Daric Barton. Emil Brown. Mike Sweeney. Chris Denorfia. Travis Buck. And Daric Barton again. These are your power hitters, the only ones that could hit off of the Chicago White Sox pitcher John Danks, a man who hasn’t picked up a win since last July. At least these guys put the ball in play; the rest of the team went hitless for the night, and none of the hits occurred in the same inning.
To be fair, some of the blame could be placed on pitcher Dana Eveland. Chicago picked up four of their five hits against him during his for innings pitched. During a shaky fourth inning, Eveland hit a batter, walked a batter, gave up a three-run homerun and a double before retiring the next three batters.
Oakland’s only run came off of a sacrifice fly late in the ninth inning of their 4-1 loss. The team will have a chance to redeem themselves tomorrow, when they begin a two-game series at home against Seattle.
