Andrus Breaks Leg Scoring Winning Run For A's
Oakland Athletics shortstop Elvis Andrus was put on the 10-day injured list Sunday, a day after breaking his left leg while scoring the winning run against the Houston Astros.
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Oakland Athletics shortstop Elvis Andrus was put on the 10-day injured list Sunday, a day after breaking his left leg while scoring the winning run against the Houston Astros.
The A's are four games behind AL wild card co-leaders Boston and New York, with Seattle and Toronto also in their way.
Frankie Montas pitched two-hit ball over seven innings and became the first Athletics pitcher in 20 years to reach 200 strikeouts in a season, helping Oakland pound the Houston Astros 14-2 on Friday night to support its slim playoff hopes.
The A's completed a three-game sweep and went 15-4 against the Angels, their most wins against them in a season.
James Kaprielian pitched two-hit ball over six innings, Matt Olson hit his 36th home run and the Oakland Athletics beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-1 Saturday night.
Jonah Heim hit a two-run home run with two outs in the eighth to cap a five-run rally, lifting the Texas Rangers past the Oakland Athletics 8-6 on Saturday.
Matt Olson had four hits and drove in four runs, Starling Marte added an RBI triple and the A's beat the Texas Rangers 10-5 on Friday night for their third straight victory.
Teoscar Hernández hit his 100th career home run, José Berríos took a no-hitter into the fifth inning and the Blue Jays survived a late scare to beat the Oakland Athletics 10-8 Saturday, Toronto's sixth win in seven games.
Marcus Semien hit a game-ending three-run homer in the ninth inning after Loudes Gurriel Jr. hit a tying grand slam in the eighth, and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied three times to stun the Oakland Athletics 11-10 Friday night.
Jed Lowrie hit a three-run homer in the first inning for the first of Oakland's eight two-out runs against Matt Manning in the Athletics' 8-6 victory over the Tigers on Thursday.
Tony Kemp lined a tiebreaking, two-run homer off Chad Green in the eighth inning and the Oakland Athletics beat the Yankees once again, stopping New York 3-1 Sunday night.
Fresh off their first loss in more than two weeks, Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees immediately looked forward.
Night after night during this memorable winning streak, Aaron Boone is asked about what's going so well for his Yankees. He keeps coming back to the balance of production from everybody.
Luis Torrens hit a tiebreaking two-run single, Chris Flexen stayed solid into the seventh inning and Seattle swept a two-game series against the Oakland Athletics with a 5-1 win Tuesday.
Pinch-hitter Donovan Solano delivered a go-ahead two-run homer on the first pitch he saw from A.J. Puk with two outs in the eighth inning, and the San Francisco Giants rallied past the Oakland Athletics for a second straight day with a 2-1 win Sunday.
