| Breaking News |  | Friday, September 20th, 2030: Moran Hurt, Out for Year
The news is bad in Oakland. The Athletics have lost the services of center fielder Darby Moran for the rest of the season due to a strained elbow ligament. Moran was injured in a recent game with the Minnesota Twins while making a defensive play and is expected to miss 3 weeks.
Moran is presently batting .318 with 7 home runs, 136 runs scored and 86 RBIs. His OBP is .390.
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| Saturday, September 14th, 2030: Moran's Hit Streak Soars to 20 Games
Athletics center fielder Darby Moran has extended his hitting streak to 20 games. He went 1-4 in today's game against the Seattle Mariners. Oakland won the ball game 6-2.
D. Moran doubled in the 1st, grounded out in the 3rd, grounded out in the 5th and struck out in the 7th.
Thus far this year Moran is hitting .316 with 7 home runs, 84 RBIs and 132 runs scored.
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 | Thursday, August 29th, 2030: Amundson Torches Royals for 5 Hits
5 times is a charm -- at least in the world of baseball. When a player gets 5 or more hits in a game, he is honored in the record book and the latest honoree is Theodore Amundson of the Oakland Athletics. He tore up the Kansas City Royals to the tune of 5 hits in 5 at-bats in the Oakland 7-5 win today at Network Associates Coliseum.
"Amundson was a tough out today," the Kansas City manager said to the press in the postgame interview. "He hit some very good pitches with that quick bat of his. Not an easy out, that's for sure."
T. Amundson doubled in the 2nd, singled in the 4th, hit an RBI triple in the 6th, singled in the 8th and singled in the 10th.
To date Amundson has chalked up a .308 average with 14 home runs, driven in 55 runs and scored 61 times.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 111-51, .685 PCT | | Position in Division | 1st, - GB | | Record at home | 61-20, .753 PCT | | Record on the road | 50-31, .617 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 17-4, .810 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 29-16, .644 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 30-8, .789 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 81-43, .653 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 5-5, .500 PCT | | Record in April | 21-7, .750 PCT | | Record in May | 20-9, .690 PCT | | Record in June | 17-8, .680 PCT | | Record in July | 18-11, .621 PCT | | Record in August | 20-8, .714 PCT | | Record in September | 15-8, .652 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .288 - 3rd in AL | | On-Base Percentage | .369 - 2nd in AL | | Slugging Percentage | .453 - 5th in AL | | On-Base + Slugging | .821 - 5th in AL | | Runs Scored | 994 - 2nd in AL | | Hits | 1637 - 3rd in AL | | Extra-Base Hits | 548 - 5th in AL | | Home Runs | 165 - 7th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 680 - 2nd in AL | | Strikeouts | 1003 - 11th in AL | | Stolen Bases | 308 - 1st in AL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.29 - 3rd in AL | | Starters' ERA | 4.32 - 4th in AL | | Bullpen ERA | 4.52 - 7th in AL | | Runs allowed | 746 - 3rd in AL | | Hits allowed | 1477 - 3rd in AL | | Opponents AVG | .262 - 3rd in AL | | BABIP | .293 - 2nd in AL | | Home Runs allowed | 173 - tied for 4th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 463 - 3rd in AL | | Strikeouts | 1015 - 3rd in AL |
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