Rangers Win 6-2 As Darvish Ends Long Losing Streak Vs. A's
Yu Darvish struck out nine and the Texas Rangers beat Oakland 6-2 on Wednesday night, giving the right-hander his first victory in his last 11 starts against the AL West-rival Athletics.
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Yu Darvish struck out nine and the Texas Rangers beat Oakland 6-2 on Wednesday night, giving the right-hander his first victory in his last 11 starts against the AL West-rival Athletics.
Rougned Odor was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th inning, forcing home the winning run as the AL-best Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics 5-4 on Tuesday night.
The Rangers get a 5-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night.
Kyle Seager doubled twice and drove in four runs as the Seattle Mariners won for the eighth time in nine games, beating the Oakland Athletics 8-4 on Sunday.
Kendall Graveman pitched seven strong innings, Billy Butler hit a tiebreaking single in the sixth and the Oakland Athletics beat Baltimore 3-2 on Monday night despite another home run from Orioles slugger Manny Machado.
The Chicago Cubs had another perfect week thanks to another ninth-inning comeback, but the big headlines in Major League Baseball last week came from the Bronx and the Rocky Mountains. Both Alex Rodriguez and Mark Teixeira said their goodbyes to the New York Yankees, albeit in different ways. Meanwhile, Ichiro Suzuki capped a Hall of Fame career with his 3,000th hit in Denver, an amazing accomplishment considering he didn't join MLB until he was 26 years old.
Kyle Hendricks pitched into the eighth inning for his fifth win since June and the Chicago Cubs beat the Oakland Athletics 3-1 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.
Albert Pujols hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Los Angeles Angels an 8-6 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night.
Matt Shoemaker pitched seven solid innings, Jett Bandy and Jefry Marte hit home runs and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Oakland Athletics 5-4 on Tuesday night.
The 2016 Non-Waiver Trade Deadline passed and it was an eventful one with big name players being shipped all over Major League Baseball.
Corey Kluber limited Oakland to five hits in seven innings, Mike Napoli hit a two-run homer and the Cleveland Indians completed a three-game sweep of the Athletics with an 8-0 win.
Everywhere Major League Baseball fans turned last week, a team was winning a game with a walk-off plate appearance. The Chicago White Sox won two games via the walk off last week, yet they also lost two games via the walk off. The Oakland Athletics won two straight games over the Tampa Bay Rays, and at the Coliseum, that means pies in the face for the player that just won the game. The St. Louis Cardinals won a big game against the Los Angeles Dodgers with a walk-off home run this week, too.
Khris Davis homered twice, Coco Crisp also went deep and the Oakland Athletics beat the AL West-leading Texas Rangers 6-4 on Wednesday night.
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Instead of thinking about more players leaving Oakland, let's just take a few minutes to live in a bizzaro world where the Athletics can bring in players and spend money as if they were the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, or Boston Red Sox.
Sonny Gray had a season-high eight strikeouts and overcame one volatile inning, Josh Reddick drove in three runs and the Oakland Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 6-3 on Tuesday night.
His above average fielding, with the power he provides at the plate, could make him a valuable piece for any team in a playoff race.
Adrian Beltre hit his second home run of the game with two outs in the ninth inning, a two-run shot that rallied the Texas Rangers past the Oakland Athletics 7-6 on Monday night for their third straight win.
Billy Butler hit a tiebreaking home run off Erasmo Ramirez with one out in the eighth inning and the Oakland Athletics held on to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 on Sunday and win the final three games of the series.
Marcus Semien scored from second base on Reddick's two-out infield single to lift the A's to a 4-3 win over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night.
Yonder Alonso drove in three runs with a pair of two-out hits to back Kendall Graveman's fifth consecutive win, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Houston Astros 7-4 on Monday night.
Miami Marlins outfielder Giancarlo Stanton put on the kind of power display in the All-Star Home Run Derby baseball fans only have dreamed about, while San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Johnny Cueto didn't fare so well in the actual game itself. Coming out of the All-Star break, the Marlins used Stanton's momentum to win two of three against the St. Louis Cardinals over the weekend, while the Giants fell into a funk in San Diego, losing three straights to the Padres.
Josh Donaldson hit a tiebreaking two-run double with two outs in the ninth against his former team and the Toronto Blue Jays held on for a 5-3 win over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep.
For all the noise about the Chicago Cubs this season, it's now the San Francisco Giants with the best record in baseball. Of course, that doesn't mean anything come October, as the Giants well know: Each of their last three World Series titles have come when they did not have the best record in the National League.
A suspect wanted in a burglary of a Sacramento business has been detained after he barricaded himself in a big rig on Saturday afternoon, police said.
The authorization does not mean a strike will happen immediately and both sides could reach a deal. If a strike does happen, it would be the first at Disneyland in 40 years.
The cosmos is providing a full moon for the 55th anniversary of the first lunar landing this weekend, and plenty of other events honor Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's giant leap.
California's high-speed rail program is being showcased at the California State Fair.
