In Hideki Matsui’s debut with the green and gold today was pretty good.He had an RBI and a walk.  In the 8th inning Michael Taylor blasted a 3 run homer. The A’s rally fell short in the 9th as they scored two runs, but needed 3. The A’s lost 8-7 Dallas Braden picked up the loss by giving up 2 Earned Runs in the bottom half of the first.Brandon McCarthy, who is trying to get the A’s fifth and final sport in the rotation, Gave up a run and had one strikeout. The A’s play there first home game of the spring season tomorrow against the Split Squad Reds.Look to see either Gio or Anderson on the mound tomorrow.

A’s will try to get their second win tomorrow as they travel to face the Los Angeles Angels. Expect to see Dallas Braden and Brian Fuentes in tomorrows game.

Trevor Cahill may have been a little rusty heading into this start, giving up 4 runs to the cubs.However Coco Crisp tied the game on a Grand Slam off of Matt Garza to tie it 4-4. The Athletics then scored 7 runs in the 7th inning to cap a 15-7 win in there first spring training game of the year,