Plus no secret DA's new designated hitter Hideki Matsui has struggled at the plate to begin this season. But today may have offered a sense of relief for the Japanese slugger his solo home run to lead off the fourth inning did more than give the -- a one nothing lead it also may have been a sign of things to come. That's always been a slow starter of late but this is exactly what he's brought an Oakland to supply some much needed power he gets hot and the rest of the a's -- should follow. And after going two for four in the rubber match against the twins Matsui NEA's hope he's found his stroke.