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4 Sep, 2010
For the second straight contest, Oakland's starter overcame poor control and shut out the Angels for six innings. A day after Gio Gonzalez did the deed, Trevor Cahill did it on Saturday to pace the A's to a 3-1 victory.
4 Sep, 2010
While Triple-A Sacramento won the Pacific Coast League South Division on Friday, Double-A Midland and Class A Advanced Stockton each won their respective second-half titles to secure playoff berths. Class A Vancouver had already clinched its division.
4 Sep, 2010
Although he left Sunday's contest in New York with a right hamstring cramp, A's lefty Dallas Braden is scheduled to make his next start Tuesday against the Mariners.
4 Sep, 2010
Brad Ziegler says his availability would be a game-time decision Saturday after getting hit in the back with a broken bat during Friday night's win.
3 Sep, 2010
Propelled by a six-run seventh inning, the A's picked up an 8-0 victory over the Angels on Friday, as lefty Gio Gonzalez went six innings to earn the win.
3 Sep, 2010
The Oakland A's farm system is going to be busy this month. On Thursday, the Vancouver Canadians became the first A's affiliate to clinch a post-season berth in 2010. On Friday, three more teams joined the party. We have all of the details inside...
3 Sep, 2010
A's veteran Eric Chavez confirmed on Friday he won't be playing again this season and is still very much considering retirement.
3 Sep, 2010
With 29 games left and a 10-game deficit behind the Rangers entering Friday's action, Oakland's path to the summit of the American League West looks nearly impossible to negotiate.
3 Sep, 2010
From an independent league to the Major Leagues, reliever Justin James has had himself quite the season. Even better, he made his big league debut in the Big Apple on Thursday, in the grandiose Yankee Stadium.
3 Sep, 2010
Pitchers Joey Devine and Josh Outman, who have missed the season and rehabbed together in Arizona, joined the A's on Friday as they continue their 60-day throwing programs.
3 Sep, 2010
For hitters, strikeouts are naturally pretty ugly. Jack Cust has plenty of detractors due to his propensity to accumulate whiffs. And there’s no question, a strikeout is a negative outcome. But like all negative outcomes in baseball, it happens, and it doesn’t necessarily indicate bad things when it does. But what does the strikeout mean for minor league hitters? It’s a complicated question.
2 Sep, 2010
Dallas Braden was solid for five-plus innings before exiting with cramps, but the A's couldn't solve CC Sabathia in a 5-0 loss to the Yankees on Thursday.
2 Sep, 2010
A's lefty Dallas Braden exited Thursday's game against the Yankees in the sixth inning with what was deemed cramping from the heat.
2 Sep, 2010
Manager Bob Geren confirmed Thursday morning that outfielder Conor Jackson underwent successful sports hernia surgery on Wednesday.
2 Sep, 2010
Oakland's series finale lineup boasted a large dose of righties against southpaw C.C. Sabathia on Thursday, as the A's attempted to salvage a win out of the four-game road set.
1 Sep, 2010
Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira, who in his first two games of the series tallied five hits -- two of them homers -- and four RBIs, only added to that total Wednesday, compiling three hits and three RBIs as the A's, for the third straight day, fell to New York, 4-3.
1 Sep, 2010
Dallas Braden is well aware that his Thursday start will likely be met with a rowdy New York bunch, but the A's lefty isn't about to shy away from any of it.
1 Sep, 2010
Justin James thought he was going to be closing out Triple-A Sacramento's game on Monday, but he never got the nod. Instead, the righty reliever received a call to the big leagues as the A's rosters expanded Wednesday.
