A's Give Yankees Razzberries

Darrell Rasner must have figured the Yankees don't give me run support any way, so I might as well go out and get clobbered. Okay, we're sure he really didn't feel that way, but he did get clobbered in the A's 8-4 win over the Yankees.

Jason Giambi had given the Yankees a 1-0 lead with a solo home run off of A's starter Justin Ducscherer in the 2nd and Rasner had breezed through the first two innings. Giambi's throwing error allowed Travis Buck to reach 1st base to start the 3rd inning and it was all downhill for Rasner after that. He retired Kurt Suzuki on a foul out, but gave up consecutive hits to John Hannahan, Bobby Crosby, Jack Cust, Eric Chavez, and Carlos Gonzalez as the A's built a 6-1 lead. Cust's RBI single in the 4th finally knocked Rasner out of the game in favor of Ross Ohlendorf and his new bad mustache.

The Yankees meanwhile rolled over and played dead against Ducscherer coming up with just 5 hits over 7 innings. Their best chance came in the 3rd inning when they had runners on the corners with just 1 out, but Duscherer struck out both Bobby Abreu and Alex Rodriguez to escape further trouble. The Yankees finally added 3 runs in the 9th, but the game was already over.



June 11, 2008

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
NY Yankees	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		4	7	1
Oakland	0	0	6	1	1	0	0	0	X		8	11	1

NY Yankees	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Damon, LF	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.321
Jeter, SS	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	.272
Abreu, RF	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	.298
Rodriguez, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	3	5	.314
Matsui, DH	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	.323
Giambi, 1B	4	2	2	2	0	0	2	.263
Posada, C	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	.296
Cano, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.224
Cabrera, CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.266
Totals	32	4	7	3	3	5	12
BATTING 2B: Giambi (10, Duchscherer), Abreu (15, Calero). HR: Giambi (15, 2nd inning off Duchscherer, 0 on, 1 out). TB: Jeter; Abreu 3; Matsui; Giambi 6; Posada. RBI: Giambi 2 (37), Posada (14). 2-out RBI: Posada. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rodriguez; Cano. GIDP: Posada. Team LOB: 4. FIELDING E: Giambi (3, throw). DP: (Cano-Jeter-Giambi).

NY Yankees	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Rasner (L, 3-4)	3.2	9	7	6	1	4	0	3.64
Ohlendorf	1.1	2	1	1	3	0	0	5.71
Hawkins	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5.86
Farnsworth	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.30
Ramirez	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2.50

Oakland	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Hannahan, DH	5	1	1	0	0	1	3	.235
Crosby, SS	4	1	1	1	1	1	3	.264
Cust, LF	2	1	2	3	2	0	0	.257
Davis, CF	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.188
Chavez, 3B	5	1	2	0	0	0	5	.300
Ellis, 2B	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	.245
Gonzalez, C, CF-RF	4	0	1	2	0	1	3	.262
Barton, 1B	4	1	1	0	0	2	1	.227
Buck, RF-LF	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	.160
Suzuki, C	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	.256
Totals	35	8	11	8	5	6	18
BATTING 2B: Crosby (21, Rasner), Gonzalez, C (8, Rasner), Barton (9, Ohlendorf). TB: Hannahan; Crosby 2; Cust 2; Chavez 2; Ellis; Gonzalez, C 2; Barton 2; Suzuki 2. RBI: Crosby (33), Cust 3 (29), Ellis (24), Gonzalez, C 2 (8), Suzuki (16). 2-out RBI: Cust. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Buck; Gonzalez, C 2; Chavez 2. GIDP: Chavez. Team LOB: 8. BASERUNNING SB: Suzuki (2, 2nd base off Rasner/Posada). FIELDING E: Crosby (8, throw). DP: 2 (Barton-Crosby-Barton, Barton-Crosby).

Oakland	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Duchscherer (W, 6-4)	7.0	5	1	1	1	4	1	2.20
Brown, A	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.18
Calero	0.1	1	3	2	2	1	0	6.75
Embree	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.90

WP: Rasner, Ohlendorf.
Pitches-strikes: Rasner 85-53, Ohlendorf 28-12, Hawkins 10-7,
Farnsworth 8-6, Ramirez 15-7, Duchscherer 98-66, Brown, A 10-7,
Calero 15-6, Embree 8-7.
Ground outs-fly outs: Rasner 3-4, Ohlendorf 2-2, Hawkins 0-2,
Farnsworth 1-2, Ramirez 2-0, Duchscherer 11-5, Brown, A 0-3,
Calero 0-0, Embree 2-0.
Batters faced: Rasner 22, Ohlendorf 9, Hawkins 3, Farnsworth 3,
Ramirez 3, Duchscherer 25, Brown, A 3, Calero 4, Embree 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Ohlendorf 2-0, Embree 3-3.
Umpires: HP: Brian O'Nora. 1B: Paul Nauert. 2B: D.J. Reyburn.
3B: Jerry Crawford.
Weather: 72 degrees, clear.
Wind: 7 mph, Out to RF.
T: 2:44.
Att: 27,292.
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