Athletics 2 - 0 Giants
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Athletics look to continue roll against Giants

Jun 10, 2007 - 3:10 PM Oakland (33-28) at San Francisco (28-33), 4:05 pm EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) -- The 2007 "Battle of the Bay" has gone the way of the Oakland Athletics.

Oakland can complete a three-game series sweep of the San Francisco Giants when the teams meet on Sunday.

In addition to taking the first two games of this series, the Athletics won two-of-three from their Bay-area rivals when the teams met in Oakland last month. Overall, the A's have won seven of their last eight meetings against the Giants.

After spending the majority of the season in the bullpen, Lenny DiNardo (2-2, 1.45 ERA) takes the mound for Oakland. The 6-4 lefthander has been strong in his first two starts, going 1-1 with an 0.80 ERA in 11 1/3 innings. Oakland has not provided DiNardo with much runs support, getting shutout in his first start and scoring just twice in his 2-0 win over the Boston Red Sox on June 5.

Matt Cain (2-5, 3.54) gets the start for the Giants and is seeking his first win since May 13 - a span of four starts. The righthander faced the A's on May 19, allowing three runs in 6 1/3 innings during a 4-2 defeat.

The A's roughed up former teammate Barry Zito for the second time this season en route to a 6-0 victory here on Saturday.

Bobby Crosby had three hits, including a home run, and scored twice while Travis Buck and Mark Kotsay added three hits apiece for Oakland, which had 16 hits in the contest.

The Giants' Barry Bonds had two hits but the slugger has only one home run in his last 70 at-bats.








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    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    OAKLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 7 0
    SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: OAK - LENNY DINARDO, SANTIAGO CASILLA (7TH), ALAN EMBREE (9TH) AND
    JASON KENDALL
    SFO - MATT CAIN, BRAD HENNESSEY (9TH) AND BENGIE MOLINA

    HOME RUNS: OAK - MARCO SC

    Jun 10 6:34 PM
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    RUWTbot Took away 35 roots (Close Finish)

    Athletics vs. GiantsJun 10 6:22 PM


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    AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY SHANNON STEWART SCORED MARK KOTSAY.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, S STEWART ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 2
    SAN FRANCISCO 0 TOP, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: S CASILLA (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)

    Athletics vs. GiantsJun 10 6:18 PM
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    RUWTbot Added 35 roots (Close Finish)

    Athletics vs. GiantsJun 10 6:11 PM


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    AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY MARCO SCUTARO (3) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 8TH OFF MATT CAIN.
    CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 1, SAN FRANCISCO 0
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: N SWISHER (.296, 1-FOR-3)

    Athletics vs. GiantsJun 10 6:03 PM

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