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Franklin Barreto’s two-out RBI single sparked a five-run fourth that turned the game around for the A’s as they polished off a sweep of Texas. Trevor Cahill put Oakland in an early hole, walking six and allowed three runs before exiting in the third. Meanwhile, his counterpart — Rangers “opener” Jeffrey Springs — threw three…
The A’s capped a four-game sweep in Detroit behind Sean Manaea’s quality start and some timely hitting. Mark Canha, Jed Lowrie, Khris Davis and Chad Pinder had RBI knocks, and Blake Treinen shut the door for his 20th save. Michael Fulmer went eight solid innings and Nicholas Castellanos homered for the Tigers, who saw their…
Daniel Mengden dominated the Blue Jays in 7 shutout innings, and the A’s took advantage of 4 Toronto errors to complete a 4-game sweep, the first against the Blue Jays at home since 2001. Marcus Semien added a 2-run homer for good measure. Yangervis Solarte hit a 2-run homer in the 9th to scupper the…
Andrew Triggs pitched seven stellar innings of two-hit ball and matched his career high with nine strikeouts and the Oakland Athletics held on for a 2-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday to complete a series sweep. Matt Olson hit a tie-breaking double in the fourth for the A’s. With four wins in five…
Jharel Cotton tossed five scoreless innings and Khris Davis drilled his 41st home run as part of a five-run fifth inning as the A’s topped the Rangers, who fell 5 1/2 games back of the Twins for the second AL Wild Card spot. The A’s, who have won seven in a row, also got two…
Craig Taylor