7/10 A's @ Boston, 7:10 pm

[vegasbob]

Did Hudson send Westbrook on that one ??? Pretty poor decision and a rally killer. There was no way.

[vegasbob]

Short fat bodies do not run all that well. Westbrook was not even to 3rd base when the throw started from LCF

[d-money]

This is really bad offense by this team tonight.

[d-money]

They can’t even score one stinking run.

[Maxbialystock]

This is really bad offense by this team tonight.

And against a AAA team, too. Don't forget that.

[Maxbialystock]

3d time thru the Sox order and Ref gets the dinger. Auspicious, we can hope.

[vegasbob]

And against a AAA team, too. Don't forget that.

I keep telling you it's AAAA because they are playing in the Major Leagues , even though they are AAA talent, most of them. Wouldn't mind having Rooker in lieu of O'Neill

[vegasbob]

Gonzales needs to pick up his game too

[Maxbialystock]

3d time thru the Sox order and Ref gets the dinger. Auspicious, we can hope.

Now a single by Wong. Too bad O'Neill K'd his 3d time up.

Sears struck out 8 Sox players--each of them once--but not Westbrook, whose speed on the basepaths was not in tune with the Sox 3d base coach signals.

[d-money]

Can’t get the big hit. Gotta keep this at 2 runs.

[Maxbialystock]

I keep telling you it's AAAA because they are playing in the Major Leagues , even though they are AAA talent, most of them. Wouldn't mind having Rooker in lieu of O'Neill

AAAA is a stupid and unfair label. The worst team by far this year is the White Sox, and they split 4 with the Red Sox.

Last night the A's scored 9 runs in that loss--against what we all thought was a pretty decent Sox pitching staff. Tonight the A's are leading, 3-1, in the 7th and they definitely look like a MLB team whereas the Sox definitely do not.

Whoops, there goes another rubber tree plant. Now the the A's are up 4-1.

[d-money]

Pivetta just can’t close the deal

[d-money]

Gonna really need a miracle here. Offense hasn’t hit tonight.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Pivetta almost duplicates Bello's start. A lot of strikeouts to go along with a lot of hittable pitches.

[Maxbialystock]

Pivetta almost duplicates Bello's start. A lot of strikeouts to go along with a lot of hittable pitches.

The real eye-opener for me is not that the A's can hit, but that the Sox can't hit lefties. That was actually a good pitch Ref golfed over the monster--he just got lucky. So far in 16 innings, the A's have scored 13 runs and the Sox 13 runs.

And vegasbob keeps insisting that the A's are a AAAA team, ybworthy to be on the same field of play with the Sox.