A's 2, White Sox 1

I hate to be negative about a win, but eight innings of last night's game featured some of the ugliest displays of hitting I've ever seen.

Of course, a win is a win, and that's all that matters at the end of the day. But you've got to be concerned about the A's dismal offense.

I don't even want to talk about the inning that Travis Buck led off with a triple.

And our leadoff tandem, Jason Kendall and Shannon Stewart, are hitting .167 and and .189 respectively. These two were also big contributors to the lack of success in the unmentionable inning. I know it's only April, but it's no wonder the A's are having trouble scoring runs when these are the guys you have setting the table.

Luckily Stewart made the final out in the bottom of the eighth, so we didn't have either of these rally-killers starting the ninth. I truly believe that is the reason the A's won this game.

I liked Bob Geren's move of bringing in Todd Walker to pinch hit for Bobby Crosby with the game on the line. Walker is no stud, but he is a veteran. And it's about time that someone managing the A's realized that Crosby just isn't very good.

So Walker officially became an A with his game-tying RBI single. Buck is issued his first career intentional walk, and Mark Ellis yet again makes a team pay for underestimating him. A's win!

It's a day game today as the A's try to take the series behind Joe Kennedy.

GO A'S!!!