The Oakland A's appeared to have struck gold with their acquisition of Brandon Inge earlier this season. Unfortunately it was too good to be true, at least for the time being.According to MLB.com, Inge had to be placed on the disabled list Thursday due to a groin strain. The DL stint is retroactive to May 13 and he will be eligible to return on May 28.Inge only had two hits as a member of the Detroit Tigers this season but was having a great start in Oakland. He had four home runs and 17 RBI in 11 games with the A's before hitting ...
The Oakland A's let a 3-0 lead get away from them only to rally from a 4-3 deficit to force extra innings against the Texas Rangers on Thursday afternoon.The A's took the lead in the 10th inning when Kila Ka'aihue singled in the eventual winning run on Thursday.Oakland starter Brandon McCarthy did not factor in the decision as he pitched 5.1 innings allowing four earned runs while striking out four.The victory for the A's keeps them in second place and four games behind the Rangers in the AL West.The A's are showing that they are capable of playing with the elite ...
Justice was delayed, but in the end, it was served in Texas. Kila Ka'aihue singled in the game-winning run in the 10th inning and the A's split their short series with the first-place Texas Rangers in a 5-4 win this afternoon. The A's had to rally after home plate umpire Laz Diaz missed Brandon McCarthy's apparent catch on a bunt attempt and double play in the sixth inning. Instead of the score remaining tied at that point, it was 4-3 Rangers and manager Bob Melvin was ejected for angrily arguing the call.However, the A's would rally to tie the score ...
The A's are far exceeding expectations early in 2012. In what many deemed to be a rebuilding year for Billy Beane's squad, the A's have managed, so far, to remain in contention.Big names like Manny Ramirez and Yoenis Cespedes have garnered most of the headlines in Oakland through the A's 2012 campaign, however, there are plenty of other points of intrigue on this roster. While the A's continue to struggle in the box office as the team's future in Oakland remains in limbo, here are a few things fans should pay attention to as the season wears on.Begin Slideshow
Jarrod Parker has lived up to the hype so far for the Oakland Athletics. The rookie has allowed only six earned runs in 25.2 innings pitched this season with an ERA of 2.10. With a long way to go in 2012 and a future that appears endless, what can the 23-year-old accomplish in the next few years? Here are five things Parker could accomplish sooner than later.Begin Slideshow
For the second straight game, the Oakland A's offense was stymied by great starting pitching, and fell in Arlington to the Texas Rangers by a score of 4-1. Japanese sensation Yu Darvish improved to 6-1 with the win while the A's Tom Milone fell to 5-3 with loss.For his part, Milone was not bad. He went seven innings and allowed four runs on nine hits and a walk with four strikeouts. The damage was all done in the fourth inning for Oakland. After Josh Hamilton reached on an infield single, Adrian Beltre hit an opposite field, two-run home run to give ...
What a long, strange trip it’s been for Manny Ramirez.Last May, the veteran slugger was languishing with the Tampa Bay Rays before he abruptly retired in lieu of serving a 100-game suspension for the second positive drug test result of his career.Fast-forward seven months to last December, when Ramirez got the itch to play again and formally requested reinstatement by Major League Baseball. In a somewhat surprising move, he landed with the Oakland Athletics, who signed him this past February to a minor league contract. And here we are in mid-May, and Ramirez is nearing completion of his 50-game suspension ...
After 37 games, the Oakland A's sit in second place in the American League West with a 19-18 record.Many pundits had them picked to finish dead last and lose upwards of 100 games in 2012.It appears those predictions may be well off the mark. It has been a good opening stretch for the club, especially considering the A's have been playing with key members of their lineup struggling, injured or both. Manny Ramirez will not play for another two weeks, and both Brett Anderson and Dallas Braden have not pitched a single inning.Here are some of the pros and cons ...
Though his major league career is still extremely young, it's hard not to notice why the Oakland A's were willing to part with a player like Trevor Cahill to acquire Jarrod Parker. After a few late shaky starts during the spring, Parker was demoted to AAA Sacramento. He was able to rebound, however, going 1-0 with a 2.18 ERA, and more importantly, surrendering only six walks in 22 innings.He was then able to continue that success once promoted to Oakland in late April. Allowing only two earned runs or less in each of his four starts, he has surpassed expectations ...
Ervin Santana went 7.2 shutout innings and Mike Trout and Albert Pujols paced the Los Angeles Angels' offense as the Oakland A's fell 4-0 in Anaheim.Losing pitcher Bartolo Colon allowed four runs on 12 hits in 6.2 innings while striking out four. He is now 3-4 on the season. The A's only managed five hits and could not get a big hit with two chances late in the game.In the sixth inning, the A's loaded the bases on walks by Cliff Pennington and Josh Reddick and a single by Jemile Weeks. But the threat was ended when Seth Smith struck ...