Dodgers Eliminate A's in Six Games

The Dodgers win a close series in 6 games over Oakland.  Harden gets two wins including the game winner.

9/20 LAN  3  9  0  OAA  1  5  0         B.Sheets (1-0)        J.Duchschere (0-1)
9/21 LAN  2  9  0  OAA  1  7  1         R.Harden (1-0)        B.Webb (0-1)
9/23 OAA 11 16  0  LAN  0  2  3        T.Hudson (1-0)       M.Garza (0-1)
9/24 OAA 12 20  1  LAN  8 14  2 12   J.Colome (1-0)        D.Waechter (0-1)
9/25 OAA  2 12  1  LAN  3  5  0        J.Moyer (1-0)          B.Webb (0-2)
9/27 LAN  2  8  0  OAA  1  4  0        R.Harden (2-0)        J.Duchschere (0-2)

Game 1: Sheets, Romo, and Street hold the A's in check.  Utley and Ibanez homered.

Game 2: Rich Harden pitched 7 shutout innings.  The A's almost tied it in the 9th but Huston Street managed to close it out.

Game 3: A's offense wakes up and scores 11 in a laugher.  Aramis Ramirez had a HR and 4 RBI's.

Game 4:  Oakland wins a classic 12 inning game.  Dodgers scored 5 in the 8th to come back from a 7-2 deficit, another run in the 10th to to tie it again, but then the A's scored 4 in the 12th to put it away.  Ramirez had the big hit again.  14 pitchers were used.

Game 5:  Jamie Moyer puts the A's offense back to sleep with 97 mph fastba- I mean change-ups.  Huston Street almost blew the save but got Orlando Hudson for the last out.

Game 6:  LA closes it out in another low scoring game.  Rich Harden again shuts down the A's and Street earns his 4th save. 

Heroes

Ludwick .364   1.122 OPS

Harden   2-0    0.64 ERA

Street    4 Saves

Goats

Matt Kemp     .200   .459 OPS  Kemp overachieved all year, bad time to regress!

Jimmy Rollins   .136   .406 OPS