Baseball / MLB Aug 23, 2019
Athletics jump on Yankees' Masahiro Tanaka early, complete series sweep
Masahiro Tanaka allowed five runs and suffered his seventh loss of the season on Thursday as the Oakland Athletics defeated the New York Yankees 5-3 to sweep their three-game series. Tanaka (9-7) gave up a leadoff double and two straight walks before conceding three runs ...
Baseball / MLB Aug 3, 2019
A baseball fan signed on Friday with the Oakland Athletics after throwing a 154-kph fastball at a radar-monitored pitching booth for spectators. Nathan Patterson, 23, who played baseball in high school but did not pursue a college career, hurled his blisteringly quick pitch during a ...
Baseball / MLB Jul 23, 2019
On the night the Houston Astros celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing by NASA's Apollo 11, the number 11 factored prominently into a lopsided win over the Oakland Athletics. Gerrit Cole pitched seven strong innings and Aledmys Diaz, Yordan Alvarez and Yuli ...
Baseball / MLB Jul 6, 2019
Athletics rally past sloppy Mariners; Yusei Kikuchi gets no-decision
Franklin Barreto hit his first home run of the season and Robbie Grossman added a pinch-hit, two-run double in the ninth inning as the Oakland Athletics defeated the Seattle Mariners 5-2 on Friday. The Athletics won for the sixth time in seven games, thanks to ...
Baseball / MLB Jun 22, 2019
MLB hands Athletics pitcher Frankie Montas an 80-game doping ban
A season full of All-Star potential for Oakland Athletics pitcher Frankie Montas was drastically cut short Friday when Major League Baseball suspended him 80 games after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance. Montas pitched well Thursday night and is 9-2 with a 2.70 ERA in ...
Baseball / MLB Jun 6, 2019
Shohei Ohtani homers, drives in four runs in Angels' win over Athletics
Shohei Ohtani blasted a home run for the second straight game and drove in a major league career-high four RBIs on Wednesday in the Los Angeles Angels' 10-9 win over the Oakland Athletics. Ohtani, batting third as the Angels' designated hitter, gave Los Angeles a ...
Baseball / MLB Mar 20, 2019
Ichiro hitless, but Mariners outslug Athletics in MLB season-opening game
by Jason Coskrey
Ichiro Suzuki began jogging in from right field shortly before the bottom of the fourth. He was almost at the area near the dugout before the crowd caught on to what was happening and started to cheer. The Mariners waiting to take the field took ...
Baseball / MLB Mar 20, 2019
Mariners newcomer Yusei Kikuchi eager to make first MLB start
by Jason Coskrey
When Yusei Kikuchi makes his first start as a major league player at Tokyo Dome on Thursday, he won't be too far away from Seibu Dome, where he stood on the mound for the first time as a professional in June of 2011. "In terms ...
Baseball / MLB Mar 19, 2019
Seattle left-hander Marco Gonzales maintains normal focus for first Opening Day start
by Jason Coskrey
Opening Day is a celebratory time for baseball fans. It's when a long winter gives way to spring and the familiar crack of balls ricocheting off wooden bats. The atmosphere promises to be even more jubilant than usual for Seattle Mariners fans, for whom the ...
Baseball / MLB Mar 18, 2019
MLB players revel in Japan's 'carnival' stadium atmosphere
by Jason Coskrey
Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball aren't really so different on the field. Everyone is playing the same game and the rules are more or less the same, with some exceptions. But as the Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics found out during their exhibitions ...