At first it looked like it was going to be rough day for the A's. In the bottom of the first inning the Marlins' lead-off guy hit a ball in the gap to the wall. He then tried to go to third, and Alberto Callaspo's throw was off-line. It bounced pass the third baseman and allowed the runner to go home, resulting in a double with an error and an unearned run. This was not the only error that was allowed during the game. With a runner on second base, the Marlins hit a hard line ground-ball right back to the pitcher. Milone, who was pitching today, got the ball. Instead of running at the runner -who was caught off the bag- he threw it to second, giving the runner enough time to get safely to third.
Until the 6th inning things were looking quite bad for the A's, even though the score was only 1-0. The way they were playing suggested bad news. That is, until a 6 foot 8 batter came to the plate by the name of Nate Freiman. Freiman, who was in the game because Josh Reddick went out of the game with a strained knee yesterday, was in Sacramento playing AAA, and had to make an overnight flight to Miami to play in today's game. In his third at-bat he had runners on first and third when he hit a smashing home run that went way over the fence. This made the lead 4-1 as the A's scored 4 runs in the 6th. The bottom of the 6th a pinch hitter for the Marlins' starter hit a home-run, making the sore 4-2. The Marlins also managed to scrape a run in the 7th inning, making it 4-3. This ended up as the final score of the game, giving the Oakland Athletics a three-game sweep over the Marlins.
In total, 21,917 people were at the game watching as the Marlins got four singles, a triple, a home run, and two walks. The A's had seven singles and one home run. The winning pitcher was Tommy Milone, and the losing pitcher was Heaney, Ryan.
Cook for the A's was given a save.
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