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Oakland A's starting pitcher Chris Bassitt took a line drive off his head and was carted off the field during Tuesday night's game against the White Sox.
When you’re hot, you’re hot
The Oakland Athletics began a 10-game road trip Tuesday by continuing to make themselves at home in Cleveland.
Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Last night we saw how good the Oakland A’s look when everything goes right. Thursday brought a reminder of how bad any team can look when everything falls apart at once. No part of the A’s roster found any success this afternoon, as they dropped a 8-3 decision to the Texas Rangers to wrap up a series loss at the Coliseum against the last-place club in their division. Oakland has gotten superb starting pitching lately, from all five members of their rotation including Sean Manaea. Especially Manaea, in fact, as he posted a 1.13 ERA in five June starts. But ...
Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images The Oakland A’s just got back from a losing road trip, and they made several roster moves Tuesday before beginning their next homestand. The A’s announced the following transactions this afternoon: RHP RHP 1B IF Vimael Machin optioned to Triple-A Wendelken and Schwindel are in, and to make room on the 26-man roster Bedrosian and Machin are out. Schwindel also needed to be added to the 40-man roster in order to come to Oakland, so Bedrosian was removed via DFA and now will pass through waivers. Machin simply returns to Triple-A and is still on...