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It's not even April, and the A's are already in the cellar.
http://blog.sfgate.com/athletics/2012/03/28/cespedes-records-first-big-league-hit/Yoenis Cespedes was hitting seventh tonight, which was unexpected, but manager Bob Melvin said it wouldn’t hurt to take a little pressure of him, and after striking out in his first big-league at-bat – against Felix Hernandez, no shame in that – and getting hit in his second plate appearance, Cespedes drilled a double to right center in the seventh.
That was the biggest moment of the night for the A’s, who lost 3-1 in 11 innings. They’ve dropped eight in a row on Opening Day, the most since the Phillies from 1985-92....
The A’s tied it up in the bottom of the fourth when Cliff Pennington doubled, moved to third on a groundout, and scored on a doubled by Kurt Suzuki, who was hitting in the fifth spot in the lineup because of his good numbers against Felix Hernandez.
Nobody else came through with men on for Oakland, which went 1-for-14 with runners in scoring position. Ackley drove in the winning run off Andrew Carignan in the 11th and Ichiro followed with an RBI single.
Could be a looooooooong year...
