopped a sure DP ball between SS and 3B. The only questions were whether Donaldson or Lowrie would field it, and whether instead of making a relay throw Sogard might just run the ball to 1B himself -- post grand slam celebration, Morales is that slow. However, Donaldson missed it, obscuring Lowrie's view so that Lowrie also missed it, and the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.lookoutlanding.com/">Mariners</a> wound up scoring 2 runs on <span>Justin Smoak's</span> subsequent double.</p>
<p>Then in the bottom of the 4th, with two on, Straily left a changeup in what I can only assume <span>Scott Hatteberg</span> referred to as Raul Ibañez' "honey hole". Ibañez launched a 3-run HR to make it 5-0, and it was all over but the teAsing. It should be noted that Straily is not HR-prone -- he just gives up a lot of HRs. Or something like that. The A's RHP wound up charged with 6 ER in 5+ IP, continuing a troubling trend of A's starting pitchers going about 5 IP. And not usually 5 really good ones, either.</p>
<p>As for the offense, well...for a long time that would be <span>John Jaso</span> leading off the game with a single. Because after that, <span>Hisashi Iwakuma </span><span class="sbn-auto-link">retired</span><span class="sbn-auto-link"> 16 in a row</span><span class="sbn-auto-link"></span> and took a shutout into the 7th. In his final inning, <span>Jed Lowrie</span> got to him for a 2-run double that cut the deficit to 6-2 and in the 8th Derek Norris took <span>Oliver Perez</span> deep for his 1st HR of the season. Hence a final score that looks respectable, in a game that belonged to the Mariners wire to wire.</p>
<p>That's 5 in a row in the loss column for the A's and their first 5 game deficit in the AL West. At 18-19, Oakland is under .500 for the first time since April 3rd and in their last 21 games the A's are a positively Astrosian 6-15. At the moment, <span>Josh Donaldson</span> looks like he is trying to hit for himself, Crisp, Young, and Reddick combined, <span>Yoenis Cespedes</span> looks he is not quite sure whether he playing baseball, golf or cricket, and the bench looks like it would produce pinch hitters who are 2 for 35 for the season. Hey, what a co-inky-dink, they are!</p>
<p><span>Jarrod Parker</span> goes for the A's tomorrow night, a thought that makes <i>my</i> neck hurt. Hopefully he comes up big, gets back on track, and takes the team back on track with him.</p>
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<p>Wheeeeeeeeeeeee. 6-0 Mariners after 5.</p>
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