Oakland's 'A' stands for anemic: A's struggle offensively, but win

Paul Konerko hit two homers to lead Chicago past Seattle 2-1.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
OAKLAND, Calif. -- After Rich Harden and Jarrod Washburn dueled through eight scoreless innings, Nick Swisher scored from first base on reliever Scot Shields' throwing error in the 10th inning of the Oakland Athletics' 1-0 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday.
The A's hadn't scored in 14 innings before their extra-inning rally against Shields (2-1), who threw just six pitches.
Swisher led off the 10th with a single, and Shields bobbled Marco Scutaro's sacrifice -- and then made a bouncing throw past Chone Figgins covering first base. Swisher slid headfirst into home plate, ahead of Vladimir Guerrero's throw from right field.
Kiko Calero (2-0) pitched two perfect innings of relief for the victory, while Harden and Washburn got no decisions despite outstanding starts.
LOS ANGELESOAKLAND
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Erstad 1b4000Kotsay cf4010
DVnon dh4000Byrnes lf4020
VGrero rf4000Kendall c2000
GAndsn lf3000EChavz 3b4010
SFinley cf4000Kielty dh3000
OCbera ss4010Durazo dh1010
Izturis 3b3010Httberg 1b4000
JMolna c2010KGintr 2b4000
Figgins 2b3010Swisher rf4110
Scutaro ss3000
Totals31040Totals33160
Los Angeles0000000000--0
Oakland0000000001--1
No outs when winning run scored.
E--Izturis (1), Shields (1). DP--Los Angeles 1, Oakland 1. LOB--Los Angeles 4, Oakland 8. 2B--Byrnes (1). CS--Figgins (1). S--JMolina, Scutaro.
IPHRERBBSO
Los Angeles
Washburn840027
Donnelly110000
Shields L,2-1011000
Oakland
Harden840028
Calero W,2-0200002
Shields pitched to 2 batters in the 10th. Umpires--Home, Ron Kulpa; First, Dan Iassogna; Second, Dale Scott; Third, Tim Tschida. T--2:24. A--25,280.
White Sox 2, Mariners 1
CHICAGO -- Mark Buehrle pitched a three-hitter and struck out 12, and Paul Konerko hit a pair of home runs to lead the White Sox in a game that took just 1 hour, 39 minutes.
Buerhle (2-1) lost his shutout bid in the ninth inning when Ichiro Suzuki tripled and scored on Adrian Beltre's groundout to first. Suzuki had all three Mariners' hits.
Buehrle outdueled Ryan Franklin for the 16th complete game of his career and gave the White Sox their eighth straight victory over the Mariners, a streak that started last July 9.
Franklin (1-1) allowed two runs and four hits over eight innings. He struck out three without walking a batter.
SEATTLECHICAGO
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ISuzuki rf4130TPerez lf4000
Winn lf3000Iguchi 2b3000
Beltre 3b4001CEvrtt dh3000
BBoone 2b3000Knerko 1b3222
Ibanez dh3000Dye rf3000
Spiezio 1b3000Rwand cf3000
Blmqist cf3000Uribe ss3000
DWilsn c3000Widger c3010
Valdez ss3000Crede 3b3010
Totals29131Totals28242
Seattle000000001--1
Chicago01000010x--2
LOB--Seattle 3, Chicago 2. 2B--Crede (3). 3B--ISuzuki (1). HR--Konerko 2 (6). S--Winn.
IPHRERBBSO
Seattle
RFranklin L,1-1842203
Chicago
Buehrle W,2-19311112
Umpires--Home, Mike Everitt; First, Tim Timmons; Second, Tim McClelland; Third, Chuck Meriwether. T--1:39. A--25,931.
Tigers 7, Royals 1
KANSAS CITY, Mo -- Jeremy Bonderman rebounded from a rough start last week to shutdown the Kansas City Royals for eight innings and help Detroit snap a five-game losing streak.
Bonderman (2-1) allowed six hits and a run six days after giving up six runs on five hits in the first inning of a loss to the Cleveland Indians.
Ivan Rodriguez and Carlos Guillen each had three hits including a pair of doubles for the Tigers. Brian Anderson (1-1) held the Tigers to seven hits over 72/3 innings, while walking one and striking out three. Four of the Tigers' hits were doubles.
