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A’s Squeak by Red Sox 4-3
The Athletics snapped their four-game losing streak on Tuesday night, beating the visiting Boston Red Sox 4-3 on a warm Sacramento evening thanks to a strong outing from their emerging ace. Lefty Gage Jump was on his game tonight as he was looking for a bounce back performance. He limited the Red Sox to just […]
Game #107: Red Sox at Athletics Game Thread
A day after dropping a close series opener to Boston, the A’s get another bite at the apple as they look for the win against the Red Sox here on a warm Tuesday night in Sacramento. The club has left-hander Gage Jump set for the start, his third of the second half already. His first […]
Elephant Rumblings: Injury Updates
Welcome to Tuesday A’s fans! The squad began the year with a clean bill of health over the first couple of months of the season. Since then they’ve been absolutely ravaged by injuries with just about every starter spending time on the IL at one point or another. Injuries are apart of the game but […]
Grand Slam Sinks A’s Against Red Sox
The A’s got a great pitching performance from their starting pitcher tonight. Unfortunately one swing of the bat was enough for the surging Red Sox to get past the Athletics tonight in the series opener in Sacramento. The Athletics struck first tonight and it didn’t take long. Facing left-hander Payton Tolle for the Red Sox, […]
Game #106: Red Sox at Athletics Game Thread
The squad is back in Sacramento for some much-needed home games after a tough road trip featuring two series losses. Things don’t get any easier for the A’s though as they’ll welcome a surging Boston Red Sox squad that recently went on a massive winning streak. Maybe they’ve used up all their juice and the […]
Elephant Rumblings: Without Langeliers, Where Do The A’s Go?
Welcome to a brand new week A’s fans! The club had a tough road trip, going 2-4 in six games in Arizona and Minnesota. That’s dropped them to 44-61 heading home. That’s the second-worst record in the American League (ahead of only the Los Angeles Angeles) and tied for fifth-worst in the entire sport. Such […]
A’s Lose Finale (And Series) To Twins 11-8
The Athletics dropped their 61st game of the season on Sunday afternoon in Minnesota, falling to the Twins 11-8 in the series finale and ending the road trip on a low note. Not the way the club wanted things to go today. It was left-hander Jeffrey Springs on the bump this afternoon possibly making one […]
Game #105: Athletics at Twins Game Thread
The A’s may have dropped yesterday’s contest but thanks to their win on Friday night they have a chance to secure their first series win since almost two months. Will they be able to finish off the Twins and escape Minnesota with a pair of wins? Before we get to the game, we got some […]
Twins Shut Out A’s 2-0 to Even Series
The Athletics matched up against the Minnesota Twins in the second game of their three-game series, looking to build on their series-opening victory. This game played out the inverse of Friday night’s contest, as the A’s struggled with runners in scoring position in a 2-0 loss that sets up Sunday’s series finale to be the […]
Game #104, Athletics at Twins Game Thread
Yesterday, the Athletics snapped their two-game losing streak with a 2-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins in the opener of a three-game series. This evening, the A’s seek to make it two straight wins and clinch the road series. Transaction Time Before the game, the A’s made a couple transactions: The “Big Amish” is back, […]
Parity (Mediocrity) Could Make For An Interesting Trade Deadline
Thanks in part to the 3rd wild card and mostly to the bizarre mediocrity of most of the teams in 2026, here we are 9 days before the trading deadline and only 8 of the 30 teams are not at least within 4 games of a wild card spot. This is what happens when a […]
A’s Prevail 2-0 in Tightly Contested Pitching Duel
The Athletics opened their three-game series against the Minnesota Twins on Friday night. After suffering two consecutive losses to close out their previous series in Arizona, the “Green and Gold” got back in the win column, defeating the Twins 2-0 in one of the team’s best pitched games in recent memory. Starter Jacob Lopez turned […]
Game #103, Athletics at Twins Game Thread
The Athletics opened this weeklong road trip by losing two out of three to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Following an off day yesterday, the A’s are back in action today as they begin a three-game series against the Minnesota Twins, who at 51-53, are 4 1/2 games back of the American League Central lead and 2 […]
Elephant Rumblings: Weekend Series In The Twin Cities
Welcome to Friday A’s fans! We made it. After a day off the club is back at it tonight, this time in Minnesota set to take on the Twins for a three-game weekend series. The two clubs are in different spots heading into this weekend. While the Athletics have seen their playoff hopes evaporate over […]
Elephant Rumblings: What’s The Future At Third Base?
