Another great starting pitching performance has the A’s on the brink of a four game sweep in Anaheim. A.J. Griffin went eight shutout innings for the first time in his career and Yoenis Cespedes slammed his 18th home run as the A’s beat the Los Angeles Angels 4-1. The A’s have taken the first three [...]
In a word, wow. With runners on the corners and no outs, Jerry Blevins replaced an ineffective and irate Grant Balfour in the bottom of the ninth in Anaheim. At the very least, the Los Angeles Angels seemed sure to tie what was a 6-5 game. Instead, Blevins struck out Kendrys Morales and induced a [...]
With the Raiders set to begin a new era Saturday, there are definitely some keys to look for as head coach Dennis Allen and his staff begin to analyze the team heading towards the 2012 opener against San Diego. Here are some keys I see that the team will be closely observing through camp and [...]
Since our first checkpoint of the season (when the A’s were 19-18), the team has gone 20-24. Does not sound like the best record. But when considering the injuries to Yoenis Cespedes, Bartolo Colon, Brandon McCarthy as well as the designated hitter that never played a single game as a member of this ball club, [...]
When this four game series began, odds would have been against Travis Blackley being the pitcher most likely to shut down the Texas Rangers‘ lineup. But that is what happened as he went seven strong innings and the A’s defeated the Rangers 3-1 to salvage the series finale. Blackley was great, allowing a single run on [...]
Ahead 2-1 in the bottom of the fifth inning, Tom Milone appeared to have an easy first out on a Nelson Cruz grounder to third. Instead, it became the start of a five run fifth inning as Brandon Inge could not make a play on the ball. The Rangers would ultimately score two runs on Ian Kinsler’s [...]
Craig Gentry’s two out, go ahead three run triple climaxed a four run eighth inning as Texas rallied to beat the A’s 4-3. Cruising along 2-0, the A’s turned to Grant Balfour as a bridge to Ryan Cook in the eighth inning. Unfortunately, Balfour could not hold the lead as three walks and a single [...]
It has been the theme of the season for the 2012 Oakland Athletics: Situational hitting, or lack thereof. Failing to plate the tying run at third base with one out in the ninth, the A’s fell to first place Texas 7-6 in a nearly four hour game. Tyson Ross took the loss as the Rangers rallied in the [...]
Much like the first game of this series, the A’s did not do very much for a long stretch of the game offensively. But thanks to another great start, this one from Jarrod Parker, the A’s won 2-1 over the Seattle Mariners to take the series at Safeco Field. Parker got the win because Yoenis [...]
Normally a run on three hits will not win you many games, but tonight it did as Seth Smith’s solo home run was the only tally in the A’s 1-0 victory over Seattle. Despite being shut down by Seattle starter Erasmo Ramirez, Oakland won because Tom Milone threw seven shutout innings against Seattle’s punch less lineup. Grant [...]
