Rangers 6, Athletics 4 ARLINGTON, Texas (Sep. 1) — The Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics, 6–4, on Sunday afternoon in their second consecutive walk-off win. The hero in this one was Josh Jung, who sent the crowd of 33,309 home happy with a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th inning in […]
Read MoreRangers 3, Athletics 2 ARLINGTON, Texas (Aug 31) – The Texas Rangers snuck back into the win column on Saturday evening, beating the Oakland Athletics, 3–2, in front of a crowd of 28,454. A thrilling walk-off single by outfielder Leody Taveras did the trick for the Rangers, as they have evened this series at one […]
Read MoreAthletics 9, Rangers 2 ARLINGTON, Texas. (Aug 30) — The Texas Rangers saw their three-game winning streak come to an end on Friday, as they lost to the Oakland Athletics, 9–2. A two-homer performance by Brent Rooker lifted the Athletics to the lopsided victory in front of a crowd of 28,111. The Rangers will have […]
Read MoreThe “New Oakland” era begins in Oakland. Even though the Athletics (34-87) dropped two of three in their mid-week series against the St. Louis Cardinals (54-67), fans were happy to finally see the youth movement completely take shape. With the call up of Lawrence Butler, the average age of the Athletics starting lineup is 26 […]
Read MoreThe Oakland Athletics made their second and third moves of the trade deadline period. The Athletics traded Sam Moll to the Cincinnati Reds and Jace Peterson to the Arizona Diamondbacks. In exchange for Moll, the Athletics will receive Joe Boyle. In exchange for Jace Peterson they will receive Chad Patrick. This move follows the trade they […]
Read MoreBrent Rooker was announced as an All-Star Game reserve and will be the lone Oakland Athletics representative. I know what you are thinking, the Athletics have an All-Star? Well, yes, every team gets one, so by process of elimination, it’s Rooker. This was obviously a very big deal for Rooker, making his first ever All-Star Game […]
Read MoreThe Oakland Athletics (17–50) have swept the Milwaukee Brewers for their first sweep of the season. This comes in the best stretch of baseball the team has played all season. They have now won two straight series and three out of their last four. Five straight wins is a season high for the team, and […]
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