DETROITKANSAS CITY
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Inge 3b5112DJesus cf4010
CGillen ss5131Gotay 2b4010
JSmith ss0000MiSwy 1b4111
IRdrgz dh5130Stairs dh4010
DYong 1b3011Brown rf3000
CPena 1b1000Long lf4010
RoWhte lf4001Berroa ss4000
Logan cf0000Buck c3000
Monroe cf3210McEng 3b3010
Thmes rf4110
VWilsn c4111
Infante 2b4011
Totals387127Totals33161
Detroit000200104--7
Kansas City000001000--1
E--Bonderman (2), McEwing (1). LOB--Detroit 7, Kansas City 6. 2B--CGuillen 2 (3), IRodriguez 2 (4), Monroe (1), Stairs (3). 3B--Inge (2). HR--MiSweeney (1). SF--RoWhite.
IPHRERBBSO
Detroit
Bndrm W,2-1861105
Percival100010
Kansas City
BriAnderson L,1-17 2-373313
Camp1-323310
Field131101
Camp pitched to 3 batters in the 9th. PB--Buck. Umpires--Home, Phil Cuzzi; First, Ed Rapuano; Second, Lance Barksdale; Third, C.B. Bucknor. T--2:25. A--22,881.
Orioles 7, Yankees 6
BALTIMORE -- Brian Roberts hit a three-run homer off Tom Gordon to cap a five-run seventh inning, and Baltimore rallied to beat slumping New York.
The Orioles trailed 6-2 before sending eight batters to the plate in the seventh. After Javy Lopez and Jay Gibbons hit RBI singles off Tanyon Sturtze, Roberts sent a 2-1 pitch from Gordon (0-2) over the right-field scoreboard to give Baltimore its first lead.
Steve Kline (2-1) pitched one scoreless inning, and B.J. Ryan got four outs for his second save. Ryan struck out Hideki Matsui on a 3-2 pitch with the bases loaded and two outs in the eighth.
Gary Sheffield homered, drove in three runs and scored twice for the Yankees, who have lost three straight and five of six to fall into last place in the AL East. New York (4-7) is off to its worst start in 14 years.
New York went up 6-2 with a three-run seventh that featured an RBI double by Alex Rodriguez and run-scoring grounders by Matsui and Ruben Sierra, but the lead wouldn't last.
Sheffield put New York up 2-0 in the first, driving a changeup from Rodrigo Lopez far over the wall in center field after Derek Jeter hit a leadoff single. Before connecting, Sheffield swung wildly and missed two offspeed pitches.
Baltimore got a run in the bottom half when Roberts walked, stole second and scored on a single by Tejada.
The Orioles stranded runners at the corners in the second, left the bases loaded in the third and wasted a pair of two-out singles in the fourth.
New York went up 3-1 in the fifth. Leadoff hitter Tony Womack was awarded ball four when home plate umpire Jeff Nelson ruled that Lopez went to his mouth on a 3-0 count, and Jeter also drew a walk. After Rodriguez hit into a fielder's choice, Sheffield delivered a sacrifice fly.
Mora singled in a run in the sixth to make it 3-2.
NEW YORKBALTIMORE
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Jeter ss3220BRbrts 2b3223
ARod 3b5121Mora 3b4021
Shffield rf1213Tejada ss4011
Matsui lf5001SSosa rf5120
Sierra dh5001RPlmo 1b4010
JaGbi 1b3010JvLopz c4111
TMrtnz 1b1000GGil c0000
RSnchz ph1010Surhoff lf4010
Posada c4000Matos cf3110
BWllms cf3000Gbbons dh4221
Wmack 2b3110
Flherty ph1000
Totals35686Totals357137
New York200010300--6
Baltimore10000150x--7
E--Tejada (2). DP--New York 1. LOB--New York 12, Baltimore 11. 2B--Jeter (3), ARodriguez (1), SSosa (4), Gibbons (2). HR--Sheffield (2), BRoberts (5). SB--BRoberts (5). CS--Womack (1). S--Mora. SF--Sheffield.
IPHRERBBSO
New York
Mussina5 2-372234
Stanton000010
Sturtze154400
Gordon L,0-21 1-311111
Baltimore
RLopez6 1-375547
Kline W,2-1101122
Williams1-300020
BRyan S,21 1-310013
Stanton pitched to 1 batter in the 6th. HBP--by Mussina (JvLopez). WP--Stanton, Kline. Umpires--Home, Jeff Nelson; First, Bill Miller; Second, Joe Brinkman; Third, Derryl Cousins. T--3:46. A--48,598.
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