| Breaking News |  | Wednesday, May 26th, 2010: Ramirez Injured, Out of Lineup 2 Weeks
The Oakland Athletics will lose the services of second baseman Alexei Ramirez after he sustained a strained rib cage muscle while colliding with a player at a base in today's game against the Cleveland Indians. When asked about the injury, he took a philosophical approach. "Worse things can happen in life," Ramirez said. "The key now is to stay positive." His trainer said he is expected to be sidelined for the next 2 weeks.
Hitting .272 to date, Ramirez has 4 home runs and 18 RBIs. He has played in 47 games.
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 | Saturday, May 22nd, 2010: Santana Shuts Out Athletics
Speaking after the game, the Tampa Bay manager said, "Johan Santana had everything going for him. He controlled their bat speed, stayed down, had a lot of movement... he had it all...masterful."
Santana held the Oakland Athletics to 1 hit and fashioned a fine 7-0 shutout. He had 1 walk and 11 strikeouts in the game.
"We couldn't get anything going. He certainly had our number," the Oakland skipper told reporters.
In 10 starts this year Santana has fashioned a 4-5 record and a 4.26 ERA.
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 | Tuesday, May 11th, 2010: Quentin Socks It to New York (A) 3 Times!
In the Oakland 6-5 win over New York (A), Carlos Quentin was in a home run mode. He tortured the Yankees, cracking out three home runs and going 3-4 with 5 RBIs and scoring 3 runs.
"When you're hot, you're hot," said a grinning Quentin at the SION postgame press conference.
"I got some good pitches to hit and got a good swing going today. I cannot believe it happened. I was like, 'I don't know what I'm doing.' It was one of the better days in my baseball career. I was on cloud nine out there and I was enjoying it."
C. Quentin struck out in the 2nd, hit a solo-shot off J. Cueto in the 4th, hit a three-run home run off J. Cueto in the 5th and hit a solo-shot off B. Cecil in the 7th.
This year Quentin has batted at a .281 pace with 38 hits, 10 home runs, 27 RBIs and scored 19 times.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 30-31, .492 PCT | | Position in Division | 3rd, 7.5 GB | | Record at home | 16-12, .571 PCT | | Record on the road | 14-19, .424 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 6-1, .857 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 8-8, .500 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 6-9, .400 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 24-22, .522 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 5-5, .500 PCT | | Record in April | 14-12, .538 PCT | | Record in May | 13-14, .481 PCT | | Record in June | 3-5, .375 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .265 - 9th in AL | | On-Base Percentage | .326 - 11th in AL | | Slugging Percentage | .381 - 10th in AL | | On-Base + Slugging | .707 - 11th in AL | | Runs Scored | 277 - 10th in AL | | Hits | 572 - 9th in AL | | Extra-Base Hits | 145 - tied for 11th in AL | | Home Runs | 45 - 8th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 185 - 10th in AL | | Strikeouts | 483 - 3rd in AL | | Stolen Bases | 59 - 9th in AL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.11 - 6th in AL | | Starters' ERA | 4.37 - 7th in AL | | Bullpen ERA | 3.50 - 3rd in AL | | Runs allowed | 287 - 7th in AL | | Hits allowed | 586 - 9th in AL | | Opponents AVG | .270 - 8th in AL | | BABIP | .345 - 9th in AL | | Home Runs allowed | 54 - 9th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 237 - tied for 10th in AL | | Strikeouts | 576 - 3rd in AL |
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