Brandon McCarthy News

With the exception of a ballplayer's parents, wife and youth coaches, no one sweats the ups and downs of his career more than the scout who signed him to his first professional contract.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The question isn't what Manny Ramirez wants to do with the rest of his life.

The Oakland Athletics enter Memorial Day weekend with a record of 22-23, five games behind the Texas Rangers for first place in the American League West and just two games back in the premature wild card race.

After another satisfying victory against the currently hapless Halos last night, the A's now stand at 22-21. This is starting to garner some national attention.

As right-hander Graham Godfrey tries to reestablish himself in the Athletics rotation Tuesday after spending the past month at Triple-A, Angels left-hander C.J. Wilson will be looking to rebound from three successive poor starts.

When: 4:05 PM ET, Sunday, May 20, 2012 Where: AT&T Park, San Francisco, California Temperature : 66 Umpires : Home - Jim Joyce, 1B - Jim Reynolds, 2B - Mike Estabrook, 3B - James Hoye Attendance : 41378 Athletics 6, Giants 2: Josh Reddick hit a two-run homer and visiting Oakland halted an 11-game losing streak at San Francisco's AT&T Park.

Not Even House Can Solve Oakland's Injury Problems. The A's announced that Brandon McCarthy would join the growing list of A's players on the DL.

A story in the Philadelphia Inquirer questioned whether a cortisone shot could have contributed to Ryan Howard's torn left Achilles' tendon in last year's postseason.

The Oakland A's probably aren't going to win the American League West this season, and Brandon McCarthy probably isn't going to win the AL Cy Young award.

Per usual, or, for the third consecutive season, the Giants' team ERA ranks in the upper echelon of the league, while their runs-scored mark resides in the veritable dregs.

The Athletics' Josh Reddick celebrates with Jonny Gomes after Reddick's solo home run during the seventh inning of Thursday's game in Arlington.

Kila Ka'aihue hit a tiebreaking single in the 10th inning and the Oakland Athletics bounced back from a disputed call on squeeze play that cost them the lead to beat the Texas Rangers 5-4 Thursday.

Oakland starter: RHP Brandon McCarthy pitched seven shutout innings in a win over Detroit on Saturday and is 3-0 with a 1.31 ERA in his last three starts.

Jarrod Parker pitches against the Chicago White Sox in his first start for the Oakland A's on April 25.

On Deck will be here all season to provide you with everything you need to know about every Rangers series during the 2012 season.

After a combined 31 runs scored the past two nights, expect the runs to be at a premium Saturday when the Tigers and Athletics square off in the third game of a four-game series in Oakland.

Today's game got off to an inauspicious start. First, the team announced that Jarrod Parker would start today instead of Wednesday, reversing an earlier decision that would have allowed him to pitch on more rest.

Ricky Romero wasn't at his sharpest last time out, but he was good enough to keep his perfect record this season intact.

Perhaps one of the best things about a baseball season is that you never know which teams may be in the mix or hold the top spot, even if it's early in the season.

The Blue Jays continue their six-game California swing on Tuesday when they head north up the I-5 from Anaheim to Oakland to meet the Athletics for a two-game series.