Lester Pounded As Garneau, Piscotty HR, A's Rout Cubs 11-4
A night after their late rally fell just short, the Oakland Athletics started quickly and took their frustration out on Jon Lester.
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A night after their late rally fell just short, the Oakland Athletics started quickly and took their frustration out on Jon Lester.
The Washington Nationals are back to doing all the little things that make them winners: scoring early, starting pitchers working deep into games and then turning the ball over to a now even-better, deeper bullpen.
Six-time all-star Felix Hernandez will be making a rehab start with the Modesto Nuts on his way back to Seattle this Thursday.
Pitching the way he did Monday night made it that much easier for Erick Fedde to forget how poorly it went his last time out.
Javier Báez hit two of Chicago's four homers and the Cubs' bullpen barely held on without Craig Kimbrel, closing out a 6-5 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night.
The Rockies beat San Francisco 6-2 Sunday in the final game at Coors Field for Giants manager Bruce Bochy.
Roark pitched five innings of one-run ball, and the Athletics beat Adam Wainwright and the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2 on Sunday.
Mike Fiers took a shutout into the sixth inning for his eighth consecutive win, and the Oakland Athletics beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-3 on Saturday night.
Pinch-hitter Buster Posey came through with a two-run double in the eighth inning to rally the San Francisco Giants past the Colorado Rockies 6-5 on Saturday night.
Rockies center fielder David Dahl was carted off the field after spraining his ankle while making an awkward catch, and substitute Ian Desmond hit a tiebreaking double in the seventh inning that sent Colorado Rockies over the San Francisco Giants 5-4 Friday night.
Realmuto hit a three-run homer and fell a triple shy of the cycle, Cesar Hernandez and Roman Quinn also went deep, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Francisco Giants 10-2 Thursday.
Matt Chapman hit a two-run home run off struggling closer Josh Hader in the eighth inning to break out of a long slump and the Oakland Athletics beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-3 Thursday.
The Giants were down three relievers after a flurry of moves before the trade deadline but Samardzija (8-8) handcuffed Philadelphia for his fifth straight road win.
Khris Davis hardly counted the number of days between his home runs. Wins matter so much more to him.
Rhys Hoskins feels a fun vibe in the clubhouse of late, the kind that makes it easier for him to believe the Phillies can make a serious playoff push.
Pablo Sandoval homered with two outs in the 11th inning and the San Francisco Giants beat the San Diego Padres 2-1 Friday night for their 18th victory in 22 games.
Lance Lynn struck out eight in six innings and Willie Calhoun homered in his return to the majors, helping the Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics 5-2 on Friday night.
Danny Santana hit a grand slam and drove in a career-high six runs as the slumping Texas Rangers routed the Oakland Athletics 11-3 on Thursday night.
As the Houston Astros try to win the American League West for the fourth straight season they know they have to take care of business against teams in their division.
A whirlwind afternoon that included the demotion of struggling shortstop Addison Russell, a late change in starting pitchers, an ejection of Anthony Rizzo and an injury to All-Star third baseman Kris Bryant put the Chicago Cubs in a must-win situation as far as manager Joe Maddon was concerned.
Madison Bumgarner puts it as simply as possible: "Winning solves everything."
Matt Olson hit a three-run home run in the ninth inning and Ramon Laureano added a ground-rule RBI double with one out in the 11th, giving the Oakland Athletics a 4-3 win over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night.
