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Adames, Brosseau hit homers as Rays beat A's Willy Adames hit a three-run homer in the fifth, Mike Brosseau added a tiebreaking drive the following inning and the Tampa Bay Rays held off the Oakland Athletics 4-3 on Sunday to avoid a series sweep. The Canadian Press Tampa Bay Rays' Willy Adames , The Canadian Press OAKLAND, Calif. — The Rays and A's played a pair of tough series in a span of two weeks, splitting four games in Florida before three more nail-biters in the Bay Area. Willy Adames hit a three-run homer in the fifth, Mike Brosseau added...

Brown delivers the big hits again, A's beat Rays Seth Brown hit a two-run homer in the first inning a day after delivering a walkoff drive, sending the Oakland Athletics past the Tampa Bay Rays again with a 6-3 win Saturday. The Canadian Press Seth Brown , The Canadian Press OAKLAND, Calif. — Seth Brown may sit again Sunday against a left-handed starter and await his chance to help off the bench if regular right fielder Stephen Piscotty returns to Oakland's lineup. Manager Bob Melvin hadn't made a decision yet. Brown sure is capitalizing on every ...

Photo by Cody Glenn/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Oakland A’s have seven players on their injured list right now, but two of them have made recent progress toward returns in the hopefully near future. Super-sub Chad Pinder, who sprained his left knee in the first week of the season, has resumed running the bases, reports insider Martin Gallegos, which was considered a major milestone in his recovery. A potential date of May 10 had previously been reported for a possible minor league rehab assignment, and that’s still generally the timeframe — he could even begin as soon as this ...

The A’s have placed Mike Fiers on the 10-day injured list with a sprained right elbow, per the team. The move is retroactive to May 7th. This will be Fiers second stint on the injured list this season. The right-hander has been tagged for eight earned runs in just 9 1/3 innings across two starts. He has given up 15 hits while walking four and allowing four home runs. Burch Smith has been reinstated from the injured list to take Fiers’ place on the roster. The 31-year-old right-hander will go back to the bullpen where he has logged three innings through a pair of relief appearances this s...

They say lightning doesn’t strike twice, but it just did in the Oakland A’s organization. The A’s announced Wednesday that they’ve re-acquired Skye Bolt from the San Francisco Giants. The outfielder began the year with Oakland but was designated for assignment in early April and then claimed off waivers by San Francisco. However, the Giants DFA’d him again a few weeks later, and now he’s back where he started and will report to Triple-A Las Vegas. The official transaction is a trade in exchange for cash considerations. Bolt still needs a 40-man roster spot, so a corresponding mov...