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Oakland's McCarthy leaves game Fri Aug 12 23:32:41 2011 EST
Oakland, CA (Sports Network) - Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Brandon McCarthy left Friday's game against the Rangers after getting drilled by a pitch in the fourth inning. With one out, Endy Chavez hit a sharp liner right back to the mound. The ball hit the right knee of McCarthy, who fell to the ground immediately. He was able to limp off the field. McCarthy gave up seven runs -- five earned -- on eight hits over 3 1/3 innings. Trystan Magnuson took over on the mound for the A's. McCarthy
A's name Garner special advisor Fri Aug 12 13:43:12 2011 EST
Oakland, CA (Sports Network) - The Oakland Athletics named former manager Phil Garner as a special advisor to the team on Friday. He began his major league career in Oakland as a player in 1973 and was a first-round draft pick of the A's in 1971. After spending four seasons with Oakland, he went on to play 12 more years in the majors with Pittsburgh, Houston, the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco prior to retiring in 1988. Over that time, he batted .260 with 109 home runs, 738 RBI and 225 s
Rangers start up road trip versus Athletics Fri Aug 12 11:03:52 2011 EST
(Sports Network) - The Texas Rangers hope to maintain their slim lead atop the American League West standings when they begin a 10-game road trip with the first of three straight games against the Oakland Athletics at the Coliseum. Texas is two games ahead of the LA Angels of Anaheim and will also visit the Angels and White Sox on this swing. It had won three straight and five of six games before being denied a three-game sweep of the Seattle Mariners with Wednesday's 4-3 loss in Arlington. Der
A's overpower Blue Jays Thu Aug 11 16:14:47 2011 EST
Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Conor Jackson drove in three runs while Hideki Matsui had four hits and two RBI, helping the Oakland Athletics take a 10-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in the rubber match of this three-game series. Guillermo Moscoso (5-6) tossed six strong innings, allowing two runs -- one earned -- on three hits and two walks while striking out six in Oakland's fourth win in five games. Toronto's Brad Mills (1-2) allowed six runs on five hits, two walks and a hit batter in
Jays try to steal series from A's Thu Aug 11 10:50:01 2011 EST
(Sports Network) - Amid rumors that they have been stealing signs from the opposition, the Toronto Blue Jays target a three-game series victory over the Oakland Athletics this afternoon from Rogers Centre. In a report released by ESPN The Magazine, Blue Jays players were aided by a man dressed in white sitting in the center field seats. "This whole thing is stupid," Toronto GM Alex Anthopoulos said on the club's website. "It's unbelievable that we're even sitting here to talk about this. "I jus
Angels riding pitching and defense Tue Aug  9 14:22:44 2011 EST
89, 90 mph, plus he's got some deception on his split. They're two different types of pitchers, but any situation late in the ballgame, I wouldn't be hesitant to use either one of them, any time." A'S GONZALEZ, CAHILL STRUGGLING OF LATE The Oakland Athletics (51-63) have enjoyed such solid starting pitching for so long that it can go unnoticed when guys do their jobs day in, day out. But for a couple of the staff's more dependable hurlers, the results have gone awry of late, prompting questions
Godzilla, A's head to Toronto Tue Aug  9 10:36:33 2011 EST
(Sports Network) - The Oakland Athletics' nine-game road trip didn't get off to the best of starts, but some power from a surging veteran helped right the ship a bit. Hideki Matsui tries to extend his 15-game hitting streak this evening in the opener of a three-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. Matsui has been on a tear since the All-Star break, hitting .451 in 21 games with five homers and 22 RBI. He extended his hitting streak on Sunday with a two-run homer, while Josh
KC's Hochevar draws start against Rays Mon Aug  8 10:49:48 2011 EST
in the sixth inning but earned his first win in five starts. He was charged with three runs on five hits in five-plus innings, striking out five and walking none. Tampa, meanwhile, lost the final two tests of its three-game affair with the Oakland Athletics over the weekend, falling 5-4 in 10 innings in Sunday's finale. Evan Longoria and Casey Kotchman both hit solo homers and Desmond Jennings had three hits and an RBI for the Rays, who had won three straight before losing the last two in this
Rangers welcome Mariners to Arlington Mon Aug  8 10:49:15 2011 EST
time against them with a 2.84 ERA in 10 games (six starts). Seattle, meanwhile, will counter with lefty Charles Furbush, who won his fist start with the Mariners on Wednesday. Furbush, acquired from Detroit in the Doug Fister deal, held the Oakland Athletics to a run and two hits over five innings to run his record to 2-3 on the year, while lowering his ERA to 3.52. "I'm looking forward to getting back out there," Furbush said. "I felt pretty good. I hadn't started in a while, but it felt good
A's dump Rays on Willingham's HR in 10th Sun Aug  7 17:54:47 2011 EST
St. Petersburg, FL (Sports Network) - Josh Willingham launched a 3-2 fastball over the left field fence in the 10th inning to lift the Oakland Athletics over the Tampa Bay Rays, 5-4, in the rubber match of a three-game set at Tropicana Field. Hideki Matsui hit a two-run homer and Ryan Sweeney drove in a run for the A's, who won the last two games of the series after dropping four in a row. Fautino De Los Santos (1-0) earned his first MLB win after tossing a scoreless ninth and Andrew Bailey pic
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