Tommy Milone News

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The A's on Sunday followed their recent pattern of falling behind early, then collecting entirely too little offense en route to a dispiriting 6-1 loss to the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field.

The Oakland Athletics ended a season-worst, five-game slide Saturday and hope their slump is over as they complete a three-game series against the host Seattle Mariners on Sunday.

Zach McAllister and Rick Porcello have both pitched well in recent starts, but can either of them slow down the opposing offense? Today's rubber match could easily be an offensive shootout.

For Raul Ibanez, it seems like less has been more when it comes to having success at the plate this season.

Ray Guilfoyle highlights some of the top fantasy performers from Tuesday night's MLB action, including news on Zack Greinke.

A poor performance in a game can sometimes take a toll on a hitter's psyche. That is one reason behind the Indians' decision to give third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall a couple of days to concentrate on his swing in the comfort of the batting cage.

Just when it looked like the only way the Indians could win a baseball game was to bludgeon teams to death with the long ball, they go and win a 1-0 nail biter.

Zach McAllister and two relievers combined on a shutout and Cleveland scored an unearned run in the fifth inning for their eighth win in nine games.

If the A's clubhouse was a scene from M A S H, the helicopters would be circling and Hawkeye and Trapper would wondering "What now?" The A's went down meekly to the Cleveland Indians 1-0 on Tuesday night despite a masterful job by Tommy Milone, who became just the second pitcher in Oakland history to pitch seven innings or more, allow no earned ... (more)

Tommy Milone was what the A's had working for them on Tuesday night. He couldn't do it all alone, though, and Oakland's feeble offensive effort and one bad sequence on defense sunk the A's in a 1-0 loss at Cleveland.

The Cleveland Indians go for their eighth win in the last nine games tonight, when they host the Oakland Athletics .

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MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH The A's 19-inning game on April 29 now has put three members of the team on the disabled list.

"I mean, you look at the numbers, offensively right now, a lot of guys are swinging the bat really well," said Melvin, whose club continues a four-game series with Cleveland on Tuesday.

Fantasy Week 6 is highlighted by a Monday matchup of two of Fantasy's most coveted pitchers, Madison Bumgarner and Cliff Lee .

LHP Tommy Milone tied his career high with 10 strikeouts Wednesday against the Angels but took his third straight loss.

The first month of the regular season had it all for the green-and-gold: blown leads, walkoffs, a nine-game winning streak and a run of eight losses in nine games.

C.J. Wilson tossed 6 1/3 solid innings and received support from a trio of home runs that helped the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim to a 5-4 victory over Oakland that prevented the Athletics from a three-game series sweep.

MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Angels - INSIDE PITCH Not much has gone right in the Angels bullpen this year, but Jerome Williams stood out through the first month as one bright light.