More than one hundred customers came out to celebrate the grand reopening of a restaurant that's been around for seven decades.
A home invasion turned quickly into a trip to the hospital for a 29-year-old suspect, not yet identified by police, when he came face-to-face with a father whose protective instincts kicked right in.
A first-of-its-kind city ordinance aims to help the South Lake Tahoe community be safer and more fire resilient.
Mandatory evacuations were issued after two fires broke out in Placer County on Friday evening.
Computer systems across the world and California are recovering after a massive outage that started Thursday night.
Three homes were destroyed in a fire that burned more than 100 acres in San Joaquin County on Friday afternoon, Cal Fire said.
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A man and child died in a fire at an apartment complex in south Sacramento, officials said Monday.
On this first day of the Republican National Convention, Donald Trump supporters are in solidarity like never before.
Thousands of music fans braved the heat to help celebrate the opening of a new outdoor Sacramento concert venue. Here's a look at the site and what's being done to keep people cool.
A new team of young volunteers is being trained to help reduce the threat of wildfires and respond when they grow out of control.
A new artificial turf surface at the Oakland Athletics' temporary home in Sacramento will have a hydration element because of summer heat at the open-air ballpark.
Banking services from Patelco Credit Union halted following a ransomware attack have been mostly restored although questions about customers' personal information remained.
Convicted murderer Scott Peterson is back in court on Tuesday in a new effort to prove his innocence.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law barring school districts from passing policies requiring schools to notify parents if their child asks to change their gender identification.
Max Schuemann hit a three-run homer, JJ Bleday and Shea Langeliers both added two-run shots and the A's beat the Angels 13-3 Friday night
Jake Cave hit a go-ahead three-run home run in the eighth inning in the Rockies' 7-3 victory over the Giants on Friday night.
A's executive Sandy Dean has told the Las Vegas Stadium Authority that the club does not expect to spend the entire $380 million in public money allocated to build a new stadium.
The Athletics have announced their 2025 regular season schedule, giving fans a game plan for the incoming spectacle of MLB games at Sutter Health Park.
Mayor Anne Hidalgo declared the Seine river "exquisite" after taking a long-promised dip to show its water is safe for the Paris Olympics.
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The University of California Board of Regents are banning employees from posting political statements on the homepages of university websites, saying such comments could be interpreted as the university's official view.
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About 1 in 10 people with student loans have gotten debt relief, according to the Biden administration.
At least 36 have been hospitalized after eating the mushroom "edibles."
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A UC Davis researcher spoke about what causes heart failure, what fixes it, and how that could be different for men and women.
Nationwide, the CDC says the COVID virus level in wastewater is now "high" for the first time since last winter.
The Sears department store in Stockton, a longtime staple of the community, will be closing next month.
Neighbors in Sacramento's Land Park say that in the battle over retail theft statewide, law enforcement officials and retail giant Target have worked to clean up a store location on Riverside Boulevard that had become overwhelmed by crime.
A new California law is designed to protect consumers against excessive or undisclosed costs on purchases. However, Gov. Newsom signed a last-minute exemption for the restaurant industry.
The SUV was supposed to be shipped from Idaho to Yuba City within three days. The dealer kept changing the delivery date, blaming a shipping issue. With his baby's due date approaching, Deandre Hobbs grew impatient.
Popular restaurant chain Rubio's Coastal Grill announced it was shuttering dozens of locations across the state, and now employees say they are having trouble cashing their final paychecks.
It was an emotional day in court for many who lived through the shootout and Abril's later escape.
Instead of facing trial for attempted murder, the Pasadena doctor accused of trying to kill his wife and kids by driving their Tesla off a cliff was released on Monday.
Emails obtained by CBS News California Investigates reveal the Governor's Chief of Staff did not want to negotiate with the initiative coalition unless they agreed to postpone their ballot measure until 2026.
Amid concerns that some felony defendants could be misusing California's Mental Health Diversion Court to have their violent crimes dismissed, a CBS News California investigation found that there is no reliable data to indicate how successful the state program is.
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The SUV was supposed to be shipped from Idaho to Yuba City within three days. The dealer kept changing the delivery date, blaming a shipping issue. With his baby's due date approaching, Deandre Hobbs grew impatient.
Mandatory evacuations were issued after two fires broke out in Placer County on Friday evening.
Three homes were destroyed in a fire that burned more than 100 acres in San Joaquin County on Friday afternoon, Cal Fire said.
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More than one hundred customers came out to celebrate the grand reopening of a restaurant that's been around for seven decades.
A driver is dead and alcohol and speed are suspected to be a factor in a crash near Placerville on Thursday night, the California Highway Patrol said.
California's high-speed rail program is being showcased at the California State Fair.
A first-of-its-kind city ordinance aims to help the South Lake Tahoe community safer and more fire resilient.
The Lehi Fire was burning near Lehi Lane and was spreading at a moderate rate, Cal Fire Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit said. It burned about nine acres and one structure was involved before crews stopped the forward spread.