Donaldson, A's Power Past Astros 11-5
One night after Chris Young broke out of a slump, Josh Donaldson had a big night of his own.
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One night after Chris Young broke out of a slump, Josh Donaldson had a big night of his own.
Ross Wolf was thinking about retirement while languishing in the minor leagues for a third straight year. The Texas Rangers right-hander will probably reconsider now.
Straily (2-2) gave up only two singles while facing 22 batters, just one over the minimum for his seven innings. He struck out five.
Yoenis Cespedes hit a leadoff home run in the eighth inning and the Oakland Athletics beat the Kansas City Royals 4-3 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.
The Kansas City Royals got another stellar effort from a starting pitcher and had nothing to show for it.
The Oakland Athletics have activated outfielder Chris Young from the disabled list.
It's been a stretch of struggles for Oakland, and no one on the Athletics struggled more Sunday than Brandon Moss.
Major League Baseball says the umpires were wrong.
Grant Balfour was angry. He had just given up a broken-bat single to Brett Gardner and thrown a wild pitch to Robinson Cano, moving the potential tying run to second base with two outs in the ninth inning.
The Athletics are in a serious funk at the plate and hope the possible return of slugger Yoenis Cespedes will help shake them out of the slide.
Stephen Drew hit a two-run triple, David Ortiz had two hits and drove in a run and the Boston Red Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 6-5 on Wednesday afternoon to take a three-game series.
To help the Tampa Bay Rays relax, manager Joe Maddon invited a disc jockey into the clubhouse for a little pregame entertainment Saturday.
While his former team is struggling through the rebuilding process, Athletics infielder Jed Lowrie is relishing life on the West Coast.
Tommy Milone was Oakland's most consistent starter as a rookie in 2012. He's doing the same thing this year, and the results are looking even better.
Austin Jackson had four hits, homered and drove in three runs, Torii Hunter added two doubles and a triple, and the Detroit Tigers routed the Oakland Athletics 10-1 Sunday.
Justin Verlander will make the call, even if it's just mid-April: Prince Fielder for AL MVP.. No pressure on the big fella intended from the guy who won that award plus the Cy Young two years ago. No T-shirt campaign yet.
