I just had to laugh.
You KNEW this was coming, right?
Whip out the clich=E9s: "You can't win 'em all", "Two out of three ain't
bad", etc. None of them work for today.
There is no reason the A's should have lost this game today, their
second loss in a week, to one of the worst starting pitchers in the
American League.
The A's went 3-for-29 today, with no walks and eight Ks. They pretty
much stunk. Sad thing is that Chad Gaudin actually pitched decently
enough to keep his team in the game, but the A's couldn't get anything
going against Cliff Lee -- a guy who had a 6.29 ERA last year.
Heck, Lee's 2-0 in 2008, with two dominating wins over the A's in the
last week. Pathetics? Indeed. They had TWO hits in eight innings.
I don't mind losing to C.C. Sabathia; I wouldn't even mind losing to
Fausto Carmona or whatever his name is. But losing two games to Cliff
Lee is just sad. He's now 4-1 in his career against the A's.
Go figure.
Is this a game the A's should have won? Sure, in theory. But in
reality, no -- they never had a chance today, as much as it pains me
to write that.
A's Record: 8-5
A's Should-Be Record: 9-4
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