American League West News

The first two months of the season proved to be a game of lost-and-found between the Brewers and their starting pitching.

There's an old saying in baseball that you can't win a division in April, but you sure can lose one.

Athletics manager Bob Melvin said the team was fortunate the sewage flood in both clubhouses at O.co Coliseum on Sunday occurred at the end of a six-game homestand.

Freddie Freeman hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning off Dillon Gee, giving the Atlanta Braves a stunning 2-1 victory over the New York Mets on Monday night in a game that was delayed nearly four hours by rain.

Aaron Harang has never beaten the Los Angeles Angels in his lengthy career. During his latest attempt, the Seattle right-hander could barely even slow them down - and he still did better than his bullpen on a rocky night for the Mariners.

After a tough stretch, the Rangers had a loud and clear response Monday night to the message manager Ron Washington delivered the previous day.

Nelson Cruz thrust his right arm into the air and shouted out in relief while running the bases after hitting his second homer of the night for the Texas Rangers.

Lance Berkman walked in the Texas clubhouse Monday and saw his name unexpectedly missing from the starting lineup for the second game in a row.

Starting pitching limits losing streaks. 2. Tigers : Every blown save is a cause for major concern.

Yankees 6, Angels 5: Mariano Rivera struck out Albert Pujols with the bases loaded to end the Angels' five-run rally in the ninth inning, and visiting New York snapped its five-game losing streak with a wild victory over Los Angeles.

As amazing as the 2012 season was, the excitement that surrounded that final home stand when the A's finally took over the division lead from the Rangers on the final game of the season , their 2013 path towards a postseason appearance is shaping out to be more of a statement season than the surprising Cinderella tale.

The Los Angeles Angels are hot once again. After taking the three-game series against a thin Yankees roster, the Halos look to resume their winning ways against the Seattle Mariners .

The Rangers are 4-9 in June and have dropped from first in the AL West to two games behind Oakland.

It's been an up-and-down campaign, to be sure, with the Angels falling to 30-39 following Sunday's series finale against the New York Yankees.

It's amazing what a week can do to the MLB standings, as we're about to find out with the American League.

The arrival of American League West-leading Oakland for a four-game series beginning Monday night at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington triggered varied reactions from the second-place Rangers.

Bartolo Colon worked seven strong innings to win his sixth straight decision, Josh Reddick homered and matched a career high with four hits, and the Oakland Athletics avoided a sweep with a 10-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.

One day after alluding to the possibility of Smoak joining the Mariners in Anaheim from a Triple-A rehab stint for the second half of the club's road trip starting Monday, manager Eric Wedge said his first baseman made strides Saturday toward making that a reality.

Blue Springs graduate Nick Tepesch, who is in his rookie season with Texas, hasn't avoided that fate.

The 2012 season hadn't even ended before the Oakland Athletics made their first deal of their offseason.