BOXSCORE: 2005 Kansas City A's At 2005 Joliet Jackhammers 7/24/2005
[1]Towers pitches a masterpiece! 1 hit shutout

[1] A's AB R H RBI AVG Jackhammers AB R H RBI AVG
R.Winn LF 3 1 0 0 .289 R.Freel RF 3 0 1 0 .266
B-J.Piedra LF 0 1 0 0 .333 S.Podsednik CF 3 0 0 0 .234
C.Izturis SS 4 0 2 0 .332 D.Eckstein SS 3 0 0 0 .241
M.Loretta 2B 4 0 2 2 .353 M.Holliday LF 3 0 0 0 .287
S.Finley CF 4 0 1 1 .292 W.Helms 3B 3 0 0 0 .297
J.Olerud 1B 5 1 1 0 .280 A.Pierzynski C 3 0 0 0 .252
G.Sheffield RF 3 0 2 0 .281 A.Melhuse 1B 3 0 0 0 .185
J.Posada C 4 0 1 0 .220 B.Koch P 0 0 0 0 ----
N.Perez 3B 4 0 1 1 .190 M.Kata 2B 3 0 0 0 .178
J.Towers P 3 1 0 0 .000 R.Franklin P 1 0 0 0 .125
A-D.Mohr PH 1 0 0 0 .256
R.Rincon P 0 0 0 0 .000
A.Good P 0 0 0 0 ----
C-D.Lee 1B 1 0 0 0 .267
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[1] Totals 34 4 10 4 Totals 27 0 1 0

A-Pinch Hit For Franklin In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Winn In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Good In 9th Inning

A's............. 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 - 4 10 0
Jackhammers..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0

[1]A's (56-56) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Towers WIN(1-0) 9 1 0 0 1 5 0 109 0.00
[1]Totals 9 1 0 0 1 5 0

[1]Jackhammers (42-67) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Franklin LOSS(4-14) 6 7 2 2 3 6 0 101 7.07
R.Rincon 1 2/3 2 0 0 0 2 0 25 3.91
A.Good 0 1/3 0 2 2 2 0 0 13 54.00
B.Koch 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 18 0.00
[1]Totals 9 10 4 4 6 8 0

ATTENDANCE- 42,941 DATE- Thursday, July 24th 2005 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Ted Barrett, Wally Bell, Joe Brinkman, C.B. Buckner
T- 2:34
LEFT ON BASE- A's:10 Jackhammers: 2
DOUBLE PLAYS- A's: 0 Jackhammers: 2
STOLEN BASES- R.Freel-2(54th)
SACRIFICE HITS- C.Izturis, S.Podsednik
WALKS- R.Winn, J.Piedra, M.Loretta, S.Finley, G.Sheffield, J.Towers, R.Freel
STRIKE OUTS- R.Winn, C.Izturis, S.Finley, J.Olerud, G.Sheffield, J.Posada-2,
J.Towers, R.Freel, S.Podsednik, W.Helms, M.Kata, R.Franklin
GIDP- J.Olerud-2
BALKS- R.Franklin
WEB GEMS- Top 3rd: Matt Holliday robbed Mark Loretta of a Homerun!

Mark Loretta had 2 base hits and 2 RBI and Josh Towers carried a no-hitter
into the 9th inning as the Kansas City A's outscored the reeling Joliet
Jackhammers 4 to 0.

Towers(1-0) dominated Joliet hitters. He was stingy on the mound, allowing
just 1 hit and 1 walk in 9 innings. The right-handed Towers lost his chance
for a no-hitter when Ryan Freel singled with two outs in the 9th inning.
Kansas City finished with 10 hits in the victory.

Ryan Franklin(4-14) was the loser. 'Towers gave us exactly what we needed
tonight,' Rich Schneider said. 'When he threw the fastball he threw it for
strikes. They were really fooled by his change. Most of the time he had
them chasing it.'