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A’s beat Rangers, tied again for first in AL West

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11 years ago

September 4, 2013

Oakland, CA – Baseball doesn’t get any better than this. The A’s not only won the series but they rejoin the Rangers atop the American League West Division again, after Oakland’s 11-4 victory over Texas.

The A’s offense opened up in the sixth to dominate Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish. An unusual performance for a pitcher who leads the Majors in strikeouts, but walked six batters and was all over the place on the mound.

Darvish scattered six runs over five hits. He seemed frustrated after arguing with catcher A.J. Pierzynski and pitching coach Mike Maddux. The play that ended his outing was a two-run homer to Daric Barton after he issued a free pass to Alberto Callaspo.

“It wasn’t a good day for him, that’s all,” said Texas manager Ron Washington. “He didn’t have his command. That can’t happen if you take the ball enough. There is no reason to push the panic button. Yu is human, he is like everybody else. He can have a bad day when it just doesn’t work, today was that day.

“I thought they had finished the conversations and I had turned around and stepped off the mound,” Darvish said in his defense while he was pitching. “Obviously, I was frustrated, but I felt the conversations were over.”

Oakland’s offense definitely thwarted Yu out of the game. They scored a total of six runs that included two home runs by Brandon Moss and Josh Donaldson. Moss homered off a fly ball to center field while Donaldson went deep to left field scoring in three runs for a 9-2 lead.

“When we face a good pitcher, what are we going to do? We’re going to be shut down or we’re going to be able to score runs? That’s been a question mark for us the last couple of years,” said Brandon. “I think over the last couple of weeks, with the pitching staffs we’ve been facing, we’ve been putting together some nice offensive runs and it’s doing a lot for our confidence because we know we can beat those guys.”

Coco Crisp also got in on the action and hit his 18th home run of the season in the eighth. His two-run shot was the third home run for the A’s. Crisp has hit four home runs in his last five games and has scored at least one run in each of his last seven games.

“It’s going to be fun,” Donaldson said on the Rangers upcoming series on Sept 13th. “This is where everyone wants to be right now, in this position to control your own destiny and hopefully win a division title. I feel like everyone’s feeling good about themselves, and we’re playing good baseball right now.”

Texas bullpen collapsed and the defense made some costly errors. Leadoff hitter for the Rangers, Leonys Martin struggled against the sun in center field. Stephen Vogt doubled due to Martin fighting the sunlight and could not see the ball coming toward him. Josh also doubled off Leonys who again misjudged the fly ball hit to him.

The Rangers scored three runs, Jim Adduci scored off Martin’s double and Craig Gentry’s RBI single in the third cut Oakland’s lead 3-2. Texas failed to score again until Geovany Soto blasted a solo home to center field in the ninth. The loss dropped them back into a tie for first place in their division.

“You can look at this series any way you want, but we lost two of the three and now we’re even,” said Ian Kinsler. “We have 23 games left and we have to win one more than them. There is not much to make of this series other than they beat us two out of three.”

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WOMEN IMPACTING THE CHURCH AND COMMUNITY

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April 17, 2024

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Sister Juanita Matthews

55 Years with Oakland Public School District

The Teacher, Mother, Community Outreach Champion, And Child of God

Juanita Matthews, better known as “Sister Teacher,” is a walking Bible scholar. She moved to California from the great state of Arkansas in 1971. Sister Teacher has a passion for teaching. She has been a member of Bible Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church since 1971. She followed her passion for teaching, and in 1977 became the lead teacher for Adult Class #6. Her motto still today is “Once My Student, Always My Student”.

Beyond her remarkable love for the Lord, Sister Teacher has showcased her love for teaching by working for the Oakland Unified School District for 55 years, all but four of those years spent at Emerson Elementary and Child Development School. She truly cares about her students, making sure they have the tools/supplies needed to learn either at OUSD or Bible Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church.

She’s also had a “Clothes Closet Ministry” for 51 years, making sure her students have sufficient clothing for school. The Clothes Closet Ministry extends past her students, she has been clothing the community for over 50 years as well. She loves the Lord and is a servant on a mission. She is a loving mother to two beautiful children, Sandra and Andre. This is the impact this woman of God has on her church and the community.

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Oakland’s ‘Green the Church,’ Others, Host a Climate Revival

On April 20, Oakland’s Green The Church California (GTC) and the Center For Food, Faith and Justice will celebrate Earth Day and present a Climate Revival event titled “Growing Healthy Communities From Soil To The Soul” at McGee Avenue Baptist Church at 1640 Stuart St, Berkeley, CA. The day will include inspiring talks, interactive workshops, networking opportunities, and a special panel on Food Sovereignty and Global Food Resilience.

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April 17, 2024

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The revival will take place at McGee Avenue Baptist Church in Berkeley on April 20. Courtesy image.

Growing Healthy Communities from Soil to the Soul in Berkeley

By Y’Anad Burrell

The day will include inspiring talks, interactive workshops, networking opportunities, and a special panel on Food Sovereignty and Global Food Resilience.

The keynote speaker is Rev. Danté R. Quick, PhD, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens in Somerset, N.J. Quick is well known in the Bay Area, having served for more than 10 years as pastor of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Vallejo, CA.

Green The Church, founded in 2010 by Rev. Dr. Ambrose Carroll, Sr., and headquartered in Oakland, helps galvanize Black churches and their local communities and leaders to address issues critical to populations historically disengaged from conversations around pollution and health, climate change, and sustainability and energy efficiency.

The organization collaborates with major environmental, sustainability, food security, faith, and community-based non-profit organizations, and is committed to “creation justice”—care and justice for God’s people and the planet—and building the Beloved Community.

Environmental justice has long been a pressing concern for communities of color who bear the brunt of pollution and ecological degradation. Climate change exacerbates these issues, disproportionately impacting vulnerable communities. Recognizing this urgency, Black churches across the country are taking action.

With deep roots in the African American community and its commitment to social justice, the Black Church has become an essential advocate for sustainable practices and policies.

Over the past 14 years, in a powerful collaboration with significant environmental, sustainability, food security, faith, and community-based non-profit organizations, GTC has created a cadre of Black churches engaging in the environmental justice, climate, and sustainability movement.

GTC presently works with more than 1,000 pastors and congregations across the U.S., and groups in the Bahamas, Ghana, Nigeria, and the UK, showing that we can make a difference together.

The partnership between environmental justice advocates and the Black Church extends beyond individual congregations. Green The Church provides resources and support for faith communities seeking to address climate change and promote environmental justice.

Through collaboration, initiatives such as energy efficiency programs, solar installations, and environmental education have been implemented in Black churches nationwide. These efforts reduce the carbon footprint and save money on energy bills, benefiting the congregations and their communities.

The involvement of the Black Church in the fight against climate change is not just a participation, it’s a powerful message that galvanizes action across communities.

By integrating environmental justice into their ministry, Black churches are demonstrating that addressing climate change is not only a matter of science but also of social and moral responsibility, inspiring change at a grassroots level.

For more information, go to: www.greenthechurch.org.