Oakland (27-36) at LA Dodgers (43-22)

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Oakland hopes offense is coming to life

David Ely / MLB.com
The A's hope a four-run eighth inning on Tuesday, which included homers by Jason Giambi and Bobby Crosby, will kick-start an offense that has struggled recently.
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Athletics probable pitcher

Trevor Cahill

  • #53 RHP
  • (3-5) 4.17 ERA 34 SO
Cahill, 21, hadn't allowed more than two earned runs in four consecutive starts before he gave up a three-run homer to Minnesota third baseman Joe Crede his last time out. Cahill was otherwise solid against the Twins, allowing just those three runs on seven hits and two walks over seven innings. He left the game trailing, 3-0, but Oakland rallied for three runs in the eighth to take him off the hook for a loss. Cahill, who relies heavily on a sinking two-seam fastball, hasn't issued more than three walks in a start since April 18. He's never faced the Dodgers.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 3-5 4.17 73.1 28 34 .265
Season 3-5 4.17 73.1 28 34 .265
June 1-0 3.38 18.2 4 10 .232

Series at a Glance

Standings - 06/17/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
Oakland Athletics (AL West) 27 36 .429 9.0 16-15 11-21
Los Angeles Dodgers (NL West) 43 22 .662 - 24-9 19-13
Stats - 06/17/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
OAK .234 268 52 257 32 397 4.35 570.2 583 213 412
LAD .278 326 46 309 56 426 3.57 585.0 501 261 492
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Torre shooting for 25 games over .500

Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com
Even though the Dodgers are 21 games above .500 and have a sizable lead in the National League West, Dodgers manager Joe Torre isn't quite satisfied.
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Dodgers probable pitcher

Hiroki Kuroda

  • #18 RHP
  • (1-2) 2.86 ERA 19 SO
Kuroda allowed five runs (four earned) over 5 1/3 innings pitched Friday against the Rangers. He is 6-3 with a 3.45 ERA and 1.07 WHIP in 16 career starts at home. Wednesday's start is his first against the Oakland Athletics. He is 0-2 with a 5.40 ERA in two starts against the American League. Kuroda hasn't won a game in three starts this season.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 10-12 3.64 205.1 49 135 .250
Season 1-2 2.86 22.0 7 19 .221
June 0-2 3.31 16.1 6 17 .224

Athletics hitters vs Hiroki Kuroda

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Barton, Daric - - - - - - - -
Buck, Travis - - - - - - - -
Carter, Chris - - - - - - - -
Chavez, Eric - - - - - - - -
Cunningham, Aaron - - - - - - - -
Cust, Jack - - - - .667 3 1 2
Davis, Rajai - - - - .500 2 1 1
Ellis, Mark - - - - - - - -
Everidge, Tommy - - - - - - - -
Hairston, Scott - - - - .333 6 1 1
Patterson, Eric - - - - - - - -
Pennington, Cliff - - - - - - - -
Petit, Gregorio - - - - - - - -
Powell, Landon - - - - - - - -
Suzuki, Kurt - - - - .333 3 0 0
Sweeney, Ryan - - - - - - - -

Dodgers hitters vs Trevor Cahill

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Blake, Casey - - - - .000 2 0 0
De Jesus, Ivan - - - - - - - -
DeWitt, Blake - - - - - - - -
Ellis, A.J. - - - - - - - -
Ethier, Andre - - - - .333 3 0 0
Furcal, Rafael - - - - .000 3 0 0
Hu, Chin-lung - - - - - - - -
Kemp, Matt - - - - .500 2 0 1
Loney, James - - - - .000 2 0 0
Martin, Russell - - - - .000 2 0 0
May, Lucas - - - - - - - -
Paul, Xavier - - - - - - - -
Pierre, Juan - - - - .333 3 0 0
Ramirez, Manny - - - - - - - -
Repko, Jason - - - - - - - -
Robinson, Trayvon - - - - .400 5 0 1

A's overcome E's to top Dodgers (28-36) (43-23)

Athletics 5, Dodgers 4

Big bats, shaky 'D'

David Ely / MLB.com
Rajai Davis and Jack Cust homered in the third inning, helping to give the A's and Trevor Cahill a big enough cushion to overcome three errors -- including a dropped popup -- that led to three unearned runs. Cahill allowed two runs -- both unearned -- over 5 1/3 innings to pick up his fourth victory.

