White Sox 6, A's 3

Yesterday's game was the first appearance of the first inning A's.

You know, the team that scores in the first inning and then never again.

Maybe Mark Beuhrle made adjustments, but it sure looked like the A's were teeing off on him in the first inning. After that though, they just seemed to roll over.

Joe Kennedy pitched effectively and only gave up one run over five innings. Much of it looked like luck though, and I hope that when Bob Geren has to decide who to skip next week, he picks Kennedy.

So Justin Duchscherer gave up the lead on a two-run homer to Jermaine Dye, and Huston Street gave up the final three nails in the coffin. These guys will get it done most of the time and it was just one of those days.

I did like seeing Jason Kendall dropped to the number eight spot in the order, and Nick Swisher moved up to number two. Swisher walks a ton and the A's have a better chance of him being on base for the middle of the order.

Today is an off day and then the A's are hosting the Yankees. Ugh. It could be ugly, but maybe we'll be surprised.

I will miss the whole Yankees series because I'll be out of town this weekend, so I'll do a full series writeup on Monday.

GO A'S!!!