Olson's 3-Run Blast Lifts A's Over Astros
Matt Olson's tie-breaking three-run homer in the eighth inning lifted the A's to a 6-2 win over the Houston Astros on Friday night.
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Matt Olson's tie-breaking three-run homer in the eighth inning lifted the A's to a 6-2 win over the Houston Astros on Friday night.
Johnny Cueto got within an out of a complete game, Brandon Crawford broke up a scoreless tie with a bases-loaded, two-run double in the seventh inning, and the Giants won their home opener 3-1 against the Rockies on Friday.
The Giants home opener is Friday afternoon and this season: no cardboard cutouts but real, live fans in the stands
The Houston Astros kept up their hot start by treating the home crowd to a 6-2 win over the Oakland Athletics on Thursday night in the first game with fans at Minute Maid Park since 2019.
The San Francisco Giants beat the San Diego Padres 3-2 Wednesday after Alex Dickerson scored on Donovan Solano's sacrifice fly in the top of the 10th inning.
Mitch Moreland hit an RBI single with one out in the 10th inning and the A's rallied to beat the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 Wednesday for their first win of the season.
Jason Castro homered in his first start back with Houston, and the Astros beat the Oakland Athletics 9-2 on Sunday for a four-game sweep.
Chris Flexen returned to the big leagues with a win after a year in South Korea, Mitch Haniger and Ty France each hit a homer and the Seattle Mariners beat the San Francisco Giants 4-0 on Saturday night.
Yordan Álvarez hit a three-run homer and Houston kept thriving through all the boos, slugging its way to a third straight win in a 9-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Saturday.
Alex Bregman hit a three-run homer for his second longball in two games, and the Houston Astros slugged past the Oakland Athletics 9-5 on Friday night.
Evan Longoria and Buster Posey both homered for the second straight game and the San Francisco Giants took advantage of the Seattle Mariners' bullpen issues for a 6-3 win Friday night.
The Seattle Mariners rallied from a five-run deficit to beat the San Francisco Giants 8-7 on Thursday night.
The Houston Astros hushed an unwelcoming crowd in beating the reigning AL West champion Oakland Athletics 8-1 on Thursday night.
For the first time since Oct 2019, the Oakland Athletics will open the 2021 season Thursday night with as many as 12,000 actual fans in the stands and not just in front of row after row of photo cutouts and canned audience sounds blaring over the loud speakers.
With Alameda County moving into the Red Tier, we now move just a little bit closer to normal and that's great news for Oakland A's fans.
Lifelong Athletics fan and Oakland native Amelia Schimmel is the club's new public address announcer, replacing the late Dick Callahan.
California public health officials announced Friday that fan attendance at outdoor sporting events and live performances would be allowed to take place with capacity restrictions starting in April, along with the opening of amusement parks.
First baseman Brandon Belt has resumed baseball activities with the San Francisco Giants at spring training after dealing with what manager Gabe Kapler called a virus without providing further details — though Kapler did say previously it wasn't COVID-19.
Gov. Gavin Newsom expressed confidence that some fans could return to the state's Major League Baseball stadiums possibly as soon as Opening Day in April.
Right-hander Trevor Rosenthal finalized an $11 million, one-year contract with the Oakland Athletics on Monday, providing manager Bob Melvin with a new reliable ninth-inning option after former closer Liam Hendriks' departure in free agency.
Jake McGee is guaranteed $5 million in his two-year contract with the San Francisco Giants and could earn $10.5 million over three seasons, including performance bonuses.
Reliever Sergio Romo's $2.25 million, one-year deal with the Oakland Athletics includes $250,000 in bonus opportunities for pitching appearances and another $500,000 if he regains his former role as a closer.
Buster Posey has spent the past seven months in serious multitasking mode, working to stay in baseball shape while on full-time dad duty to two sets of twins.
he Oakland Athletics made a deal to extend the contract of veteran reliever Yusmeiro Petit on a $2.55 million, one-year deal that is pending a physical.
The Texas Rangers are sending veteran infielder Elvis Andrus, catcher Aramis Garcia and $13.5 million to the Oakland A's for designated hitter Khris Davis, along with catcher Jonah Heim and right-hander Dane Acker.
