Joe Torre got an opportunity to match wits with Sparky Anderson during his first two seasons as a big league manager in the late 1970s with the New York Mets, losing 14 of 20 games to the Cincinnati Reds. In time, Torre got better at the job - and now he has more victories than the Hall of Famer. Torre earned his 2,195th regular-season win Thursday night, taking over sole possession of fifth on the career list with the Dodgers' 3-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Pitchers
Tue 6/16	LAD	OAK 4 at LAD 5	W: Mota L: Ziegler
Wed 6/17	LAD	OAK 5 at LAD 4	W: Cahill L: Kuroda
Thu 6/18	LAD	OAK 2 at LAD 3	W: Leach L: Ziegler

Box Scores

Athletics (28 - 37) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Dodgers (44 - 23) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. A Kennedy, 2B 2 0 0 0 2 2. K Suzuki, C 4 0 1 1 0 3. J Cust, RF 4 0 1 0 0 4. M Holliday, LF 4 0 1 0 0 5. J Giambi, 1B 3 0 0 0 1 6. O Cabrera, SS 4 0 2 0 0 7. B Crosby, 3B 2 1 0 0 1 7. R Sweeney, PH 1 0 0 0 0 8. R Davis, CF 2 1 1 0 0 9. V Mazzaro, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. N Garciaparra, PH 1 0 1 0 0 9. B Ziegler, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. C Breslow, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. R Springer, P 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 27 2 7 1 4		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. J Pierre, LF 4 0 1 1 0 2. R Furcal, SS 3 0 0 0 1 3. O Hudson, 2B 4 1 1 1 0 4. C Blake, 3B 4 0 2 0 0 5. A Ethier, RF 4 0 1 0 0 6. M Kemp, CF 3 0 0 0 0 7. J Loney, 1B 2 1 1 0 1 8. R Martin, C 2 1 1 0 1 9. R Wolf, P 1 0 0 0 0 9. C Wade, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. B Leach, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. M Loretta, PH 1 0 1 1 0 9. R Belisario, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. R Troncoso, P 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 28 3 8 3 3
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* V Mazzaro 6.0 5 2 2 1 5 1.75 B Ziegler (L, 1-3) 0.2 2 1 1 1 0 3.99 C Breslow 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 4.62 R Springer 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 5.79		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* R Wolf 6.0 5 1 1 4 3 3.29 C Wade (BS, 6) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 4.68 B Leach (W, 2-0) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 3.46 R Belisario (H, 10) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 2.23 R Troncoso (S, 4) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 2.30
* = Season Stat
BATTING 2B: K Suzuki (18), M Holliday (12) BASERUNNING CS: O Cabrera (4)		BATTING 2B: J Loney (14) HR: O Hudson (5) BASERUNNING CS: R Furcal (4)

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Player News

Athletics Jack Cust (OAK) News: The Mets appear to be interested in free agent outfielder/designated hitter Jack Cust, according to the New York Daily News.   (Fanball - Mon. Nov 23, 2009) Dallas McPherson (OAK) News: McPherson has signed a minor league deal with Oakland.  (RotoWire - Nov 22, 2009) Dallas McPherson (OAK) News: According to Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com, the A's have signed former Angels prospect Dallas McPherson to a minor league contract.  (Fanball - Sun. Nov 22, 2009)

Dodgers Jason Schmidt (LAD) News: Schmidt (shoulder) will likely retire after filing for free agency, MLB.com reports.  (RotoWire - Wed. Nov 18, 2009) Russell Martin (LAD) News: Martin batted a disappointing .250/.352/.329 in 2009, the second consecutive season his OPS has experienced a drop-off.  (RotoWire - Nov 15, 2009) Mark Loretta (LAD) News: Loretta batted just .232/.309/.276 in 181 at-bats for the Dodgers this season.  (RotoWire - Nov 15, 2009)