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 »
Crisp Returns, A’s Continue to Falter in Loss to Rangers
Center fielder Coco Crisp was activated from the disabled list Wednesday, but the team leader could not provide the spark that the A’s needed to win the rubber game of the series against the Rangers. Oakland fell to two games under .500 for the first time since starting the season 0-2, as starter Dan Straily had trouble locating his pitches more »
Lone Run State: A’s, Griffin Topple Texas
The Oakland A’s returned home from a disappointing road trip and used the Coliseum Complex mojo Monday night, as Bob Melvin wore a “We Are Warriors” gold NBA playoff t-shirt under his uniform, ripping his jersey open after the game as if to display a Superman symbol. The skipper may have inspired a Man-of-Steel type performance from A.J. Griffin, as more »
Lincecum, Giants Breeze by Braves
The long ball and Tim Lincecum powered the Giants past the Braves Sunday afternoon to give San Francisco it’s third win in a row, and the series win. Lincecum followed masterful outings from Matt Cain and Madison Bumgarner with a gem of his own. The two time Cy Young Award winner had his best game of the young season, allowing more »
Banged Up A’s Swept By Tribe
Perhaps a hangover from the previous night’s blown home run ruling caused the A’s to come out flat in Cleveland Thursday morning, as they were blown out by the Indians. A night after the infamous Angel Hernandez replay debacle of what would have been a game tying home run by Adam Rosales in the ninth inning, Oakland’s bats were near more »
Sharks Second Round Matchup Preview
After a first round sweep of the Vancouver Canucks, the Sharks are resting up as they await their Western Conference Semifinal opponent. With the NHL playoffs being played at a bruising and punishing pace, the one thing the Sharks are absolutely rooting for is that all other Western Conference series to go seven games. As the six seed, San Jose more »
Torres’ Walk Off Hit Leads Giants Over Phillies
The Giants are a team full of grinders. You could call them the modern day “Cardiac Kids,” with seemingly every game involving heart-pounding dramatics. Wednesday’s matinee was no different. After blowing a two run lead in the ninth inning, the Giants used pinch hits from Buster Posey and Andres Torres to avoid being swept by the Phillies in a thrilling 4-3 more »
A’s Comeback Attempt Falls Just Short in Loss to Angels
The opportunities were there, but the A’s could not come up with the big hit Wednesday afternoon, stranding 13 base runners in their first loss of the season to the Angels. Oakland came up just short of their fourth consecutive come from behind victory, leaving the tying and winning runs on base in the bottom of the ninth of a more »
A’s Outlast Angels in 19
For the second straight game the A’s came back from a five run deficit to force extra innings, and for the second straight game walked off with a win. It took 19 innings Monday night and Tuesday morning before Brandon Moss launched a ball into the right field seats at 1:41 AM for a 10-8 victory over the Anaheim Angels. more »
A’s Win in Walk Off Fashion
Yoenis Cespedes returned to the A’s lineup in a huge way Sunday afternoon, smashing a game tying home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to force extra innings against the Baltimore Orioles. Eric Sogard scored the winning run in the tenth inning on a throwing error to third base on a Coco Crisp bunt as the more »
