A's take 3 of 4 from Nats

The season was closing and the A's were tired of being beaten down. Four more games and then some free time.  Washington had pounded the A's just a week before taking three out of four games and winning those games in an almost slaughterhouse type fashion.  All that was left for the A's was to try a gain a little bit of respect.  

Game one was 0-0 after four innings, 1-1 after five innings, in the sixth the A's scored to make it 2-1 and then they put another run on the board in the 7th to lead 3-1.  The Senators put a single tally on the board in the 8th but nothing in the 9th. 3-2 the A's won.  George Kell and Bobby Estelella each went 2 for 4 for the Mack-men.

Game two appeared to be just like the prior series with Washington jumping on Russ Christopher for

two runs in the first and adding another run in the second.  Philadelphia had countered in the bottom of the first with a single run making their deficit 2-1.  In the bottom of the third the Athletics put two more on the scoreboard to even the score at 3's after 3.  The game remained the same until the bottom of the 7th when the A's plated two more runs to take the lead 5-3 and that is how it ended. The A's victorious 5-3.  Christopher would go 8 2/3 innings before giving way to Berry who got the final out and notched his 5th save.

The third game of the series was won in the bottom of the 9th when the A's scored two runs to win 5-4.  Bill McGhee went 3 for 4 and hit a solo shot

The A's going for a sweep were sadly let down by their manager when he failed in the bottom of the 8th to get their stud reliever up.  After they went quietly in the bottom of the 8th, poor Bobo was exhausted and left out on the mound to play the part of a clown.  By the time the sleep apnea'd manager awoke, Washington had scored three to win the final game 5-2.

--submitted by Orion Bell--