Craig Breslow News

The AL West champions swept the three-game set against the A's and will host the Boston Red Sox in Game 1 of their division series Wednesday or Thursday.

The A's will have plenty of question marks heading into Spring Training 2010, but there won't be much uncertainty surrounding the constitution of their bullpen.

Rajai Davis scored the first run then matched a career best with four RBIs for the Oakland Athletics, who delivered another blow to the Texas Rangers' playoff chances with a 6-1 victory Tuesday night.

Tonight's stars enjoy a little friendly "whose hand is bigger?" competition, remembering of course it's not the size of the mitt, but how you call the game.

Rajai Davis scored the first run then matched a career best with four RBIs for the Oakland Athletics, who delivered another blow to the Texas Rangers' playoff chances with a 6-1 victory Tuesday night.

Craig Breslow: He is a pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. And he has a degree from Yale in molecular biophysics and biochemistry, which has led to the Connecticut native being given "the unofficial and potentially burdensome title of 'smartest man in baseball.'" A challenger: Philly infielder Eric Bruntlett, who has a Stanford economics degree, and ...

A newspaper once called Craig Breslow the "smartest man in baseball." The Athletics reliever has a degree from Yale in molecular biophysics and biochemistry.

Ryan Langerhans may not have been with the A's long enough to build a lot of bitterness about being traded in 2007.

Less than two weeks ago, Craig Breslow was the only southpaw sitting in the A's bullpen.

Defensive-replacement Ryan Langerhans homered off Craig Breslow with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning to send the Seattle Mariners to a 4-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night.

What a sight it would have been had A's reliever Craig Breslow stepped to the plate with a bat in his hands during a tight game Wednesday night.

Alexei Ramirez led off the 10th inning with a home run and the Chicago White Sox overcame blowing a six-run lead with an 8-7 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Friday night.

Gonzalez took a five-hit shutout into the seventh inning, had a career-high five hits and four RBIs, and the Oakland Athletics beat Baltimore 9-1 on Monday night to extend their winning streak against the Orioles to nine games.

Brian Bannister's worst start in more than two months never gave the Royals much of a chance Friday to string together consecutive home victories for the first time since early July.

BBAAthletics-Orioles,0263 Gonzalez, Ellis carry Athletics past Orioles 9-1 Eds: APNewsNow.

Brian Bannister's worst start in more than two months never gave the Royals much of a chance Friday to string together consecutive home victories for the first time since early July.

Athletics manager Bob Geren enjoyed watching his team's rare power surge. hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the sixth inning, one of four Oakland home runs in a 7-5 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night.

With a flair for the dramatic and a litany of game-winning hits that propelled the Boston Red Sox to two World Series championships, David Ortiz earned his reputation as one of baseball's best sluggers and a player who comes through in the clutch.

They lost Thursday's game 8-5 largely because David Ortiz, the subject of a report earlier in the day that he was on the 2003 list for a positive drug test, belted a three-run homer off Craig Breslow in the seventh.

The A's weren't supposed to need to rely on stolen bases as much as they did last year.