Good morning A’s fans. The squad couldn’t get out of Arizona with a series win, losing the last 2 to the Diamondbacks to drop the record to a tough 43-59. That’s a disappointing outcome after their strong start to the season, and the Green & Gold will be at home watching October baseball on their […]
A’s drop series finale in a big way, 15-5 to the Diamondbacks
The A’s took a second stab at a series win this afternoon at Chase Field in Phoenix against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Starting today for the Kelly-Green and Gold was Gage Jump. He went up against righty Merrill Kelly for the D-backs. The A’s scored first in the top of the third. With one out, Jonah […]
Game #102, Athletics vs. Diamondbacks Game Thread
The A’s will make a second stab at a series win this afternoon at Chase Field in Phoenix against the Arizona Diamondbacks. After taking the first game of the series 5-2 and then dropping last night’s matchup 6-5 in ten innings, the A’s will go for the win before heading to Minnesota to finish the […]
A’s roster moves: Ginn to IL, Barnett recalled
The A’s just can’t catch a break in the health department. The club announced that right-hander J.T. Ginn is the latest member of the squad to land on the 10-day IL, landing there because of a blister on his right middle finger: The loss hurts for the short-term but on the bright side this shouldn’t […]
Elephant Rumblings: A’s Road Trip Continues as Trade Deadline Looms
Happy Wednesday A’s fans! This afternoon, the Athletics will wrap up a three-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks before flying to Minneapolis to take on the Minnesota Twins this weekend. While there is a chance first baseman Nick Kurtz could return during the second half of this road trip, the A’s will be without hot-hitting […]
A’sa fall in extra innings 6-5 to Arizona
Game two of the three-game series between the Athletics and the Arizona Diamondbacks took place tonight at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. Pitching for the Athletics was 26-year-old righty Jack Perkins against 26-year-old righthanded rookie Kohl Drake who made his major league debut tonight. Max Kepler gave the D-backs an early lead with a first […]
Game #101, Athletics vs. D-backs Game Thread
Game two of the three-game series between the Athletics and the Arizona Diamondbacks will take place tonight at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. The A’s took the opener last night 5-2 behind Joshua Kuroda-Grauer’s first MLB homer and a 4-5 night by Tommy White. Taking the mound tonight for the Athletics is 26-year-old righty Jack […]
Elephant Rumblings: A’s Ink All Top 10 Draft Picks
Happy Tuesday A’s fans! The club announced yesterday that the team and its first two picks in this year’s draft, Georgia Tech outfielder Drew Burress and second round left-hander Mason Edwards, have agreed to their first big league contracts, with both getting above-slot signing bonuses: The front office isn’t waiting around to get these two […]
A’s Beat Diamondbacks 5-2
The A’s got back in the win column on Monday evening in Arizona, beating the Diamondbacks 5-2 behind a solid performance from tonight’s starting pitcher, . On offense it was death by 13 singles plus a pair of home runs. Just how we all expected it to go. It was left-hander Jeffrey Springs on the […]
Game #100: A’s at Diamondbacks Game Thread
The A’s have hit the road, heading south to Arizona to take on the Diamondbacks in the first of three games. The A’s are on life support as far as the playoffs go so the panic button has been pressed multiple times at this point. If there’s a late surge in this team, it’s going […]
Hot Topic: Who Is The “Real Langeliers”?
To hear it from some readers, Shea Langeliers is a top catcher in MLB worthy of the All-Star starting gig afforded him by a landslide of fan votes. To hear it from other readers, Langeliers is highly overrated and only reducing his value every month he takes the field and has his shortcomings further exposed. […]
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