ONE SHEETS TO THE WIN

Ben Sheets staggered through six scoreless innings for the A's against the O's last night, walking three and giving up four doubles and a single.  BP doesn't show Fielding Independent Pitching stats on its Team Tracker, but it was probably pretty ugly.  The zero runs are much appreciated though.  The relievers fared about the same, with only Nick Masset giving up a run out of the five who appeared, and only Luke Gregerson really distinguishing himself.  The OPSA was .699, which is pretty lousy.

Speaking of lousy, the hitters put up an OPS of .511.  It was nice to see Alexi Ramirez back in action, and he responded to his benching with his first home run of 2010.  That was the only extra-base hit of the night, but we did draw six walks.

Mike Trout is still pulling his Ichiro act down at Cedar Rapids, with an OBP about 100 points higher than his SLG and still no extra-base hits.  Grant Green has cooled off after a hot start.  The pitchers should all be in action this weekend.  Aaron Crow will not pitch here in town against the Missions, since that series ends after tomorrow's game and his turn isn't up until at least Sunday.  I just hope, after last night's rainout, he's not face down in the river after a night at Coyote Ugly.