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Series at a Glance

 

No win for Kuroda

Ken Gurnick / MLB.com
Opening Day starter Hiroki Kuroda remained winless since returning from the DL, allowing five runs in six innings, including two homers in the third. The Dodgers plated three unearned runs thanks to three A's errors, but they also squandered scoring chances in the first and second innings.
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Athletics 5, Dodgers 4

Oakland AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Kennedy, A, 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .308
Cust, RF 4 1 2 2 0 1 1 .233
  Denorfia, RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Holliday, LF 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 .275
Giambi, 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .209
  Barton, D, 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Suzuki, K, C 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .274
Cabrera, O, SS 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 .230
Hannahan, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .214
Davis, R, CF 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 .227
Cahill, P 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500
  Springer, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  a-Garciaparra, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245
  Breslow, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Ziegler, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  b-Crosby, PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
  Bailey, A, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 35 5 9 5 0 4 8  

a-Flied out for Springer in the 7th. b-Batted for Ziegler in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Kennedy, A (10, Kuroda).
HR: Davis, R (1, 3rd inning off Kuroda, 0 on, 0 out), Cust (12, 3rd inning off Kuroda, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: Kennedy, A 2; Cust 5; Holliday; Suzuki, K; Cabrera, O; Davis, R 5; Cahill.
RBI: Holliday (38), Davis, R (4), Cust 2 (36), Cabrera, O (21).
2-out RBI: Cabrera, O.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hannahan; Suzuki, K.
Team RISP: 2-for-7.
Team LOB: 3.

BASERUNNING
SB: Holliday 2 (6, 2nd base off Mota/Martin, 2nd base off Kuroda/Martin).
CS: Davis, R (4, 2nd base by Belisario/Martin).

FIELDING
E: Kennedy, A (7, fielding), Cabrera, O (11, throw), Cust (2, fielding).
DP: 2 (Kennedy, A-Cabrera, O-Barton, D, Ziegler-Cabrera, O-Barton, D).
 
LA Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Pierre, LF 5 1 1 0 0 1 4 .330
Furcal, SS 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 .247
Hudson, O, 2B 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 .310
Loney, 1B 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 .280
Blake, 3B 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 .301
Ethier, RF 4 0 2 2 0 0 3 .270
Kemp, CF 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 .315
Martin, C 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .236
Kuroda, P 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
  a-Loretta, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .234
  Leach, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Mota, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  b-Jones, M, PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500
  Belisario, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 35 4 8 4 5 5 20  

a-Struck out for Kuroda in the 6th. b-Singled for Mota in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Pierre (12, Cahill), Ethier (15, Cahill).
TB: Pierre 2; Furcal; Hudson, O; Blake; Ethier 3; Kemp; Jones, M.
RBI: Hudson, O (35), Kemp (37), Ethier 2 (41).
2-out RBI: Hudson, O.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ethier 2; Loney; Pierre.
SF: Kemp.
GIDP: Kemp; Pierre.
Team RISP: 3-for-12.
Team LOB: 10.

BASERUNNING
SB: Kemp 2 (16, 2nd base off Cahill/Suzuki, K, 3rd base off Cahill/Suzuki, K).
 
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Cahill (W, 4-5) 5.1 4 2 0 4 3 0 3.89
Springer (H, 4) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.87
Breslow (H, 7) 0.1 0 2 1 1 0 0 4.81
Ziegler (H, 2) 1.2 3 0 0 0 1 0 3.77
Bailey, A (S, 6) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.36
 
LA Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Kuroda (L, 1-3) 6.0 7 5 5 0 2 2 3.86
Leach 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.65
Mota 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.94
Belisario 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.31

WP: Kuroda.
Pitches-strikes: Cahill 107-57, Springer 5-4, Breslow 10-4, Ziegler 14-10, Bailey, A 13-10, Kuroda 91-61, Leach 18-11, Mota 10-6, Belisario 11-6.
Groundouts-flyouts: Cahill 8-5, Springer 1-0, Breslow 0-1, Ziegler 4-0, Bailey, A 1-2, Kuroda 6-10, Leach 0-3, Mota 0-1, Belisario 1-1.
Batters faced: Cahill 26, Springer 2, Breslow 3, Ziegler 6, Bailey, A 4, Kuroda 25, Leach 4, Mota 3, Belisario 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Springer 2-0, Ziegler 2-2.
Umpires: HP: Adrian Johnson. 1B: Jim Joyce. 2B: Andy Fletcher. 3B: Ted Barrett.
Weather: 69 degrees, clear.
Wind: 8 mph, In from LF.
T: 2:56.
Att: 46,274.
June 17, 2009

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner