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Here's what has been going on in the A's organization since Thursday:

THURSDAY

SACRAMENTO

25 MAY 2005	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Sacramento	1	0	0	0	2	5	0	4	0	12	13	0
Iowa	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	10	13	1

RIVERCATS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Beattie 2B	4	3	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	.286
Garrett RF	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	.296
Cust LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	.298
Johnson 1B	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	.324
Rouse SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	.288
Baker C	5	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	.235
Smith 3B	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	.257
Morrissey DH	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.238
Herrera CF	4	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	.417

BATTING

2-out RBI: Beattie; Garrett 2; Cust; Baker 2.

S: Garrett.

SF: Beattie; Rouse.

GIDP: Cust; Morrissey.

Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING

SB: Beattie (2, 2nd base off Brownlie/Johnson).

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	GB	FB	BF	ERA
Sparks (W, 4-1)	5.1	10	4	4	3	3	2	3	9	28	3.86
Moreno (H, 4)	2.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	4	9	1.31
Sylvester	0	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	11.57
Mattioni	0.1	3	3	3	0	0	2	0	1	4	11.74
Garcia (S, 4)	0.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	3.48

Sylvester pitched to 3 batters in the 9th.

WP: Sylvester.

Inherited runners-scored: Moreno 2-0, Mattioni 3-3, Valdez 2-1, Norton 2-2.

Umpires: HP: Darin Williams. 1B: Scott Kennedy. 2B: . 3B: Jack Samuels.

Weather: 68 degrees, sunny.

Wind: 13 mph, Out to RF.

T: 3:04.

Att: 8,894.

Just one of those PCL slugfests that happens every so often. Of course, when you look at Firday night...

FRIDAY

SACRAMENTO

26 MAY 2005	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Salt Lake	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Sacramento	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1

It makes the 1-0 game sthat much more exciting.

SATURDAY

SACRAMENTO

27 May 2005	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Salt Lake	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	4	8	0
Sacramento	0	2	0	1	0	4	4	2	X	13	14	0

Player	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Crosby SS	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.125
Clark 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250
Morrissey 1- PR-2B	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238
Watson RF	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	.347
Cust DH	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	.298
Beattie 3B	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.310
Colamarino 1B	4	4	4	0	1	2	5	1	0	.571
Garrett LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	.292
Baker C	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.232
Bynum CF	3	1	1	0	0	1	4	1	0	.226

BATTING

2-out RBI: Crosby; Bynum 4.

Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Cust 2; Watson 2.

SF: Garrett 2.

Team LOB: 6.

FIELDING

DP: (Crosby-Colamarino).

1-Ran for Clark in the 8th.

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	GB	FB	BF	ERA
Serrano (W, 5-2)	7	6	3	3	1	8	0	8	5	27	5.3
Flores	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	3.46
Mattioni	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	5	11.42

WP: Mattioni.

HBP: Clark (by Collazo).

Umpires: HP: Jason Kiser. 1B: Ryan West. 2B: . 3B: Travis Reininger.

Weather: 69 degrees, clear.

Wind: 17 mph, Out to CF.

T: 2:42.

Att: 12,224.

If you were looking for a synthesis of the A's Organization of the last few years it's in this: The Call up of Dan Johnson was not so much about the A's continued death rattle. It had a little to do with Dan Johnson swinging the bat well (but he had for more than a season and a third). It had even little to do with the poor play of Scott Hatteberg and Erubiel Durazo (and Durazo heading to the DL). Dan Johnson was called up on merit, let's be clear of that, but the A's had to move Brant "That Guy is a Freak" Colamarino up from AA Midland. Instead of a top down organization, the A's have a player in AA forcing the big league club to make room for him in AAA. It just so happens the player being moved up from AAA in May of 2005is the reigning PCL MVP - who had been deserving of a call up a early as May of 2004.

Colamarino is making noise, now and hopefully this could be the rally call to the rest of the organization.

Matt Watson started off with two doubles in his first two At Bats to get the RiverCats going.

Freddie Bynum put an exclamation point on the evening with an 8th inning, two out GRAND SLAM.