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Kirk Saarloos

8/20/2005

Saarloos is expected to start on Wednesday against the Detroit Tigers. It will eb nine days between starts for Saarloos, who allowed two runs in 6.0 innings in his last appearance on August 13.

8/10/2005

Bothered by a blister on his right thumb, Saarloos will relinquish his Thursday start to Joe Blanton and will pitch on Saturday for Oakland. The 26-year-old Saarloos, who is 7-6 with a 4.21 ERA in 19 starts and a pair of relief appearances, will face Minnesota on Saturday.

6/24/2005

On Thursday, Saarloos pitched a four-hit shutout against the Seattle Mariners, leading Oakland to a 5-0 victory. The outing marked the second shutout of the 26-year-old righthander's career. His first came in July 2002, when he blanked Pittsburgh on six hits as a rookie with the Houston Astros. His two shutouts are the only complete games he has posted in 39 career starts.

6/6/2005

Oakland's off day on Monday allows the A's to push Saarloos back from his Wednesday start against Washington. The rest of Oakland's starters will get four days of rest and Saarloos will take his next turn on Saturday in Atlanta.

4/7/2005

As expected, Saarloos got the starting nod for Oakland in Wednesday's game against the Baltimore Orioles, filling in for Rich Harden, who was pushed back to Sunday because of a blister on his pitching hand. What probably wasn't anticipated was the performance the A's got out of the righthander. Saarloos notched the victory, allowing just one hit over six shutout innings. He struck out two batters and walked one.

With the solid outing, Saarloos now has a tight grasp on the fifth spot in the A's starting rotation. He beat out Seth Etherton for the job this spring.

4/6/2005

The Oakland A's have pushed Rich Harden's scheduled start back to Sunday, as he continues to recover from a blister on his pitching hand. To fill the spot in the starting rotation, Saarloos has been recalled from Triple-A Sacramento, and he will take the mound against the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday.

Saarloos was expected to be recalled later this week, but Harden's injury expedited the process. He won the fifth spot in the A's rotation this spring.