Well, the A’s jumped on the board early in the first with a single by Suzuki, an infield single by Sweeney, M, and a walk to Cust, as the RBI machine Emil Brown came up and did what he does best, giving the A’s a 1-0 early lead. Blanton got himself into jams in the second, as he found himself with runners at first and third with no one out, but he induced the new ...