Audio: The Grant Napear Show - June 14, 2011
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The Oakland Athletics fired manager Bob Geren on Thursday in the midst of a nine-game losing streak that has sent them tumbling to the bottom of the AL West standings.
J.J. Hardy, Luke Scott and Adam Jones hit solo homers, Chris Jakubauskas pitched five shutout innings and the Baltimore Orioles beat Oakland 4-0 Tuesday night to stretch the Athletics' losing streak to a season-high eight games.
Heavy rains began soon after the Texas Rangers scored seven runs, leading to the postponement of Wednesday's game against Oakland and washing away the stats of the worst inning ever by Athletics starter Gio Gonzalez.
Oakland Athletics outfielder Josh Willingham has been suspended for one game after making contact with an umpire during a weekend dispute.
Gio Gonzalez's run as the major league's stingiest pitcher came to an end against the worst road team in the bigs.
Oakland scored three times in the ninth inning, then Coco Crisp hit a go-ahead single in a three-run 10th as the Athletics feasted on Chicago's shaky bullpen for a startling 7-4 win over the White Sox.
Gonzalez pitched six sharp innings and the Athletics' offense was just a little less futile than Minnesota's in Oakland's 1-0 victory over the Twins on Saturday night.
The Oakland Athletics placed right-hander Michael Wuertz on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring Wednesday and recalled right-hander Tyler Ross from Triple-A Sacramento.
