Hey A’s,
I hope that you’ve been able to dry out a bit since yesterday; pretty much everything I own is still drenched from the downpour that cut short last night’s game against fill-in opponents the Triskellions. And it’s a damn shame we got rained out, since the A’s looked poised to capture what would have been their fifth victory of the season; instead, having to call the game after 6 innings, we came up just short in our quest and dropped our 10th game of the season.
On what started out as a beautiful afternoon, the A’s played up to the weather, with formidable defensive work and consistent offensive production. A little tinkering on defense brought Killer Kelly Trout to the mound and the swift legs of the Hoff to cover right field. The changes paid off as the A’s kept things close with the Triskellions early and then throughout the game. The lead changed hands probably 5 or six times through the course of the night; for every run our opponents scored, the A’s managed to counter with a few of their own. Magnificent Matt Marran had a couple of timely base knocks, and Little Babe Ruth drew one of the longest at-bats of the season (completely exhausting the opposing spin-pitcher) before scoring her second run of the year. Nathaniel “Bacon” and “Ain’t no Stoppin’ Me” Stamm both swung the bat really well but caught some bad breaks in ball placement.
After putting together one of the most consistent performances in A’s history, we held the lead heading into the final frame, when the skies completely opened up. As visibility dropped as precipitously as the precipitation, the Skellions plated 4 runs to take a 13-10 lead. In the bottom half, we promptly loaded the bases but the conditions got so terrible that we I started to lost control of the bat and whatnot (but thankfully not my right patella), and we only managed to score one of the runners, leaving 2 stranded as we scurried off the field in a monsoon, losing by a final tally of 13-11.
Effing A, Mike
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