Athletics beat Angels as We Celebrate the 80s

Sooooo, there was that All-Star break. Then the A's had some games against the Angels. Believe it or not, they won three of four of them. And, well.... that's just fine. Your Oakland Athletics now sit at 42-54, 13 games behind that first place Rangers, 7 games behind the Angels, and a game and a half behind the freefalling Mariners.

Brandon McCarthy beat Dan Haren Friday night, then they stumbled against Jered Weaver, but were able to eke out a win in game two of the double header. Then, the icing on the cake, 8 runs in the first Sunday afternoon to destroy Joel Pinero. Oh yeah, then Gio Gonzalez pitched a gem to further solidify himself has one of the best pitchers in the AL.

A's Week In Review

So, here we go, the inaugural recap of this week in Athletics baseball. Let's make magic.

This week:

Mariners 5, A's 2
Cahill was brilliant but only able to last 4 and 2/3s before reaching the century mark. Willingham's first inning 2 run bomb was the only offense of the evening. King Felix looked like a Cy Young winner.

Mariners 6, A's 2
The A's wasted another great starting performance from Brett Anderson. The offense was largely silent and poor outings from Breslow and Fuentes combined with a costly Daric Barton error doomed the A's to loss number 2.

A's 7, Mariners 1
After giving up a solo shot to Ryan Langerhans, Gio Gonzalez was brilliant for 7 innings. Jerry Blevins finished things off nicely. The sun helped out a couple times, but it looked like the A's understood how to play baseball.

1-2 is not the best way to start the season, but hopefully the cobwebs have now been dusted off. And in good news, the A's are undefeated in their Gold Jerseys!