2009 Philadelphia A's Game Highlights
Week 5 vs Colt 45s @ Plymouth Meeting
The A's and Colt 45s split the weekends games, and split the season series. In Game 1, Colt 45s pitcher Chris Vecsey was shutting the A's down once again heading into the 5th with a 6-0 lead. They pulled Vecsey and the A's managed to score 3 quick runs to cut the lead to 6-3 going into the 7th, but unfortunately the A's could not get key runners in scoring position in during the 6th and 7th innings and lost 6-3.
In Game 2, Colts pitcher Ian Downes was once again shutting the A's out going into the 7th, 5-0. The A's managed 3 consecutive walks to start the 7th when Adam Oddo ripped a single to score 2 and cut the lead to 5-2. Billy Mason then came up with 2 down and runners at 2nd and third and ripped a double in the gap to make it 5-4. Ron Hirsch then ripped a single to left to tie it up at 5! Jim Cherry pitched a wonderful 6th, 7th and got out of a bases loaded jam in the 8th to keep it tied. Jared Crocker led off the 8th with a base hit, stole second. Then Sol Raie ripped a base hit up the middle to put runners at 1st and third. That brought Adam Oddo to the plate, he looped a base hit past third basemans head to give the A's a miraculous come from behind victory!
This makes the A's record 4-6 and sets up a very big weekend vs the other 4-6 team in the divion, the comets! This should be a fun weekend.
Week 4 vs Phillies @ Liberty Bell
The Philadelphia A's finally managed to sweep a doubleheader! In game 1, LHP Frank Busillo pitched a complete game! Frank had the Phillies hitters well off balanced the entire game, Frank had 12k's allowed 1 run in the 1st inning, and allowed only 3 hits! Great game Frank! Offensively, Bill Ginley had 2 hits and Billy Mason had a key sac fly late in the game to give the A's a 3-1 win!
In game 2, it was a back and forth battle. The A's had a 1-0 lead going into the fifth thanks to an Adam Oddo Homerun, then a few errors led to two Phillies runs, to give them the lead. Chris Schroeder hit a bomb in the 6th inning, which still hasnt landed to tie it up. It would remained tied until the bottom of the 7th when Waiel Abdullah led off the inning with a bunt single, he stole second on a pitchout! Doug Biernacki hit a solid ball up the middle, so runners were at 1st and 3rd with 0 out when Ron Hirsch came to the plate, he hit a ground ball to short, Waiel beat the throw home to give the A's the SWEEP! Dennis Geiger pitched 5 strong innings, and Jim Cherry got the win in relief!
This brings the A's record to 3-5 on the season, back in the thick of things, next week we are at Villanova to take on the tough Colt 45s! Next week should be another pitching duel between two good teams!
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