September 8: Athletics 11, White Sox 3
Posted by Jim Margalus on September 8th, 2009 | 0 comments
Coming off a brilliant start against the Cubs, Carlos Torres looked like a batting practice pitcher against the A’s.
That’s no exaggeration. Torres lasted just two-thirds of an inning, allowing five runs on five hits in the worst start of the season. He threw about six gopher balls, and was fortunate – the A’s only happened to convert on two of them. Three, if you count a bullet sac fly to right by Kurt Suzuki.
Ozzie Guillen had D.J. Carrasco warming before the first run was scored, but by the time Carrasco was warm, it was too late. Jack Cust hit a three-run shot, and Mark Ellis added a solo shot as well.
Making a bad night worse:
- Carrasco was ineffective, giving up six more hits and three earned runs himself over 3 1/3 innings.
- Brett Tomko both picked up the “W” and got his shot at A.J. Pierzynski without retribution (unless you want to count Kotsay’s two-run shot as adequate revenge).
- When the Sox had something going — runners on second and third, nobody out — Jayson Nix was doubled off second when he inexplicably took off on Alexei Ramirez’s soft liner.
- Daniel Hudson got his second shot and was tagged with two runs — one helped by an Ramirez error (missed a perfect throw from Pierzynski on a steal attempt), another allowed by Randy Williams.
- Tyler Flowers had one at-bat and struck out.
At least Jhonny Nunez tossed a scoreless inning.
Record: 69-71 | Box score | Play-by-play
