June 25, 2008 Athletics 3, Phillies 0

The Phillies can get nothing going against a trio of Oakland pitchers besides 4 hits and lose their 8th of the last 11 games. The A's Carlos Gonzalez gets all the runs that Oakland needs delivering a clutch 2-run single in the bottom of the 6th. The bases were loaded with two outs for a clutch situation, so the clutch rating came into play as it would not have ben a hit otherwise. Such has been the story of the Phillies so far this year - what should have been. Tough luck loss for Kyle Kendrick as he falls to 2-8, as both runs were unearned. At least sort of unearned anyway, as the error to make the runs unearned was committed by Kendrick himself.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Philadelphia Phillies At 2008 Oakland Athletics      6/25/2008
 
  Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Werth RF          3  0  0  0 .250     M.Ellis 2B          4  1  1  0 .241  
A-G.Jenkins PH        0  0  0  0 .257     R.Sweeney RF        3  0  1  1 .290  
B-S.Taguchi PR        0  0  0  0 .179     J.Cust LF           4  0  1  0 .215  
  C.Utley 2B          3  0  1  0 .282     E.Chavez DH         4  1  1  0 .188  
  J.Rollins SS        4  0  1  0 .251     B.Crosby SS         3  1  0  0 .220  
  P.Burrell LF        3  0  0  0 .225     J.Hannahan 3B       3  0  0  0 .208  
  R.Howard DH         3  0  0  0 .272     K.Suzuki C          3  0  1  0 .244  
  P.Feliz 3B          3  0  1  0 .244     C.Gonzalez CF       3  0  1  2 .182  
  S.Victorino CF      3  0  0  0 .370     D.Barton 1B         2  0  0  0 .230  
  C.Coste C           3  0  1  0 .244                                          
  E.Bruntlett 1B      3  0  0  0 .177                                          
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         Totals      28  0  4  0                 Totals      29  3  6  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Werth In 9th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Jenkins In 9th Inning
 
Phillies........ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  4  1
Athletics....... 0 0 0  0 0 2  1 0    -  3  6  0
 
Phillies (37-42)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
K.Kendrick LOSS(2-8)      6       5   2   0   3   7   0  91   5.79
R.Madson                  2       1   1   1   0   3   0  33   5.63
Totals                    8       6   3   1   3  10   0
 
Athletics (34-43)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
G.Smith WIN(6-5)          6 1/3   3   0   0   1   6   0  79   3.91
A.Embree HOLD(3rd)        1 2/3   0   0   0   0   2   0  16   4.03
B.Ziegler SAVE(2nd)       1       1   0   0   1   0   0  16   1.08
Totals                    9       4   0   0   2   8   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 20,851 DATE- Wednesday, June 25th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Gerry Davis, Brian Gorman, Bruce Dreckman, Sam Holbrook
T- 2:43
LEFT ON BASE- Phillies: 4  Athletics: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Phillies: 0  Athletics: 3
ERRORS- K.Kendrick
DOUBLES- J.Rollins(13th), M.Ellis(10th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Sweeney
WALKS- G.Jenkins, P.Burrell, B.Crosby, J.Hannahan, D.Barton
HIT BY PITCH- C.Utley, K.Suzuki
STRIKE OUTS- J.Werth-2, P.Burrell, R.Howard, P.Feliz, S.Victorino, C.Coste,
             E.Bruntlett, J.Cust-2, E.Chavez, B.Crosby-2, J.Hannahan-3,
             C.Gonzalez, D.Barton
GIDP- C.Utley, J.Rollins-2
WILD PITCHES- R.Madson
WEB GEMS- Top 7th: Bobby Crosby robbed Pedro Feliz of a base hit.
 
At McAfee Coliseum, the Oakland fans witnessed a great pitcher's duel.  Greg
Smith(6-5) finally bested his Philadelphia opposite, Kyle Kendrick(2-8), by
the score of 3 to 0.
 
Oakland came up with 2 runs in the 6th inning.  The big moment was provided by
Carlos Gonzalez who made the crowd happy when he laced a base-knock scoring
two baserunners.  Oakland had only 6 hits for the night.  
 
Smith got relief help from Brad Ziegler who gained credit for his 2nd save.
The loss was charged to Kendrick.  He was pinned with the loss despite not
allowing an earned run in his 6 innings of work.  
 

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