A&#39;s win meaningless finale
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Rookie Nick Swisher singled home the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, and the A&#39;s defeated the playoff-bound Anaheim Angels 3-2 on Sunday.
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Oakland, CA (Sports Network) - Bartolo Colon hurled seven shutout innings of three-hit ball as the Anaheim Angels drew first blood in this three-game series for the American League West title with a 10-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics at Network
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It was a victory that occurred with all the subtlety of a bulldozer. The 9-3 thrashing that the Sox delivered in Anaheim proved so complete, so convincing, that it left few
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&quot;Iâm happy we won, but I was kind of mad I got out there and I just didnât do the job in the last inning,&quot; he said. &quot;Thatâs what Iâm upset about.
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The box score says John Smoltz and Brad Lidge did not figure in this Game 2 thriller. Typical of the &quot;win-at-all-costs&quot; mind-set that the Astros and Braves carried into
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Curt Schilling lives for this stuff. He was deprived of a win by a bookkeeping necessity. But anyone who witnessed the 3-2 Red Sox triumph knows how superb the big righthander was in this extremely important game, and who was the true &quot;winning&quot; pitcher in this sensational contest. Losers of three straight, playing a team that has mystified them this ...
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The Oakland A&#39;s have been problematic for the Anaheim Angels for so many years (think the early &#39;70s, late &#39;80s, and the last few seasons) that you&#39;d have thought this was a bigger deal than it was.
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Mike Lowell drives in five runs to lead Boston's revived hitting and the Red Sox cut their magic number to clinch the AL East title to two by beating the A's.
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The outcome of Sundayâs first-half finale, a listless loss to the Astros, served to represent how things have been going lately for the Mets.
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The A&#39;s got younger all over Saturday. There&#39;s a pretty good chance they got quite a bit better, too. In completing the long-rumored trade that sent underachieving left
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Oakland Athletics caught Johan Santana on a rare off day. Nick Swisher, Eric Chavez, and Bobby Crosby each drove in runs to help Chad Gaudin to his fifth straight win as the A's beat the Minnesota Twins, 4-2, yesterday to take the series.
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The San Francisco Giants finally found a way to win a one-run game.
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One of the more remarkable, if not particularly relevant, streaks in baseball history ended last night.
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The Oakland A's have clinched the American League West title, while the St. Louis Cardinals' lead in the National League Central is down to 1 1/2 games.
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Bee Staff Writer. Or else, their run of four consecutive playoff appearances would end with a whimper and plenty of regrets. The A&#39;s face that reality because Mark Mulder&#39;s mysterious downfall
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Another game, another postseason classic. It will be news if the Red Sox and Yankees ever play a yawner. Last night certainly does not qualify.
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No devalued currency here. No plastic parts. In a time when action is stopped every other night in every sport to celebrate another &quot;milestone&quot; with the presentation of a new SUV and a lifetime pass to immortality, Ichiro&#39;s work stands pretty much alone.