Mike Fiers Wins 4th Straight Decision As Astros Beat A's 5-1
Carlos Correa homered, Mike Fiers struck out five over six innings to win his fourth straight decision, and the majors-best Houston Astros won for the ninth straight time.
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Carlos Correa homered, Mike Fiers struck out five over six innings to win his fourth straight decision, and the majors-best Houston Astros won for the ninth straight time.
The Oakland Athletics have agreed to a contract with first-round draft pick Austin Beck.
George Springer has developed into a powerful tone-setter for the Houston Astros.
As good as the Houston Astros have been at home this season, they've been even better on the road while piling up wins at a ridiculous rate.
It was another crazy week in Major League Baseball, as the two Bay Area teams experienced very different sweeps of four-game series. In other news, the New York Mets still have enough healthy players to field a full team, surprisingly.
The Oakland Athletics are bringing longtime pitching instructor Garvin Alston back to the organization as bullpen coach.
Where do the two Bay Area clubs stand in the latest Bleacher Report rankings?
Dave and Kayte recap a busy weekend filled with US Open golf, NBA Draft rumors, and massive trades on The Drive.
The Oakland Athletics completed a four-game sweep of the slumping Yankees with a 4-3 win Sunday.
On the Friday edition of the Lo-Down the guys cover the NBA offseason, MLB, and Michael Phelps racing a shark. All that and more on The Lo-Down exclusively on Sports 1140 KHTK daily from 12-3PM.
Alonso, whose contract is up after the season, is currently hitting .306 with 17 homeruns.
The A's had failed to hold their leads all game, then came through to snap a three-game skid with just their second victory in the last eight.
Pitching coach Curt Young has been fired by the Oakland Athletics and bullpen coach Scott Emerson was promoted to the position.
Marcell Ozuna homered to start the Miami Marlins' comeback from an early four-run deficit.
Giancarlo Stanton returned to the Miami Marlins' starting lineup after recovering from a bruised wrist and hit a two-run homer to help beat the Oakland Athletics.
"It's been frustrating," Oakland manager Bob Melvin said.
Josh Donaldson hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the 10th inning against his former club, Justin Smoak.
Where and who do they center their questions around for both Bay Area teams?
Jesse Hahn was admittedly a little too excited in the first inning after coming off the disabled list earlier in the day.
Oakland Athletics first baseman Yonder Alonso only trails Miguel Cabrera in all-star votes for American League first basemen.
Ryon Healy homered twice to drive in a career-high five runs, single-handedly backing Sean Manaea's fourth straight winning start.
Seth Everett of NBC Sports joined Doug and Grant in hour three and spoke about why the Giants are finished, how good Bryce Harper is even with a bad attitude and how good the Astros are.
If things don't change soon for both Bay Area ball clubs they'll be left in the dust with no postseason entry in sight.
The National League's top team showed it can win American League-style slugfest, too.
Local product and current Nationals broadcaster F.P. Santangelo joined Grant and Doug to break down the upcoming series between the A's and Nationals, along with his thoughts on the league standings so far.
