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| Anderson powers Angels over A's |
MLB Baseball |
07/02/2008 |
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| Anaheim, CA (Best E Casino) - Garret Anderson's two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning lifted the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim to a 5-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics at Angel Stadium. Casey Kotchman, Vladimir Guerrero and Jeff Mathis all added an RBI for the Angels, who rebounded from Monday's 6-1 loss in the series opener and have won two of their last three on the heels of a three-game skid. Ervin Santana started on the hill for the Angels and allowed two runs on eight hits with seven strikeo |
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| A's turn to Harden in hopes of gaining series win in Anaheim |
MLB Baseball |
07/01/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Oakland Athletics starter Rich Harden will try to keep his perfect record intact tonight, when he leads his ballclub in the second test of a three-game series against the American League West-rival Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Harden is 5-0 with a 2.15 earned run average in 11 starts this season, and can become the first Oakland pitcher to open a season 6-0 since Dave Stewart did it back in 1990. Harden remained perfect on the campaign after tossing eight shutout innings in a 5-0 win over t |
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| Cubs bring struggles into San Francisco |
MLB Baseball |
06/30/2008 |
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| ree games at Busch Stadium on this current swing. San Francisco will kick off a seven-game homestand tonight and is 14-24 as the host in 2008. The Giants have won two straight and four of their last six games, including Sunday's 11-1 pounding of the Oakland Athletics in the finale of a three-game interleague series from McAfee Coliseum. Rich Aurilia hit a two-run homer and matched a career-high with five RBI, while John Bowker added two RBI for the Giants. Ray Durham, Bengie Molina, Aaron Rowand and Jose Castill |
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| A's have chance to close gap on West-leading Angels |
MLB Baseball |
06/30/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Oakland Athletics can gain some ground on the American League West-leading Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim this evening, when both division rivals square off in the first of three straight games at Angel Stadium. Oakland, which is 4 1/2 games back of Anaheim in the division standings, lost the last two tests of a three-game series versus the San Francisco Giants over the weekend. In Sunday's horrific 11-1 loss in the series finale at McAfee Coliseum, Jack Cust hit his 13th homer of the seas |
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| Olson tries to get a win against D'Backs |
MLB Baseball |
06/29/2008 |
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| l enters today's game with a respectable 3.44 ERA in 99 1/3 total innings. Olsen is 0-2 lifetime against Arizona, surrendering 20 hits and 13 runs in 10 innings. For the Diamondbacks, righty Dan Haren looks for start No. 6 without a loss. The former Oakland Athletics ace is 3-0 in his last five outings, including a 2-1 win at Fenway Park on June 23, in which he allowed Boston just two hits over seven scoreless innings. Haren is 0-2 lifetime against the Marlins, including a 4-0 loss in Miami on May 22. In that ga |
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| Lincecum outduels Duchscherer as Giants blank A's |
MLB Baseball |
06/29/2008 |
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| Oakland, CA (Best E Casino) - Tim Lincecum dominated -- striking out 11 over seven shutout innings -- and outdueled a brilliant Justin Duchscherer to lead the San Francisco Giants to a 1-0 win over the Oakland Athletics in the middle contest of a three-game series at McAfee Coliseum. Lincecum (9-1) allowed just five hits and walked three in winning his fifth straight decision as the Giants snapped a two-game losing streak. The right- hander became the first Giants pitcher to start a season 9-1 since Gaylord Pe |
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| Interleague Game Capsules |
MLB Baseball |
06/29/2008 |
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| s six. Final Score: San Francisco 1, Oakland 0 Oakland, CA (Best E Casino) - Tim Lincecum dominated -- striking out 11 over seven shutout innings -- and outdueled a brilliant Justin Duchscherer to lead the San Francisco Giants to a 1-0 win over the Oakland Athletics in the middle contest of a three-game series at McAfee Coliseum. Lincecum (9-1) allowed just five hits and walked three in winning his fifth straight decision as the Giants snapped a two-game losing streak. The right-hander became the first Giants p |
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| Lincecum, Duchscherer square off in Oakland |
MLB Baseball |
06/28/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Two of the top pitchers in baseball will square off tonight when the Oakland Athletics host the San Francisco Giants in the second contest of the three-game Bay Area Series from McAfee Coliseum. The A's will send reliever turned starter Justin Duchscherer to the hill tonight, as he will try to continue his amazing season. Duchscherer is currently 8-4 on the year and is boasting a ridiculous ERA of 1.99. The right-hander has won four consecutive contests, including a 7-1 decision over Florida |
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| Reds, Indians continue Battle for Ohio |
MLB Baseball |
06/28/2008 |
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| rts Network) - Soft-tossing right-hander Paul Byrd looks to snap a personal slump tonight when the Cleveland Indians host the Cincinnati Reds in game two of their three-game interleague series at Progressive Field. Byrd was 2-3 after a defeat of the Oakland Athletics on May 13, but has since dropped five of six decisions as his record has plummeted to 3-8 and his earned run average has risen from 3.61 to 5.21. He dropped a 4-3 verdict to the Los Angeles Dodgers in his last outing, allowing seven hits and four ru |
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| A's continue domination of Giants |
MLB Baseball |
06/28/2008 |
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| Oakland, CA (Best E Casino) - Dana Eveland tossed 7 1/3 strong innings and Jack Hannahan drove in a pair of runs as the Oakland Athletics bested the San Francisco Giants, 4-1, in the first of a three-game series at McAfee Coliseum. Eveland (6-5) held the Giants to a run on five hits, striking out three and walking two, as the A's won for the fourth time in five games. Carlos Gonzalez doubled twice and scored a pair of runs, while Daric Barton and Bobby Crosby notched two hits apiece. The A's improved to 4-0 ag |
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