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Ramon Laureano, Athletics rally past Angels to sweep series Field Level Media 17 Jun 2021, 08:55 GMT+10 Ramon Laureano returned from a 17-game absence because of a hip injury and homered for the Oakland Athletics in an 8-4 win against the visiting Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday afternoon. Matt Olson had three hits, Chad Pinder had two hits after entering the game as a pinch-hitter in the six-run sixth inning, and Mark Canha drove in two runs for the Athletics, who completed the three-game swee...

The A’s just keep on winning.

Right-hander James Kaprielian hopes to record his first major-league hit before his first big-league loss when he puts his unbeaten record on the line for the v

Photo by Daniel Shirey/Getty Images The Oakland A’s will be without one of their biggest stars indefinitely, but in the meantime a notable prospect will get a long-awaited chance in the majors. The A’s placed CF Ramon Laureano on the 10-day injured list on Tuesday, the team announced. The diagnosis is a strained right hip, retroactive to May 28. Laureano last played on May 27, and then he was scratched from the lineup the next day with what was termed as groin tightness. He hasn’t played...

Time for more report card grades. Things have changed quite a bit since I last did this at the start of May. Some MLB teams responded to slow starts by getting hot, while others have been mired in mediocrity or woefulness...

At the beginning of the season I pegged the A’s as being roughly a 93 win team. Here we are at the 1/3 mark and the team sits at 31- 23, on pace for 93 wins. But the road has been anything but a...

Lefty starter will go to bullpen for now

Puk is back but also not back

OAKLAND -- Cole Irvin's aggressive style of pitching turned him into a revelation earlier this season. But that same quality has now worked against him as of late. The left-hander’s penchant for pounding the zone with strikes was taken advantage of by Mariners hitters on Tuesday night, with the four

J.P. Crawford had three hits, Mariners center fielder Kyle Lewis ran down a deep flyball to save two possible runs and Seattle beat the Oakland Athletics 4-3 on Tuesday night.