A’s return to the living by taking 2 of 3 from Brew Crew

GAME 1 – Oakland Coliseum – A’s 7 , Brewers 2
Navarro vs Hudson

After exchanging a pair of runs in the 2nd, both offenses settled into a lull until Scott Podsednik scored on a Paul Molitor ground out to make it 2-1 Milwaukee.  That 1 run lead was to be short lived as the A’s offense scored 6 runs over the next 3 innings to win easily.  Back to back RBI singles by Terry “Grapes of Wrath” Steinbach and Dick Green made it a 4-2 game after 6.  “The Glider”, Ed Charles doubled home Yeonis Cespedes to make it 5-2.  In the 8th Oakland put the game out of reach with a lead off homer by Scott Spiezio and an RBI single by Cespedes.  Tim Hudson was superb fanning 9 and walking just 1 in 8 innings of work before handing the ball off to Ryan Cook who struck out the side in the 9th.

GAME 2 – Oakland Coliseum – Brewers 7, A’s 3
Higuera vs Byrd

Lefty ace, Teddy Higuera, pretty much duplicated for the Brewers what Tim Hudson did for the A’s yesterday.  Higuera gave up 2 runs, and struck out 6 in 8 innings.  Pete Ladd gave up a solo run in the 9th, which meant nothing because the Brewers bombed Oakland’s starter Harry Byrd (9 IP, 7 ER).  Byrd did go the distance to eat up innings.  McGehee went 3 for 5 with a run scored and a run driven in.  Molitor scored twice and went 2 for 5.  Mr. Andro himself, Mark McGwire was 3 for 5 with his first homer of the year in a losing effort.
GAME 3 – Miller Field – A’s 8, Brewers 1
Parker vs Eldred

DH Terrence Long continued to wield a hot bat going 4 for 5 with 2 RBI’s and a run scored.  Reggie Jackson was the only A’s starter not to record a hit.  The team posted 14 safeties in total vs a beleaguered Cal Eldred (6 IP / 6 ER).  After racking up 7 runs the day before the Brewer offense could only manage 4 total hits today.  Besides Long, both Page and Spiezio each had 2 RBI days.  Milwaukee scored their lone run of the day in the bottom of the first on a B.J. Surhoff RBI single.