A depressing sports day for the East Bay yesterday. First the A's quietly go down to the Red Sox 5-0 despite yet another outstanding and injury-free outing from Rich Harden (5IP, 6Ks, 0ER). Unfortunately the A's offense couldn't hold up its end of the bargain, going 4-28 with one extra base hit. Any team as young as the A's is going to have stretches of inconsistent offensive production, and it's way too early to make any real conclusions about the 2008 season yet anyway. Why? Jason Kendall will tell you:
3-6, one run, two doubles, 2RBIS, 1.458 OPS.
Though I will say that I'm a lot less optimistic about the A's than I was a week ago when they were on their way back from Japan having split two games with Boston.
Meanwhile the Warriors got slaughtered last night in Dallas. Jackson and Harrington combined for an atrocious 2-20 from the field, the entire team played terrible defense...I guess we can maybe chalk it up to tired legs or something but the team just looked like it was played at half speed last night. Whatever the reason for that crapfest the Warriors are now a game behind the Nuggets and two games behind the Mavericks, with both teams holding tie breakers over the W's should it come down to that.
Here's the breakdown of the three teams' remaining schedules:
Golden State: at Memphis, at New Orleans, Sacramento, Denver, LA Clippers, at Phoenix, Seattle.
Denver: Sacramento, at Seattle, at LA Clippers, at Golden State, at Utah, Houston, Memphis.
Dallas: at Lakers, at Phoenix, Seattle, Utah, at Portland, at Seattle, New Orleans.
Golden State's current record is 45-30, Denver is 46-29, Dallas 47-28.
If the Warriors go 5-2 or better while beating Denver I think they get in. Anything less and they're through. Let's hope the Dubs get off on the right foot Thursday night in Memphis.
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