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Oakland Shuts Out Bay Area Neighbors

AZ Hardball — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 05:42:09 +0000

Oakland would get off to a jump-start on the Giants of San Francisco as the two teams played at AT&T Park. In the first inning Kurt Suzuki would hit a two-run shot off of Barry Zito. Oakland would score two more in the third inning as the Giants would be unable to put any runs up on the board. The Athletics would score three more runs in the fifth inning and one more in the eighth.

Oakland pitching would prove to be the story as Justin Duchscherer would throw six innings, striking out six of the batters that he faced. Oakland relief would prove to be effective as they were able to keep the wood off of the ball for majority of the remainder of the game. The Athletics beat the Giants by a final score of nine to zero.

Blanks’ Sixth Inning Blast Gives Padres the Edge

AZ Hardball — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 05:39:22 +0000

The Angels would start off the game at Angel Stadium on the right foot as they were able to score the first run of the game for the team. The Padres would answer back in the following inning with a run of their own. In the fourth inning, the Padres would score one run to take the lead of the game. In the sixth inning Kyle Blanks would hit a three-run homer that would give the Padres some added insurance.

Los Angeles would score again with one run in the sixth and ninth innings. The Angels would leave two men stranded in the bottom of the ninth as they lose their chance at taking the game. The Padres would beat the Angels in the Southern California showdown by a score of five to three.

Dodgers Start Strong But End Quietly

AZ Hardball — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 05:36:15 +0000

The Los Angeles Dodgers looked to do some damage in one of their final games leading up to Opening Day as they faced the Indians at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers would score first in the second inning with two runs to lead the Cleveland Indians. Dodgers’ pitching would keep the game scoreless through four as the Indians would score their first run in the fifth inning off of a Grady Sizemore solo home run.

Los Angeles would score again in the bottom of the fifth before the Indians would score two in the seventh and another three in the eighth. The Dodgers were unable to score any more runs for the remainder of the game as they lose to the Cleveland Indians by a score of six to three.

D-backs Split Squad Holds Off Royals

AZ Hardball — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:44:32 +0000

The Diamondbacks would send their split squad team to Surprise to face the Kansas City Royals in one of the final games of spring training. Both teams would go scoreless through three before Gerardo Parra would hit a two-run blast in the fourth inning with two men out. The Royals would answer back with a run of their own in that inning and would follow it up with a two run fifth.

The Diamondbacks would score two more in the seventh inning securing their lead to win the game by a score of four to three. D-backs pitcher Edwin Jackson would start the first three frames fine but would look shaky as he gives up three runs in five and two-thirds innings pitched.

White Sox Take Early Lead to Defeat Seattle

AZ Hardball — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:41:32 +0000

The White Sox would get off to an early lead as they would score three runs in the first inning. In the third inning both runs scored would come off of a tow-run homer by Chicago first baseman Jim Gallagher. The Sox would score again in the fourth and sixth innings as the Mariners would continue to be silenced at the plate.

Seattle would score their first two runs of the game in the seventh inning as designated hitter Carlos Peguero would hit a two-run homer off of Lowe. For the Sox, pitchers Elarton and Zaleski would combine for a total of six scoreless innings. In the eighth, Chicago catcher Cole Armstrong would hit a two-run shot of his on with two outs. Chicago goes on to win it by a score of nine to four.

Cueto hit hard in last start as Reds fall to Rangers

Dean — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 03:22:03 +0000

The Cincinnati Reds young stud pitcher Johnny Cueto started the last game of the spring today against the Texas Rangers and was hit hard allowing five runs on ten hits in only four innings of work. Cueto did manage to strike out six preventing more damage while only walking one. The Rangers sent reliever Frank Francisco to the mound for one inning and he allowed two runs on four hits in the inning.

The Reds Scot Rolen hit his second homer of the spring in which he has struggled greatly. The Rangers were lead by center fielder Julio Borbon who was 3-for-3 on the day with an RBI and two runs scored including a game leadoff homer.

Cubs shut out Rockies

Dean — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 03:13:36 +0000

Despite being outhit 10-to-6 but the Colorado Rockies, the Cubs were able to capitalize on a 2-run homer by Alfonso Soriano and down the Rockies 2-0 to close out the Cactus League season. Soriano was 3-for-3 on the day and ended up hitting .278 as he struggled most of the season. Right fielder Ryan Spiollboroughs went 3-for-4 on the day for the Rockies who had little to cheer about offensively.

On the positive side for the Rockies Jeff Francis went five shutout innings allowing three hits. Carlos Silva got the start for the Cubs and sent five scoreless innings allowing six hits and finished the season with a 3.80 ERA.

Ian Kennedy finishes strong for D-backs

Dean — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 03:04:43 +0000

Ian Kennedy got his final start of the spring today and finished strong pitching 5.2 innings and allowing two runs on five hits and a walk. Chad Qualls continued to struggle this summer coming in to relieve Kennedy and was tagged for a run on two hits, one of which was a homer. Kennedy finished the spring with a 2.88 ERA and Qualls finished with a 8.31 ERA. Randy Wolf got the start for the Brewers and was hit hard allowing five runs on seven hits in four innings.

The D-backs big bats had a great spring and finished strong today. Justin Upton went 2-for-3 on the day and scored two runs and hit his 6th homer of the year. Mark Reynolds hit his third homer of the year and went 2-for-4 raising his average to .365. Chris Young looks like he is on track for a bounce back season as he it .316 on the spring and hit his third homer of the spring today. Short stop Stephen Drew is penciled into the second spot in the order and after going 2-for-4 on the spring raised his average to .390.

Angels down Indians in 9th

Dean — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 02:46:04 +0000

Matt Palmer got the start for the Los Angeles Angels against the Cleveland Indians, but it was Trevor Reckling who got the majority of the work and the win going the last five innings and allowing two runs n five hits and a walk. Aaron Laffey took the mound for the Indians to start and allowed three runs on five hits in three innings.

Indians Shin-Soo Choo started in right field and went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI. He was later replaced by Brian Horwitz who went 2-for-2 with a run scored. Angels leadoff hitter and left fielder Bradley Coon went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored. Center fielder Mike Trout went 2-for-4 with an RBI and three runs scored.

Showtime in Vegas Starring the Reds

AZ Hardball — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:23:17 +0000

The Reds and Dodgers would hit the road and head to Vegas to play at Cashman Field. The Reds would get a huge jump on the Dodgers as they were able to score four runs in the first and five more in the second. Los Angeles would score their first run in the third as they chipped away at the Cincinnati lead. The Reds, however, would score another run in the fourth inning to lead the Dodgers by nine.

In the following half of the inning, the Dodgers would score two more runs and, yet another, in the fifth inning. For the Reds, center fielder Chris Dickerson would have the only homer of the game as he hit a two-run shot in the second inning. The Reds would score two more runs in the eighth as they win the game by a score of twelve to four.