In the second inning of Saturday’s matchup between the Sacramento River Cats and the Oklahoma City Red Hawks at Raley Field, Michael Taylor, the River Cats’ hulking center fielder, stepped to the plate to face hard-throwing Red Hawk pitcher and enigmatic Houston Astros prospect Jarred Cosart. It was Taylor’s first game back from what was seemingly his umpteenth cup of more »
Could Charles Woodson Return to the Oakland Raiders?
Former Raider, cornerback Charles Woodson could be on the verge of a home coming. After spending the last seven seasons with the Green Bay Packers, the former Heisman Trophy Winner could be returning to the team that drafted him. Woodson is an eight time pro bowler, and seven time member of the All-Pro Team. The fourth overall pick was drafted more »
Giants Finish 1-5 on Six Game Road Trip
The San Francisco Giants (24-20) return to AT&T Park after errors and off pitching plagued a six game road trip to Toronto and Colorado. The finale of the road trip ended today against the Colorado Rockies (24-20) and yielded another loss for pitcher Barry Zito, who is now 3-3 on the season. Zito went 5 2/3 innings giving up five more »
Cespedes, Bullpen Power Sweep of Royals
The A’s fell behing early Sunday afternoon, just as they had the previous two games, and for the third time in a row came back to beat Kansas City by a single run. A.J. Griffin and a strong bullpen performance kept the A’s in the game, but it was a line-drive home run in the eighth inning off the bat more »
Errors, Pitching Continue to Doom the San Francisco Giants
The San Francisco Giants committed three more errors Saturday, bringing their total to 13 errors over their past six games. This time, the errors did not result in any unearned runs to blame the loss on, that designation goes straight to the poor pitching of Tim Lincecum. The former Cy-Young winner surrendered six runs on seven hits and a pair more »
Tommy Milone, A’s Beat Royals 2-1, Celebrate With Fireworks
On an evening in which a sellout crowd at the O.co (Oakland) Coliseum was treated to post-game fireworks, the Oakland A’s treated their fans to even more reason to celebrate by defeating the Kansas City Royals 2-1 for the second consecutive night. Tommy Milone (4-5) earned the victory by out dueling Ervin Santana of the Royals. Early on it appeared more »
