Roundup: Chairs, runs fly as A&#39;s win in 10
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OAKLAND, Calif. - The way he&#39;s been batting lately, Eric Chavez figured Laynce Nix would surely get a glove on his line drive to center field.
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Throughout the Oakland Athletics&#039; latest June run, some surprising names have played key roles in keeping the A&#039;s on a roll.
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Adam Loewen is dominant early and Baltimore's offense does enough for the OriolesÃÂ toÃÂ end Oakland's 10-gameÃÂ home winning streak with aÃÂ 6-5 victory on Saturday.
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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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They once again escaped with a victory in a game that had the same type of tension that marked the last time they played at Network Associates Coliseum, the home of the always formidable Oakland Athletics.
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Bobby Crosby drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the 17th inning to score Marco Scutaro for the winning run in the Oakland Athletics&#039; 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night &amp;#151; the second-longest game in the majors by innings this year.
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Skip Schumaker hit a two-run home run and Scott Rolen added a three-run homer in the 10th inning to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 7-2 win over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday night.
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Mark Kotsay's two-run inside-the-park homer proved to be the deciding hit Wednesday in OaklandÂs victory as the Athletics took a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five division series.
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For the second time in three days, the A&#39;s made headlines by trading a member of their famed Big Three. This time the A&#39;s traded lefty Mark Mulder to St.
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Justin Verlander struck out 10 and outpitched Dan Haren in their third matchup of 2007 and Curtis Granderson homered, doubled and scored three runs to lead the Detroit Tigers past the Oakland Athletics 6-1 on Saturday.
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Fausto Carmona won his 18th game, Ryan Garko and Jhonny Peralta hit back-to-back homers and Cleveland beat the Oakland Athletics 4-3 Friday night to lower their magic number to two for clinching their first AL Central title since 2001.
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Eric Chavez&#039;s return to the lineup coincided with a boost in Oakland&#039;s offense and defense. Jay Payton was one of the beneficiaries.
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After Florida scores four runs in the top of the 10th inning, Atlanta answers with five to capture a thrilling 8-7 win on Sunday.
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ARLINGTON, Texas Texas has roared back into the American League West division race by completing a three-game sweep of Oakland. The Rangers rallied for three runs in the bottom of the ninth to beat the A&#39;s
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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 Oakland Athletics swept away years of first-round futility, then partied hard enough to make up for all those missed chances and then some. Milton Bradley homered and threw out Torii Hunter in a disputed play at the plate as the A's snapped a stretch of nine straight losses in potential playoff clinchers, beating Minnesota 8-3 Friday to reach the ALCS for the first time in 14 years.
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Troy Glaus drove in three runs to back a strong outing by John Lackey, and the Anaheim Angels beat Oakland 6-2 Sunday to pull within one game of the AL West-leading Athletics with a week to play.